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Leg Cramps

clifffaith

clifffaith

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Anyone take anything that has helped them with leg cramps? Last two mornings Cliff has been in agony.
 
Banana. I was having trouble this past week. Works every time. But you also need to check the amount of water you’re drinking.
 
Leg cramps or pain caused by nerve damage

Lyrica generic pregabalin is used to treat pain caused by
nerve pain in people with diabetes (diabetic neuropathy)
 
Miss Marty said:
Leg cramps or pain caused by nerve damage

Lyrica generic pregabalin is used to treat pain caused by
nerve pain in people with diabetes (diabetic neuropathy)
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Run of the mill Charlie horses. He's not diabetic.
 
Magnesium citrate supplements helps me when I have leg cramps.
 
Miss Marty said:
Leg cramps or pain caused by nerve damage

Lyrica generic pregabalin is used to treat pain caused by
nerve pain in people with diabetes (diabetic neuropathy)
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It can also be caused by over exercise and dehydration .
 
I have to take RX potassium. When I forget a day or two, the leg cramps remind me. It if continues, have his potassium level checked through blood work.
 
I keep over-the-counter potassium in the nightstand and take one if I need it.
 
My grandmother drinks tonic water and takes zinc for her leg cramps/restless legs.
 
I get very few leg cramps since I retired, but just reading about it hurts. I tried everything I read about, water, bananas, magnesium and nothing really stopped my leg cramps. I believe it was my desk job and bad chair causing it.
Then one day I read an article in foreign women’s magazine titled “ what are you grateful your husband for” and one old lady described how her husband taught her to stop her leg crabs on the spot. I tried it and it really works. You push with your finger very hard under your nose between nostrils. It hurts a little, but your cramps literally go away within seconds. Lady said her husband learned it at the army during WW2. Hope someone finds this useful as I did.
 
Krteczech said:
I get very few leg cramps since I retired, but just reading about it hurts. I tried everything I read about, water, bananas, magnesium and nothing really stopped my leg cramps. I believe it was my desk job and bad chair causing it.
Then one day I read an article in foreign women’s magazine titled “ what are you grateful your husband for” and one old lady described how her husband taught her to stop her leg crabs on the spot. I tried it and it really works. You push with your finger very hard under your nose between nostrils. It hurts a little, but your cramps literally go away within seconds. Lady said her husband learned it at the army during WW2. Hope someone finds this useful as I did.
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Pushing upwards into your nose cartilage, or straight back into your lip/teeth?
 
I find walking and stretching my legs reduces leg cramps esp on airplanes. It is really terrible to get leg cramps in the middle of the night. I sometimes get them in the arch of my feet. I hold my feet and stretch them in the opposite direction and the cramps go away within minutes usually. Sometimes they come right back and I need to do it again. I do not remember this technique being needed more than 2 times for each episode. I am not aware of supplements or food to reduce leg cramps so this thread is very educational for me.
 
When you get a cramp flex your feet with your toes pointing towards you. In fact, do this exercise even when you do not get a cramp. The only other thing you can do is stand up if your are sitting or lying down and start walking.
 
WinniWoman said:
When you get a cramp flex your feet with your toes pointing towards you. In fact, do this exercise even when you do not get a cramp. The only other thing you can do is stand up if your are sitting or lying down and start walking.
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Yes this is what I do when I get a foot cramp/charlie horse. Sometimes it takes about 15 minutes to work with 2 tries. I do not get leg cramps too often except on airplanes so I usually get up, stretch and walk around when I start feeling cramped. My leg cramps have gone away fast.
 
Potassium deficiency isn’t anything to mess around with. Among other things, it can lead to cardiac arrest. My level was so low that I was once sent immediately to an infusion center to sit for hours having a very slow IV infusion. If I pay attention, I can recognize when I haven’t been taking my prescription as I should. I feel lightheaded, tingly and just “off” somehow. I hate taking it as I’m prescribed 3 huge pills a day and I have trouble swallowing big pills. But I’m getting up right now to take them!!!!
 
TWO WORDS:
Bananas (Potassium)
Water (H2O)
 
Not medical, but make sure that sheets at foot of bed aren't tucked in tightly. I have learned to loosen this when I go to timeshares. When tight, they push my toes down and lead to cramping. Just putting it out there in case the bed was just made, and tucked in tightly. It would explain why all of a sudden...

I had to be on a course of prednisone some months back and experienced the worst cramping of my life. It was the entire leg, toes on up. Has there been any change in meds or diet? I have been on prednisone before and not had this issue, so while I can't definitively point to that, it was the only significant change.

Regardless, good luck. It doesn't seem like cramps should be so painful, but they sure are.
 
I have heard tonic water, potassium & bananas too. I have gotten one here and there. They are bad. My mom used to get them often. I felt so bad for her - we tried everything.
 
Dh gets terrible leg cramps and has found the over the counter Theraworx really helps
 
Sometimes I get them while sleeping. Of course they wake me up or I wouldn't know. When it happens (calves or arches) I get up and force myself to walk until they go away. Although a touch painful it usually doesn't take all that long until they go away...

George
 
bogey21 said:
Sometimes I get them while sleeping. Of course they wake me up or I wouldn't know. When it happens (calves or arches) I get up and force myself to walk until they go away. Although a touch painful it usually doesn't take all that long until they go away...

George
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It happens to me occasionally. It is a very rude way to be awaken with your calf in a knot.
 
clifffaith said:
Anyone take anything that has helped them with leg cramps? Last two mornings Cliff has been in agony.
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After seeing your other adventures, I'd suspect JB!
 
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