i have been getting a lot of pain on my ankles, knees and calf muscles.?

Question

Have been exercising regularly after a long time and been having pain on my ankles and calf muscles. What can i do to stop the pain without taking pain medication? It has been 3 or 4 days that i have been having hard time just walking because of the pain.

Answer 1

It's best to exercise every other day. This gives the muscles a chance to rest and recover. If you force the exercise every day your muscles do not have sufficient recovery time.

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. You must drink beyond your thirst to get the benefits of hydration and the real key is the Mineral Water.

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.

Answer 2

Well, the best thing to do is to go to the hospital. If she won't go, most hospitals / insurance providers have an on-call nurse to answer afterhours questions. Part of this depends on what she was just in the hospital for - was she told that she should expect pain? Was she told that she could be at risk for blood clots? Since she has CHF, there could be some pain from edema which is normal for her - if this is not at her normal level of pain, then someone needs to check her out. Best case scenerio is this: it's not unusual to have post-hospitalization pain. When you're in the hospital and not moving around enough, your muscles can begin to atrophy, which causes pain and cramping once your up and about. A lot of people also leave the hospital mildly dehydrated, which also causes cramping in the thighs and calves. Ask your grandmother some targeted questions, and then call the oncall nurse for futher advice. 1 - What is the quality of the pain? Is it more like a cramp? Is it sharp or dull? Is it a constant pain, or does it go away and then come back? 2 - Is there any numbness or tingling? 3 - Touch her calf. If it is either hotter than the rest of her body or colder, then you definately want to take note of that and report it to the on-call. The on-call will probably tell you to return to the hospital regardless of the answers, just because of her age and health history. However, she might be more conviced of the need to go once she sees that you are assessing her and taking her seriously, and that the on-call nurse or MD agrees that she should be seen. Good luck!!!