What to do if your thighs are sore from climbing stairs

Climbing stairs and thigh pain may be due to muscle strain, lumbar disc herniation and other reasons, the treatment mainly includes physical therapy and drug therapy. 1. Physiotherapy: For patients with muscle strain, in the acute stage, you can take the affected limbs to brake, rest, ice the affected area, elevate the affected limbs and so on, to prevent further aggravation of edema, and in serious cases, you can choose to protect the support; in the relief stage, you can take the physiotherapy such as heat therapy, massage, deep microwave, etc., to accelerate the blood circulation, to promote the discharge of acid metabolism, and to alleviate the symptoms. 2. Drug therapy: patients with thigh pain caused by lumbar disc herniation can also choose drugs to assist in the treatment, such as ibuprofen, meloxicam tablets and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; mannitol, hepcidium saponin sodium and other swelling medications; vitamin B1, methylcobalamin tablets and other nutritive peripheral nerve medications. The above drugs need to be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication. If the patient’s symptoms of thigh pain after climbing stairs are serious, or if the symptoms continue without improvement, he should go to the hospital in time for treatment.