Prophylaxis of calf pain Unfortunately not all calf pain can be prevented. A healthy lifestyle, plenty of exercise, avoiding overweight, and avoiding alcohol and nicotine can help to prevent especially the pain caused by vascular diseases. In order to avoid muscle soreness during sports activities, regular muscle stretching after exercise can prevent the pain. Summary … Prophylaxis of calf pain | Pain in the calf
Introduction Calf cramps are painful, mostly acute and not long lasting pain in the muscle area of the calves. They can occur at rest and suddenly, but also after and during great exertion. In most cases, a sudden onset of pain in the calf muscle area occurs. This pain has a pulling and biting character … Calf Cramps
Frequency distribution Depending on the underlying cause of cramps, those affected experience more or less frequent calf cramps. In the case of systemic deficiency symptoms, calf cramps can occur almost every night. At night this happens because the muscles are at rest. For untrained athletes, who run a marathon for example, calf cramps almost always … Frequency distribution | Calf Cramps
Diagnosis The diagnosis of a calf cramp is a gaze diagnosis.Since cramps usually occur at home and often at night, the doctor consulted later can usually no longer judge whether it was really a cramp or whether it is rather a pulling pain caused by e.g. reduced blood circulation in the lower leg. Neurological measuring … Diagnosis | Calf Cramps
Prophylaxis To prevent calf cramps, you need to know the exact causes of the calf cramps. If the causes are unknown, general measures should be taken, which usually work very well. Avoid overloading: Exertion should be adapted to the individual training condition. This applies to completely untrained persons as well as to competitive athletes. Even … Prophylaxis | Calf Cramps
The Achilles tendon is a strong, normally very stable tendon, which attaches the lower leg muscles to the foot in the rear lower leg area. It starts at the heel bone and pulls further under the foot in a wide tendon plate. The radiating musculature is the strong rear lower leg muscle, M. Triceps surae, … Achilles tendon rupture treatment
Conservative treatment The successful conservative treatment of an Achilles tendon rupture requires a great deal of patient cooperation and can only be carried out if the torn ends are not too far apart or can be brought together by the splint. The problem is that the foot has to be kept still in a splint … Conservative treatment | Achilles tendon rupture treatment
OP To operate on an Achilles tendon rupture, there are various procedures, such as reattaching, suturing or incorporating other tendons from the patient’s own body to restore stability. The advantage of surgery is that the tendon is more stable afterwards than with conservative healing. In this case, the tendon does grow together, but the rupture … OP | Achilles tendon rupture treatment
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Therapy Since the cramp is mainly caused by a combination of incorrect strain on the musculature and an unbalanced mineral balance, this knowledge can also be used to cleverly prevent a calf cramp. The tightening of the toes and thus the stretching of the calf muscles is both a prevention and an acute treatment. Since … Therapy | Calf cramps at night
Definition of a calf cramp Such a spasm is due to a defective function of the muscle. Very often the calf muscles are affected. During a calf cramp, the muscle quickly contracts and remains in a rigid position, which is usually perceived as very painful. The whole thing happens involuntarily and unconsciously. From the moment … Definition of a calf cramp | Calf cramps at night
Introduction Calf cramps are the involuntary twitching and cramping of the calf muscles in the lower leg. They can occur in any situation, but especially at night they occur frequently. They often rob the affected person of sleep, although in many cases not even a cause is clearly found. Whether sportsmen or not, calf cramps … Calf cramps at night