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A collection of treatment methods for leg cramps during swimming
Treatment of leg cramps during swimming
Cramp refers to muscle involuntary rigidity contraction. Swimming due to cold stimulation, a large number of perspiration, physical fatigue, so that muscle contraction imbalance, easy to occur in the calf and plantar flexor muscle and flexor muscle cramps.
There are two ways to handle a cramp when swimming.
1. The method of relieving cramp in shallow water.
Calf cramps, can be standing in the water with a single foot, hands tight grip cramp forefoot, straighten knee, hard flexion foot back, traction two or three times. Then, buckling the knee. Then use both hands in the back of the calf pressure, kneading, jitter and so on. At the same time, pressure on the back of the leg bearing mountain points. Flexor muscle, flexor muscle cramps, can be forcibly made feet and toe back extension, while pressing the plantar springs point, to promote spasm relief.
2, the deep water cramps discharge method.
When cramps occur, be calm, calm, do not tighten, you can swim slowly to the pool side of the frog, to be ashore, and then use the above method to lift.
What if you have a cramp in your swimming?
During swimming, cramps occur in the legs and toes, but also in the fingers, thighs and even abdomen. Swimming cramps Prevention and self-help method is: Before swimming to do the necessary warm-up, the prone to the location of cramps can be appropriate massage. The water should be preceded by a cold shower or with cold water to pat the body and limbs, so that the body to adapt to low temperature. Swimming time should not be too long, fatigue or hunger is not suitable for swimming. Summer sweat more, easy to appear cramps should pay attention to supplement salt and vitamin B 1. Usually strengthen a variety of exercise (such as cold water bath), the body's ability to adapt to improve, can effectively avoid the occurrence of cramps when swimming.
Be sure to keep calm when you have cramps in your swimming, don't panic and panic even choking cause cramps. When the cramp should cry out for help and come to the rescue with the initiative to cooperate with safe water, must not be able to hold the rescuers and cause both accidents. Swimming cramps can also take the initiative to help themselves, in the rivers swimming should be so. Cramp of self-help general use elongated spasm muscle method, when the spasm of muscle by external force pull elongation to a certain degree after cramps generally can be lifted. Muscle cramps, such as calves, toes or legs, swimmers can take a breath first, so that the body floating on the surface, with cramps limb to the side of the hand grip cramp limbs toes, forcibly to the body direction, while using the same side of the palm pressure on the knee cramp limbs, help cramp legs straight, generally can be alleviated, conversely, Muscle group cramps in the anterior thigh apply hand-holding ankle joint to the arm direction, so that the anterior part of the knee muscle group stretching and relief; if the fingers cramp, can fist, and then forcibly open, quickly repeated several times after the general can be lifted. Swimming cramps, after the relief also do not continue to swim, or easy again cramps occur unexpectedly. That is ashore timely dry body rest, pay attention to keep warm, to still feel pain part can do appropriate massage make it further relief.
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