You may have experienced leg cramps in the middle of the night, in fact, this is a very common phenomenon, once in a while does not indicate that there is something wrong with the body. However, if cramps occur frequently in the middle of the night, you still need to pay attention to it. Let’s first understand what factors are likely to cause midnight foot cramps: a. Strenuous exercise, especially after strenuous exercise during the day, like long-distance running, climbing, etc. did not warm up well, leg muscles in a tight state, leg muscles will accumulate a lot of metabolic waste. If the leg muscles are too late to adjust, there will be induced leg cramps in the middle of the night.
Second, cold stimulation, cold and cold during sleep is easy to appear, this is because when people in cold weather, the muscles are prone to tremors, thus generating a lot of heat, which can protect the body organs, when the degree of tremors is more intense, there will be cramps.
Third, bad sleep posture, in the course of sleep, if the prolonged compression of the leg, leg diastasis, will make the leg part of the muscle over tension or diastole, a long time so will lead to leg cramps.
Fourth, lack of calcium, the muscle is composed of a large number of muscle bundles, the continuous contraction of muscle bundles will lead to muscle contraction, the contraction movement of muscle bundles need calcium nutrition, if the lack of calcium elements, it will affect the contraction of muscle bundles, easy to make the leg cramps.
Fifth, poor local circulation, peripheral vascular lesions or varicose veins in the feet.
Sixth, the diet of minerals (magnesium, calcium) content is insufficient.
These factors are only one of the common causes of midnight leg cramps, in fact, there are some other factors, like mood swings, and sudden temperature changes.
When the body cramps in the middle of the night, what should be done? Here are a few ways to try: a. Tensing the cramped leg, which is also commonly used by people with cramps. Leg cramps as far as possible to tense the thighs straight, do not bend, adhere to a period of time, can relieve thigh cramps.
Second, use a hot towel, thigh cramps, you can hot towel compresses. If someone happens to be around when you have cramps, you can ask them to prepare a hot towel and use it to heat up the cramped area.
When a sudden cramp occurs in the thigh, you can quickly stretch, it is recommended not to bend the leg up to avoid increased pain.
Four, single-leg jump to relieve pain, legs if cramps, people can stand on the ground, with the toe of the cramped thigh paw stand, or single-leg jump, the other leg to lift. This method is a little painful, but the effect is not bad, but carry out the process, be sure to pay attention to safety.