swollen calves

[hensleyll]

so right below my knees in back are grossly swollen and sore any suggestions on what i can do to ease the pain ,meds are not a option i do daycare and raising my 6 month old granddaughter

[dsawan]

ice pak;drink hot tea and soak in tub in hot water and cold;magnesium or zinc vitamins

[Sendmicheck]

Keep your feet alleviate will help the swelling and pain subside.

[moon29]

take a bath in some Epsom salts.  it is good to ease sore and achy muscles.

[Nancy5]

Try to lay diwn and put your feet above your heart,  hopefully thst will, in time, refuce the swelling.  If it continues I would seriously go to the doctor.

[hensleyll]

so propped feet up it helped with swelling but not pain took hot bath it helped some guess gonna try vitamins next have dr appt latter in month didnt have any openings before then

[kingozzy]

That sounds like a lot of fun raising some kids and also pretty painful as well!!  Good luck

[hensleyll]

we do have fun and yes at 50 the end of day i have all sorts of pains

[pmagalei]

None of those helped if you don't go and see your primary doctor. Dr. will either prescribed a medication or send you to a specialist that can find out what is causing it. While it may be at an early stage, you might want to get that taken care before it gets too serious. I have gout on my joints and the best remedy for me is drinking a lot of water and doing water exercises.

[tzs]

Get up and walk a little bit and get your blood moving

[hensleyll]

So my leggs are doing much better,other occasional pains from arthritus

[reiddb]

Get those really tight stockings....work awesome! Keep them elevated during sleep with pillows at night!

[sherryinutah]

I've had problems with my legs at certain times too.  I think it's a blockage that allows fluid to accumulate.  I'm using Omega 3 (Salmon oil capsules) as a blood thinner and I also increased my vitamin C to 5000 mg. per day to clear toxins.  Good luck with whatever you decide.

[Tresbn00]

This may be more of a question to be answered by a qualified physician in case it is something above and beyond what some of these posts are trying to help you with. I wouldn't take any chances. I had a swollen calf after getting a cast off that had been on my leg for over eight weeks. After getting an ultra sound a deep, veinous thrombosis was discovered (clot) that took two years to shrink using warfarin-Coumadin. I had a friend who's calves swelled until he spoke to a doctor and changed his diet due to diabetes. I sit at a desk for ten to twelve hours and then come home and sit in my home office for six or seven hours.  This usually results in swollen calves and is alleviated by going to bed and elevating my feet.

[debidoo]

Glad to see in below posts that you are doing better.  I am struggling with Afib, swollen feet, irregular heartbeat and getting pretty tired of all of it.  Have a hard time getting around and short of breath.  Going to dr but so far not having much help - gonna keep trying though.  Again, so glad you seem to be doing better ! Take care !