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re: Leg cramp remedies anyone? Update Page 9 ***
Posted on 6/1/21 at 11:22 am to kywildcatfanone
Posted on 6/1/21 at 11:22 am to kywildcatfanone
125oz of water a day will keep the leg cramps away.
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Posted on 6/1/21 at 11:27 am to kywildcatfanone
If we are talking about your calves, lock your toes under something and pull them up as hard as you can.
Activating the front calf muscle forces the opposing muscle to relax
Activating the front calf muscle forces the opposing muscle to relax
Posted on 6/1/21 at 11:35 am to MardiGrasCajun
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Potassium and/or magnesium don't always work for nocturnal leg cramps. I use Hylands Leg Cramps tablets. Two under my tongue before bedtime and I'm good to go.
Every night?
Posted on 6/1/21 at 11:38 am to DavidTheGnome
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Stand on it
Yep. If it's a Charlie Horse, you get up as quickly as you can and put all your weight on it. Disappears immediately.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 11:44 am to RockAndRollDetective
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Yep. If it's a Charlie Horse, you get up as quickly as you can and put all your weight on it. Disappears immediately.
Yes, I do that when it's a light one, and it does tend to go away quickly.
The ones I'm posting about are ones that don't relieve from simply standing and stretching though. These are intense pain for several minutes, and you can't find a position to make it go away.
I ended up last night laying on my back, and stretching my legs straight up in the air, and pulling back on them to my head. Had to have my wife help me with it because I couldn't do the left leg by myself, it was so tight I couldn't budge it.
Was miserable for sure. I think it lasted like 15 minutes. I was sweating like I was having a heart attack.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 11:57 am to kywildcatfanone
Posted on 6/1/21 at 11:58 am to kywildcatfanone
You need to eat 10 bananas a day to get the amount of potassium if you are noting else, bananas are great have a few but to get over the hump get a bottle of potassium supplements and magnesium take the daily amount for a few days
Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:01 pm to kywildcatfanone
Long shot, but after spending a few years in New Hampshire, and being bitten by ticks countless times (ticks in the northeast are like ants in the south, there everywhere), I ended up catching Lyme disease.
For several months I'd wake up with excruciating leg pains/cramps with no other symptoms. Talked to my brother (he's a Doctor) about my suspicion of Lyme and asked if I should be tested. He said skip the test, its likely Lyme (based on tick bites and the cramp symptoms). He prescribed a strong antibiotic, for a week or two.
After the antibiotic regimen, the nighttime legcramps/pain ended, and not problem in the few years since then.
Have you been anywhere where Lyme disease is common?
Also, there are a lot of claims of joint/muscle/leg cramp side effects of the covid vaccines...
For several months I'd wake up with excruciating leg pains/cramps with no other symptoms. Talked to my brother (he's a Doctor) about my suspicion of Lyme and asked if I should be tested. He said skip the test, its likely Lyme (based on tick bites and the cramp symptoms). He prescribed a strong antibiotic, for a week or two.
After the antibiotic regimen, the nighttime legcramps/pain ended, and not problem in the few years since then.
Have you been anywhere where Lyme disease is common?
Also, there are a lot of claims of joint/muscle/leg cramp side effects of the covid vaccines...
Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:07 pm to carhartt
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Apparently pickle juice is supposed to be good for cramps.
That's bc of salt.
Someone mentioned potassium. Yes. And magnesium.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:07 pm to eatpie
Water is most likely correct here, as well as normal electrolytes, but get a medical work up. Have them draw labs, check blood pressures in bilateral legs and arms(ABI’s), and assess medications like Statins that cause these issues. Some people take CoQ10 for leg cramps on Statins, etc. also check thyroid hormones, and calcium ( parathyroid ?) all things that can be ruled out that have bigger health implications.....
Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:10 pm to kywildcatfanone
Magnesium. I thought there was no way it would work, but it’s a wonder pill for me.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:11 pm to kywildcatfanone
Water
Pickle juice
Magnesium citrate
Pickle juice
Magnesium citrate
This post was edited on 6/1/21 at 12:12 pm
Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:12 pm to kywildcatfanone
quote:There's an App for that:
I mean, painful cramps, and it happened again last night.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:20 pm to kywildcatfanone
its one of your medications causing it
what medicines are you taking?
what medicines are you taking?
Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:23 pm to kywildcatfanone
If it's dehydration, pickle juice is the answer.
ETA: it would've helped to read your post. Before I was diagnosed with diabetes I fought something similar. Any related symptoms like urinating often, sugar cravings, weight change?
ETA: it would've helped to read your post. Before I was diagnosed with diabetes I fought something similar. Any related symptoms like urinating often, sugar cravings, weight change?
This post was edited on 6/1/21 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:32 pm to kywildcatfanone
skip leg day
Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:32 pm to eatpie
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Have you been anywhere where Lyme disease is common?
No
quote:
there are a lot of claims of joint/muscle/leg cramp side effects of the covid vaccines...
I had the J&J shot
Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:35 pm to keakar
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its one of your medications causing it
what medicines are you taking?
I only take requip generic for RLS and Ramipril for BP.
Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:35 pm to kywildcatfanone
Bloody Mary Mix, preferably Zing Zang
Posted on 6/1/21 at 12:35 pm to Circle G
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Any related symptoms like urinating often, sugar cravings, weight change?
Well, not really, but I'm sort of back on keto, and have lost about 18 lbs in the last 6-8 weeks.
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