Herbal Remedies: Leg Pain

 Causes

There are several hundred (even thousands) reasons why leg pain occurs.

Some of the general reasons may be:

Trauma: the most obvious cause of leg pain.

Falls, near falls, and twisting: these injuries can damage bones, muscles, and joints of the leg or a combination of all three.

Back pain: due to injury, can inflame the sciatic nerve and cause sciatica. This is a pain that radiates down the leg and follows the path of one of the many nerve roots that leave the spinal cord and make up the sciatic nerve.

Leg pain can also be caused due to fractures, shin splints, sprains, strains, blood clots, bleeding, etc.

Symptoms

1. Depending on the cause and the individual situation, symptoms of leg pain may have a wide range of presentation. The pain may be described in a variety of ways, including sharp, dull, heavy, aching, or burning. It may be constant or intermittent or made better or worse with activity or rest. There may be other associated symptoms, depending on the cause.

2. Pain from muscles and joints often can be felt or palpated, meaning that touching the area reproduces the pain. However, the pain may radiate from the source to another location.

3. Patients who suffer from claudication develop pain with exercise, but as the blood vessels narrow over time, the amount of activity required to bring on the pain decreases. Also, this type of pain tends to resolve with rest. As the disease progresses, at some point, the patient may complain of pain at rest, not requiring exercise or activity to bring it on.

4. Those who have a blood clot causing ischemia (decreased oxygen supply to the tissues) tend to have an acute onset of pain that is intense and involves the whole extremity below the area of the arterial blockage. It may be associated with numbness or paralysis sometimes the body can dissolve the clot on its own and as the blood supply is restored, the pain resolves.

5. People with neuropathy tend to describe their pain as a purging sensation while those who have sciatica describe intense sharp pain. Sciatica may also cause changes in sensation along the path of the inflamed root.

6. Nighttime symptoms of pain and leg cramps may be associated with restless leg syndrome, a sleep disorder.

Remedies

1. A warm water bath of Epsom salt -- rich in magnesium, is a good pain reliever. This is very helpful for arthritis and also relieves leg pain.

2. One of the useful home remedies for leg pains.

3. A good balance of work and rest is very necessary.

4. Take enough rest as it relieves leg pain.

5. Rubbing lobelia paste also provides relief from leg pain. This is one of the best home remedies for leg pains.

6. Vinegar is also great for relieving leg pain, controlling weight, chest burns, injuries of joints, and bad breath.

7. A cloth pad thoroughly wet in vinegar solution when applied firmly to the joints, foot, or other part of the leg relieves leg pain and discomfort.

8. Eating hard shell nuts also relieves leg pain.

9. Gently massage your using hot pads as it provides relief to leg pain.

10. Massaging with oils like mustard oil, and coconut oil gives fast relief from severe leg pain. One of the useful home remedies for leg pains.

11. Regular warm oil massage in a downward direction relieves leg pain. Stretch your leg gently and massage the strained muscles using warm oil, it gives relief from pain in joints, knees, leg pain, calf muscles, and hips.

12. You can also take one tablespoon of methi, which is a very effective vegetable and helps in curing various diseases. Dry methi leaves under the sun for 4-5 days. Mix it in a glass of water. Take this mixture in the early morning. This is one of the important home remedies for leg pains.

13. Rub your feet using ice blocks as they soothe the tired muscles.

14. A warm water bath relaxes your overall body and mind, so whenever you feel tiredness and pain in your leg. go for a warm water bath, this will unstrain the tired muscles.

15. Drink lots of water -- It gives good strength to the bones and muscles.

16. Regular exercise and yoga also relieves pain.

Precautions

1, Do not climb steps frequently.

2. Avoid sitting on the floor.

3. Exercise regularly.

4. Do yoga.

5. Increase your intake of calcium in your diet.