The cause of leg muscle pain should be relieved with the appropriate treatment. Common causes include overwork, muscle strain and myofasciitis. Commonly used relief methods such as general therapy, physical therapy and drug therapy.
1. Overexertion: generally after appropriate bed rest, hot compresses, massage and other methods of muscle pain can be relieved quickly.
2. Muscle strain: rest and braking, generally using adhesive tape fixation or crutches for assisted treatment, elevate the affected limb. Early on, cold compresses can be applied, and pressure bandages can be applied to relieve tissue swelling and pain. Pulsed ultrasound has a certain therapeutic and protective effect on strained muscles. Non-steroidal analgesic and anti-inflammatory drugs such as ibuprofen can be used if the pain is obvious. Serious muscle strain requires surgical repair treatment.
3. Myofasciitis: most patients can be relieved after rest, physical therapy, massage and other physical methods can also relieve pain, obvious symptoms of the use of the above analgesic anti-inflammatory drugs, glucocorticosteroids, such as dexamethasone, etc. for local pain closure treatment can also relieve symptoms. Very few patients fail conservative treatment can be surgical treatment.
There may be other causes of leg muscle pain, it is recommended to improve the examination in time to clarify the cause of the disease, standardized treatment.