The diagnosis of muscle hardening

The diagnosis of muscle hardening can usually be made by a simple palpation. The medical history also plays an important role. The physician can find out the cause of the hardening in more detail and thus possibly initiate decisive therapeutic steps. Rarely are additional examinations with apparatus necessary. For example, an ultrasound of the thigh musculature is only used if one wants to rule out injuries to the muscle.

This is the best way to solve a muscle hardening in the thigh

There are many therapeutic options for the treatment of muscle hardening in the thigh. They usually consist of a combination of relaxation, stimulation of blood circulation and pain relief. Cooling the affected muscle group at the very beginning of muscle hardening is usually the best way to reduce the pain.

In addition, you can try to loosen the hardening quickly by carefully stretching the muscle. If this is not sufficient, longer-term measures are necessary. Heat therapy is particularly suitable for improving blood circulation.

Also a massage or fascia therapy can improve the blood circulation, additionally the metabolic activity of the musculature is stimulated. Both in combination improve the body’s healing powers and thus help to loosen hardening. Various ointments such as Finalgon can also be used to warm up and stimulate the blood circulation.Strengthening exercises should only be performed again after a hardening of the muscles when the muscle in the thigh is completely soft and able to relax.

Home remedies are mainly used to warm up the hardened muscle in the thigh. Here help

Heat baths,
Hot water bottles or
Cherry pit cushion to improve blood circulation in the affected muscle.
Essential oils can also be used, you can either apply them directly to the skin or put them in a warming bath.
To stimulate the muscles themselves, a self-massage can be helpful.
Fascial roles are also increasingly used for therapy

Homeopathy is used for muscle hardening on the thigh, especially in the form of essential oils. Eucalyptus oil and rosemary oil can be used for example in massages or fascial therapy.

Their ingredients get under the skin through the pores and can act directly on the muscle from there. Essential oils can also be added to a relaxing bath. Thus they not only act locally on the thigh but also relax the entire body and mind.

Two types of ointments are used for hardening muscles on the thigh. In the acute phase, mainly pain-relieving ointments such as Voltaren® or DocSalbe® are used. If the hardening is to be dissolved quickly, creams such as Finalgon® or Franzbrantwein are helpful.

They trigger a strong blood circulation of the skin and thus lead to an improvement of the muscular blood circulation. Whether cold or heat helps the hardening of muscles better is usually a very subjective feeling. As a rule, heat helps better in the long run, since it contributes to tension in the long term by increasing blood circulation and stimulating the metabolism.

In contrast, cold is usually felt most pleasantly during acute pain. Many affected persons also find it best to alternate between heat and cold by taking an alternating bath. It is best to try out both cooling and warming and to use the form of therapy that gives you a better feeling at the moment.

Tap is a form of therapy that is most likely to be used when the thigh muscle is already being used again, i.e. when the hardening has already been released. Taping is much more effective in preventing further muscle hardening. Mostly Kinesiotape is used because it is elastic and can remain on the skin for several days.

The tape is glued in such a way that it follows the direction of pull of the muscle. This way, in addition to the muscle tension, a pre-tension is already created on the skin. This relieves the muscle during its use.

Depending on your preference, you can choose between the colors pink, blue, skin color and black, whereby pink is said to have a warming and blue a cooling effect. The Blackroll is suitable for fascial therapy of hardened muscles on the thigh. Often the muscles themselves are not the cause of the hardening.

Rather, it is due to adhesions with the fascia surrounding the muscles that lead to subsequent hardening. These adhesions can be loosened by means of a fascia roller so that the thigh muscles can move better again. The large Blackroll is best suited for the thigh.

Depending on the degree of tension, the Blackroll can be used in different degrees of hardness. Magnesium plays an important role in the metabolism of the muscles. It has its function especially in the relaxation of the muscle.

Therefore, a lack of magnesium leads to muscle hardening in the thigh. These can be acutely solved by drinking effervescent magnesium tablets. In the long term, sufficient magnesium should be taken in with food. Nuts and legumes as well as wholemeal products are particularly suitable for this. Bananas also contain a lot of magnesium and provide a quick energy boost.