What to do if your arms ache during confinement

During the confinement period, women's resistance is relatively weak. Therefore, women need to take good care of their bodies to avoid various sequelae and postpartum diseases. Many women experience arm pain after giving birth, which may be caused by excessive fatigue from holding the baby or by catching a cold. So, what should you do if your arms get cold during the confinement period?

1. Reasons for cold arms during confinement

Women may experience arm pain during confinement after childbirth. In addition to the possibility of arm pain caused by holding the baby for a long time, it may also be caused by joint pain caused by rheumatoid arthritis. If it is the former, just pay attention to rest and recuperation. During pregnancy, women's metabolism is active and their muscles, bones and pores are open. During childbirth or miscarriage, their vitality is greatly damaged. During the confinement period, wind and cold take advantage of the opportunity to invade their muscles and bones, and their pores close, trapping them in the body and causing illness in the future. Therefore, to eradicate postpartum wrist pain and hand joint pain, it is necessary to eliminate the wind and cold from the body, strengthen the physical fitness, regulate immunity, and adjust the endocrine system. Since you need to breastfeed during the confinement period, you should not take any medicine randomly and remember to strengthen physical exercise.

What to do if your arms get cold during confinement

2. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment for cold arms during confinement

Boil mugwort leaves in water for bathing: Use 100g fresh mugwort leaves (50g dried product) and a few slices of ginger to boil half a bucket of water, then pour the water into a hot water tub at a suitable temperature for bathing. Function: Mugwort has the effects of regulating qi and blood, warming the meridians, expelling cold and dampness and relieving pain. Postpartum mothers are prone to wind, cold and dampness due to deficiency of qi and blood, so they should often use it to boil water for washing their bodies.

Mash ginger for application: Take an appropriate amount of ginger, mash it into a paste, and apply it directly to the joints or related acupuncture points. Cover it with plastic wrap to prevent the ginger paste from drying out immediately and affecting the application effect. However, it should be noted that ginger paste can burn the skin, so people with delicate skin or those who are prone to allergies should use it with caution to avoid damaging the skin. Function: Dispel wind and cold, and enhance blood circulation and metabolism around joints. Mothers with obvious individual pain points should use this method as an auxiliary treatment.

Hot compress method with coarse salt bag: buy 1 pound of edible coarse salt, fry it until hot, add 50g of moxa leaves, put it into a gauze bag, wrap it with a cloth with good air permeability, and apply it to the affected area. However, you need to pay attention to adjust the temperature to prevent skin burns. Function: Relieve local inflammation and improve joint metabolic function. It is best to do it once a day for more than a week. The salt can be reused.

3. How to massage arm pain during confinement

If it is caused by the pressure on the elbow when holding the baby for feeding or sleeping. You can press the Quchi point. It is equivalent to the midpoint of the upper part of the elbow joint when the elbow is bent at 90 degrees. Use the thumb of your other hand to rub the Quchi point. If the pain is over a large area, you can rub the area with your palms for 3 to 5 minutes. Also, be careful not to overwork yourself and keep warm. It can be combined with elbow abduction and external rotation exercises. Mothers should not lift heavy objects by themselves.