How to massage leg pain effectively

Many people have experienced leg pain. In addition to being caused by disease factors, leg pain may also be caused by excessive exercise. If you want to relieve leg pain, you can relieve the pain through some massage. As for how to massage leg pain effectively, you must massage the acupoints, so that it is obvious

1. Kunlun Point

People who travel will feel back pain and leg pain. Some people use improper force and may sprain the muscles of the waist, back and limbs. In this case, massaging the Kunlun point behind the outer ankle can help eliminate pain in the waist and back. Kunlun Point is an acupuncture point specifically for treating pain in the waist and back. Proper massage can effectively relieve the pain in the waist and back. The technique is not difficult to master. For Kunlun acupoint, you can press the depression behind the lateral ankle with your fingers and move it towards the big tendon at the back for 1 to 2 minutes.

2. Chengshan Point

Chengshan acupoint belongs to the Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian and is located in the middle of the back of the calf, below the belly of the gastrocnemius muscle. When you stretch your calf or lift your heel, a "human"-shaped depression will appear on your calf, and the sharp corner of the depression is it. Regularly pressing this point can relax muscles and tendons, strengthen tendons and replenish deficiency, and it is effective in relieving low back pain, leg pain, cramps, and calf cramps. It relieves muscle tension and eliminates fatigue. In addition, regular massage of this point can also relax the Qi on the same meridian, dispel cold and dampness, and is also effective for anal diseases such as hemorrhoids and constipation.

3. Bend over and pinch your legs

You can stand or sit on the bed. Straighten your legs and slowly bend forward. Use both hands to pinch the muscles in front of your thighs and calves, as low as possible, preferably to the instep of the foot. Repeat 5 to 10 times. Keep your head up as you bend forward.

4. General massage

Use one hand to grab the muscles and then use five fingers to gently massage them into the palm of your hand. Grasp the calf muscles with both hands with your thumbs facing each other, and massage them from the top (leg pit) to the bottom with both hands. Bend your knees, make fists behind your knees, with the backs of your hands facing up, and use the sides of your little fingers to tap your calves alternately.