Calf muscle strain how to recover faster

March 30, 2023
Many people will accidentally strain their calf muscles during exercise, these are due to inadequate preparation before exercise, the physiological function of the muscle does not reach the state required for exercise. Calf muscle strain is mainly manifested as calf muscle pain, local swelling or even subcutaneous bleeding, which seriously affects daily walking, how to recover from calf muscle strain faster?

Ice pack immediately after calf muscle strain

In the calf strain can immediately use ice for 30 minutes, ice can immediately play a role in the calf muscle swelling, reduce the metabolism of the calf muscle, so as to achieve the purpose of acute sports injuries.

Calf muscle strain should be elevated legs after rest

After a calf muscle strain, you can elevate your legs and take a full rest. This practice allows the legs to be fully relaxed and achieve the purpose of renewing page reflux to enhance blood circulation and play an auxiliary role for the recovery of calf muscle strain.

Stretching the calf muscles after calf muscle strain

After a calf muscle strain, slowly stretch the strained area of the calf until the calf "resists" the message to stop stretching, then try to relax the damaged area, and try to stretch further when doing so, when the calf muscle reaches stretching and relaxation, it can make the blood that works flow more to the area, so it can be healed faster. However, excessive stretching can lead to worsening of the calf muscle strain and even re-injury.

Acute calf muscle strain massage method

Acute strain of calf muscle massage method for mild

The body will lie on its side, the masseur stands on one side, both hands thumbs along the calf triceps touch, find the muscle strain pressure pain most obvious two end points. The massager's hands along the muscle towards the two end points with both thumbs to poke the point, gently force, and then steady force to increase, and then slowly lift. Relative direction to move the thumbs forward, so that the thumb poke point gradually move to the most painful point of the calf muscle, repeated massage.

Acute calf muscle strain massage method for those with severe calf muscle strain

Severe calf muscle strains can increase the local muscle confrontation, with their assistants pressed at the ankle, calf muscle strains themselves force upward flexion of the calf, massage thumb poking point, while poking point strains muscle groups. After the first poke point is over without kneading method to relax the muscle, the second massage can increase the kneading method to relax the muscle and increase blood circulation.

Massage method for people with old calf muscle strains

For the calf muscle strain, lying prone on the bed, the massager standing on one side, alternate hands kneading calf triceps, so that the muscle relaxation, with both thumbs pressed hard knots to do back and forth flicking, in order to unblock the tendons, and then poke point method. Then hands repeatedly several times massage, and then calf muscle old strains of their own heel rub calf triceps, so that it can be permeable to heat.
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