Lateral thigh cramps can be helped by hot compresses, massage, other physical therapy, and calcium supplements. 1. Massage: When the patient has thigh cramps on the outer side of the thigh, hot compresses or local massage can be used to relieve the symptoms, and local stretching can also be used. 2. Physical therapy: Physical therapy can also help relieve the symptoms of thigh cramps, the principle is mainly through the microwave or thermal stimulation to relieve local muscle spasms, commonly used therapeutic instruments are infrared therapy instrument, microwave therapy instrument. 3. Calcium supplementation: commonly used such as calcium gluconate oral solution, calcium gluconate supplementation can maintain normal neuromuscular excitability, treatment of neuromuscular excitability due to low calcium resulting in the emergence of symptoms of thigh cramps. If you often have symptoms of lateral thigh cramps, you need to go to the hospital as soon as possible, by the doctor according to the specific conditions, to develop individualized diagnosis and treatment plan, so as not to delay the condition, do not blindly use drugs.