Elderly people often leg cramps may be caused by physiological factors, may also be due to lower extremity atherosclerosis occlusive disease, osteoporosis and other diseases caused by different causes of different treatments, the main methods of general treatment, drug therapy, physical therapy, surgical treatment and so on. 1. Physiological factors: malnutrition can cause muscle spasm, especially when vitamin Bl deficiency is more likely to occur gastrocnemius muscle spasm. In addition, leg cramps may be caused in the elderly due to cold stimulation and excessive exercise. You can wrench your toes in the direction of the opposite of its force and insist on it for more than 1~2 minutes, or relieve it through physical methods such as hot compresses, foot soaking before going to bed, and massage. 2. Lower limb arteriosclerosis occlusive disease: causes poor blood circulation, which leads to leg cramps in the elderly. In addition to paying attention to daily exercise, serious cases can be treated with endoluminal therapy, i.e., selecting relatively superficial blood vessels of the human body, putting in guide wires and catheters after piercing a small eye with special puncture needles, and then expanding the stenotic arteries with special balloons, and then supporting the stenotic areas with special metal stents. 3. Osteoporosis: The elderly have more calcium loss in their bodies, so they can take appropriate calcium supplements and vitamin D, etc. They should pay attention to sports and exercise in order to enhance their physical fitness. Eat beans, fish, bone broth and other high-calcium foods. The elderly often leg cramps may also be caused by disc herniation, osteophytes, varicose veins of the lower extremities, etc., to exclude physiological factors, it is recommended that patients go to the hospital in a timely manner, in accordance with the doctor’s instructions standardized treatment.