Recovery of muscle atrophy in the elderly should be based on the causes of muscle atrophy in the elderly to deal with the following: 1, if the middle-aged and elderly patients because of motor neuron disease caused by muscle atrophy, muscle weakness, the treatment is based on the treatment of motor neuron disease, and at the same time can be given to the limbs of the massage, physical therapy to promote the functional recovery of the limbs; 2, muscle atrophy in the elderly if it is due to cerebrovascular disease 2, the elderly muscle atrophy due to cerebrovascular disease caused by long-term bed-ridden, the treatment is mainly to give physical therapy, such as acupuncture, physiotherapy, or manipulation massage, to promote muscle recovery; 3, the elderly muscle atrophy, if because of trauma and fracture caused by wasting muscle atrophy, it is better to recover, with the fracture of the healing, strengthen the limbs of the functional exercise can be recovered very quickly.