Wearable Device for Early Detection of Muscle Cramp with Heating Pad

Muscle cramps are usually characterised by a continuous, painful, and localized involuntary contraction of group of muscles or very particular muscle fibres. Although, the causation is undetermined in several situation. Cramp can occur due to dehydration, overusing of muscle, straining, or even remaining still for extended amount of time. Despite the fact that most muscle spasms are innocuous, some could be caused by a medical condition, such as inadequate blood flow or nerve compression. Muscle cramps must be treated early as they happen during or after exercise, long-distance travel, or both. If not, it will persist for a long time and will mostly impede people’s ability to travel, sleep and engage in sports. The proposed project is a proactive step that aims to provide first aid for muscle cramps that may occur during transportation, exercise, and other conditions. Novel wearable systems make it possible to measure these extremely complicated physiological event, expanding their capacity and sustaining their non-invasiveness with the use of moisture sensor, MAX30100, and DHT11 sensors. If the analyzed parameters point to a state to a muscular cramp, the Peltier module will be enabled to deliver a therapeutic dose of heating to the affected muscle.