Why do my calves feel sore when I wake up in the morning?

Waking up in the morning is a very important matter for people, because it is a critical time for most people to restore energy. Many people are prone to various symptoms, which bring great pressure and burden to the body. Among them, the most common feeling is sore and swollen calves when getting up in the morning. Let’s take a look at why you feel sore and swollen calves when you get up in the morning. I hope everyone can understand.

1. Wrong sleeping posture causes calf pain

If you have an incorrect sleeping posture, such as compressing your lower limbs for a long time while sleeping or you have a single sleeping posture when you are bent at night, which causes the calf joint muscles to be less active at night, this may cause local metabolism in the calf to be hindered and cause calf soreness.

Relief method: You can do some relaxation exercises for the joints and muscles after getting up in the morning. Generally, this situation is only a temporary discomfort and will be relieved by itself after getting up.

2. Nutritional deficiency causes calf pain

If the body lacks calcium, it may cause cramps, soreness and other discomforts in the calves. Calf cramps at night can easily lead to sore calf muscles after waking up.

Relief method: If the symptoms are mild, you can take calcium tablets, vitamin B, etc. under the guidance of a doctor to quickly supplement nutrition. The key is to consume more calcium- and vitamin-containing foods in the diet and pay attention to the nutritional balance of the diet. If the symptoms are more serious, you must seek medical attention immediately.

3. Calf pain caused by exercise

People who do not exercise often or are exercising for the first time are prone to muscle hypoxia during exercise due to their weak cardiopulmonary function and slow blood circulation in the body. The lactic acid in the muscles cannot be processed in time and accumulates in the muscles. The muscles are completely relaxed when sleeping, and muscle soreness is easy to occur after waking up. Especially when doing lower limb exercises, calf muscle soreness will be more obvious.

Relief methods: You can use hot water foot soaking, hot compress, massage and other techniques to help relieve calf pain. In addition, this condition will disappear on its own after multiple exercises. Calf pain caused by cold

If your calves are not kept warm when you sleep at night, it may cause the invasion of wind-cold, resulting in calf pain after waking up in the morning. Relief methods: First, you can soak your feet. Second, you can pay attention to keeping your calves warm to prevent them from getting cold.