How to treat weakness in the legs

The occurrence of weakness of the legs, according to the specific cause of the disease to take symptomatic treatment, there will be a good therapeutic effect. If the weakness of legs is caused by excessive exertion and strain, resulting in soft tissue injury of the muscles in the legs, it is necessary to reduce the amount of activity, bed rest, elevation of the lower limbs, and traditional Chinese medicine techniques can be used to massage the legs to promote local blood circulation, and play a role in reducing swelling and relieving pain. If you suffer from lumbar disc herniation, due to the herniated nucleus pulposus, compression of the dural sac, stimulation of the nerve root, resulting in the innervation area, the legs appear soft and weak, accompanied by numbness, hypesthesia, etc., you need to lie down on a hard board bed, and at the same time, lumbar spine traction, to take symptomatic treatment. If the weakness of legs is caused by osteoporosis and decalcification of the knee joints, the patient should carry out appropriate functional exercises of the knee joints, supplement calcium, or take anti-osteoporosis drugs orally to slow down the aging of the bones.