Leg soreness during sleep during early pregnancy

For some female friends, there are usually some changes in their physical body in the early stages of pregnancy, including soreness and swelling in the calves. This adds a lot of pressure on the physical body of female friends in the early stages of pregnancy, and they need to take care of themselves in time. So what should you do if you have soreness and swelling in your calves in early pregnancy? Let’s take a look at how the article introduces this issue in detail.

What to do if your calves become sore during early pregnancy

After pregnancy, the abdomen expands, which increases the weight on the legs. Most women in early pregnancy have more or less symptoms. This requires effective diet and attention to rest. Eat more foods high in calcium, pay more attention to rest, raise your legs as much as possible when sitting, and raise your feet when sleeping, and the condition may be alleviated.

1. Foot soak: Wash your feet with warm water at about 42~45°. Add more high-ratio brewed pure grain wine in the water, and the water level should be higher than the ankles.

2. Use a warm hand bag on your feet: If the discomfort in your waist and legs is very obvious, you can use a warm hand bag to warm them up, which will help relieve the pain in your waist and legs.

3. Massage: Use massage to release stress on leg muscles. Use one hand to grasp the muscles and then use five fingers to gently massage the muscles towards the inside of the hand. Hold the leg muscles with both thumbs facing each other, and massage from top to bottom with both hands. Bend your knees, make fists behind your knees, raise your arms, and use the sides of your little fingers to tap your calves alternately.

4. Get enough rest: pay more attention to rest, raise your legs when resting, and put a pillow under your legs. Usually, you can put soft things such as pillows and cushions under your knees. At night, it is suitable to sleep on a flat and slightly hard bed with your legs bent.

5. Supplement calcium and zinc: Go to the hospital to check whether you are deficient in calcium. If you are deficient in calcium, it is recommended to supplement it in time. It is recommended to supplement calcium and zinc from the 5th month of pregnancy. Don't buy liquid calcium, buy calcium tablets for pregnant women, because liquid calcium does not contain as much calcium as calcium tablets for pregnant women.

Gymnastics to relieve calf pain in pregnant women

Flexion and extension exercise 1: Sit with your feet facing each other, support your hips with your hands, actively press your knees to the ground, flex and extend your hip joints and thigh roots, breathe naturally, and hold for 15 seconds.

Flexion and extension exercise 2: Kneel on your hands and knees, with your head and spine in a straight line. When breathing, lower your head and arch your back, bury your head between your arms, breathe in and out, and coordinate your inhalation. Repeat 5 to 8 times.

Flexion and extension exercise three: Separate your knees as far as possible, keep your feet together, and keep your buttocks on your heels as close as possible. Bend your body forward until your forehead touches the ground, flex and extend your waist and hip joints, and hold for 15 seconds.

Flexion and extension exercise 4: Stand up with your legs apart, hold the chair with one hand, flex and extend the body, hold for 15 seconds, alternating up and down.

Flexion and extension exercise 5: Stand up with your pelvis facing straight ahead, place one foot on the seat, and hold the backrest with one hand. Stretch, flex and extend the hip joint and adductor muscles of the thigh root as far back as possible, hold for 30 seconds, alternating up and down.

In short, leg pain is caused by the enlargement of the uterus, increased load on the waist, and relaxation of the waist and abdominal muscles, which can no longer support the internal organs as before, and the burden on the intervertebral disc is aggravated. These factors can easily cause excessive extension of the physiological curvature of the spine. At this time, if the pregnant woman is slightly tired or the body is unbalanced, she will immediately feel back pain, and this pain will radiate to the lower limbs, causing pain in one or both legs.