What to do if your legs and knees hurt during confinement

Giving birth is undoubtedly a very painful thing, and even after giving birth, the suffering of pregnant women is far from over. They also have to go through the confinement period. Many different complications may also occur during the confinement period. The daily life during this period is also subject to many restrictions and discomforts. Some people may also feel leg pain and knee pain. So, what should I do if I have leg pain and knee pain during confinement?

What should I do if my legs and knees hurt during confinement?

1. Soak in boiling water to dispel cold. This method is very effective in treating wrist pain. Take a basin of boiling water, slowly soak your arm in it and soak it for about ten minutes, the pain in your wrist will be significantly relieved. Foam your hands every day and the arm pain will be cured in three days.

2. Drink brown sugar ginger water for conditioning. Cut the ginger into thin slices, add to boiling water and boil for about five minutes, add brown sugar, stir, and drink it while it is hot. Then cover your whole body, including your head, with the mattress, and soon you will feel hot and sweaty. Do it for about 20 minutes every day for seven days, which can not only dispel cold and relieve pain, but also improve the physical fitness of cold body.

3. Hot compress. If your feet and waist are exposed to the wind, you can use hot compress to relieve the pain. Soak two cotton towels in boiling water, soak them thoroughly and then dry them. Then cover the painful areas of the waist and feet to effectively relieve the pain and make you feel relaxed.

4. Supplement calcium and zinc. After giving birth, the body is weak, and breastfeeding causes a lot of loss of high-quality protein, which can cause pain in the waist and legs. At this time, you can drink more bone soup, eat more protein-rich foods, or take calcium tablets for pregnant women in time to supplement calcium and zinc, which can also relieve pain.

Possible complications during the confinement period

Complications that may occur during the confinement period include: postpartum anemia, low milk supply, mastitis, metritis, puerperal fever, uterine prolapse, urinary retention, bone and muscle pain, back pain, headache, diarrhea, constipation, etc.

Pregnant women with anemia can eat more high-iron foods, including meat, black glutinous rice porridge, red bean soup, etc. If the milk is swollen, you can use 1 liang of maltose syrup, 3 qian of dandelion flowers, and 3 qian of fenugreek, cook them together and eat them, which can promote milk secretion. If you have constipation, you can eat apples and black sesame paste (boiled and seasoned with honey), which can help moisturize the intestines and promote bowel movements. If you have a fever or extremely uncomfortable symptoms due to mastitis or endometritis, you must seek medical treatment immediately.

It can be seen that there are many ways to improve leg pain and knee pain during the confinement period. We should try more ways to relieve our pain, but never put additional burden on our body. At the same time, we should also pay attention to preventing other complications during the confinement period, so that we can have a healthier and more comfortable confinement period and reduce the pain caused by the confinement period.