i walked around the zoo yesterday for 5 hours and i wore sandals, flip flops to be exact. i woke up the next morning with this bad tightness in my calves, its making it hard to walk. how do i relieve this and keep this from happening again? besides where gym shoes...
2007-08-04 13:31:53 · 4 answers · asked by Deb M 3 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Take a hot bath with 2c. of dissolved Epsom salts. Soak for 30 minutes. The Epsom salts will help eliminate the lactic acid that forms on the muscles from over exertion.
Massage an analgesic cream into the sore muscles.
Dehydration can cause severe pain in the muscles. I recommend you drink purified water mixed with mineral water 50/50. This will replace the minerals that are exiting your body continuously.
I suggest that adults and children drink 40 ounces of water per 100 pounds of body weight every day. Realize that exercise, ambient temperature, and state of health affect the water needs of your body. One tip for athletes: it is healthier to drink a sports drink or water than fruit juice, soda, coffee, or milk during competition or active training periods.
500mg of calcium and magnesium, taken twice daily, can help with diminishing the pain.
Advil liqui capsules work very quickly on pain. Take them four times daily.
Definitely wear correct foot wear for such long walks. It's not surprising that you're experiencing so much pain. Also you should take frequent breaks and sit down to give your muscles some rest.
2007-08-04 13:40:37 · answer #1 · answered by Cherokee Billie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
take 3 calcium tablets and 2 excedrin about every 4-6 hours, use heat and ice in rotation and rest all you can this weekend it should be a lot better soon. Also put some epson salts in the bathtub and water as hot as you can handle this will relax the muscles, then ask someone to massage your legs with a medicated lotion if possible, elevate your legs and use a heating pad on low to relax them. Good luck that happens to me pretty often.
2007-08-04 13:46:18 · answer #2 · answered by ladynamedjane 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eat one bananna every day (or if you're allergic, the equivalent in vitamin suppliments.) I'm tellin'ya, works like a charm. ;)
2007-08-04 14:39:41 · answer #3 · answered by Darksuns 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to strech more even if you dont run and when you do strech before the track meet strech with the team strech before you run and after and at the end of the day
2016-04-01 20:28:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋