Calf muscle tightness should first clarify the cause of the disease, and then physical therapy, drug therapy, surgical treatment.
Causes of calf muscle tightness are overwork, muscle strain, lower extremity venous thrombosis, etc. It is recommended that the treatment to identify the cause of the disease, by the doctor targeted treatment.
1. Overwork: If you do heavy physical work or strenuous exercise, it is easy to cause lactic acid buildup in the calf muscles, which can be relieved by gentle massage and localized hot compresses.
2. Muscle strain: If over-exercise strains the calf muscle, it can cause tightness of the calf muscle, acute injury requires ice packs, pay attention to the protection of the calf muscle and rest.
3. Lower extremity venous thrombosis: lower extremity venous thrombosis is also prone to cause calf muscle tightness, you can use low molecular heparin, warfarin and other drugs to anticoagulant, or the implementation of venous thrombectomy, catheter thrombolysis.
Causes of arm pain is more, may also be related to trauma, lower extremity vascular disease and other reasons, if the symptoms do not improve after rest, it is recommended to promptly go to the hospital to find out the cause of the disease, targeted treatment, the use of medication, please follow the doctor’s instructions.