Herniated lumbar discs, failure to stretch in time after strenuous exercise, and calcium deficiency can all cause sudden tightness and obvious pain in the calf muscles.
1. Lumbar disc herniation: The herniated nucleus pulposus caused by the rupture of the fibrous ring of the lumbar intervertebral disc compresses the surrounding tissues and produces lumbar pain, leg pain, tightness of the calf muscles, and the body is forced to lean to one side. It can be relieved by local massage, accompanied by pain can take ibuprofen, celecoxib and other drugs, and in severe cases, surgery is feasible.
2. After strenuous activities without timely stretching: most often seen in infrequent sports crowd, in the exercise after the lack of stretching and adequate rest, the calf muscle lactic acid excessive deposition, caused by calf tightness, can be accompanied by pain, generally through massage, acupuncture and hot compresses can gradually relieve.
3. Calcium deficiency: Due to insufficient calcium intake, low calcium content in the body caused by absorption disorders, there will be calf muscle tightness, knee pain and poor sleep and other symptoms. The cause of calcium deficiency should be clarified, and then calcium should be supplemented on the basis of treating the original disease.
If you have any symptoms, you should actively go to the hospital to clarify the cause of the disease and carry out standardized treatment.