What to do if your calves are cold and uncomfortable

Many people have poor blood circulation in their calves, so they often feel cold and uncomfortable in their calves. People who feel a little cold can give themselves more massages. Massage can relieve the symptoms well and avoid some complications. It is of great help to all aspects of the body. In addition, everyone also needs to pay attention to finding the acupoints and mastering the techniques when massaging, and not massaging randomly.

Massage Weizhong acupoint

Place the tip of your middle finger on the Weizhong point of the affected limb and your thumb above the patella, and massage with appropriate force for 0.5 to 1 minute. Doing this has health-promoting effects such as promoting blood circulation, reducing swelling, unblocking meridians and relieving pain.

Massage Yanglingquan acupoint

Place the tip of your thumb on the Yanglingquan point on the affected limb on the same side, and place the other four fingers on the calf, pressing and rubbing with appropriate force for 0.5 to 1 minute. This kind of massage can soothe the liver and gallbladder, relieve spasms and relieve pain.

Massage Zusanli acupoint

Overlap the index finger and middle finger, place the tip of the middle finger on the Zusanli point of the affected limb, and press with appropriate force for 0.5 to 1 minute. Doing this can nourish the spleen and stomach, and regulate qi and blood.

Massage Tiaokou acupoint

Place the affected limb flat on the knee of the healthy limb, place the middle finger of the healthy side on the Tiaokou acupoint, and press and rub with appropriate force for 0.5 to 1 minute. Doing this has health benefits such as dredging meridians, relieving spasms and relieving pain.

Massage Chengshan acupoint

Place the tip of your thumb on the Chengshan point on the same side, and press it with appropriate force for 0.5 to 1 minute. This can dredge the blood vessels, activate the collaterals, soften the tendons and relieve spasms.

The human lower limbs are farthest from the heart, and the local blood flow is relatively slow. In order to facilitate walking, people wear less. Therefore, in cold seasons, especially when you stop moving, your lower limbs, especially your feet, will feel very cold. This is a normal physiological phenomenon. However, some people still feel cold and numbness in their lower limbs even if the weather is not too cold and their shoes have good warmth retention. This abnormal coldness in the lower limbs is likely to be caused by some disease. So, what diseases are abnormal lower limb coldness mainly related to? Acroarterial spasm, also known as Raynaud's disease, is a spasmodic disease of the small arteries at the ends of the limbs caused by vascular and nerve dysfunction. It manifests as paroxysmal blanching, cyanosis, flushing and pain in the distal extremities, usually triggered by cold stimulation or emotional excitement.

In the early stages of thromboangiitis obliterans, symptoms mostly include cold, numbness, and pain in the feet after catching a cold; and soreness and fatigue in the calves when walking. If the condition worsens, it will manifest as intermittent claudication, coldness, fear of cold, numbness, and increased pain in the affected limb, especially at night.

It is reported that nearly 20% of patients with Takayasu's arteritis suffer from arterial inflammation affecting the large arteries supplying blood circulation to the lower limbs, resulting in ischemia and hypoxia of the lower limbs, manifested as coldness of the lower limbs, accompanied by weakness, numbness, pain in the lower limbs, and intermittent claudication.