Not often, but I do suffer from RLS.
Do you get "leg cramps" (Charlie Horse) muscle cramps, at night?
02/23/2013
I Get them when I'm low on potassium.
02/23/2013
I would get charlie horses from sleeping on an air mattress, otherwise I rarely get them.
02/23/2013
I used to... but not in a long time.
02/24/2013
I use to get leg cramps until I started living healthier.
02/24/2013
I don't get them often but I definitely do get them.
02/24/2013
I don't get them.
02/24/2013
Often times the reason for this is a salt deficiency. I used to get them in my calves and feet almost every night. When I went to the doctor to find out why, he told me to keep a salt shaker by my bed, eat a small bit of salt when it happens. Works every time! I don't get them anymore thankfully.
02/24/2013
I have never, ever had one.
Make sure you have enough vitamins/minerals in your diet. Especially potassium and calcium...but not too much potassium. Too much/too little potassium can pretty much insta-kill.
Make sure you have enough vitamins/minerals in your diet. Especially potassium and calcium...but not too much potassium. Too much/too little potassium can pretty much insta-kill.
02/24/2013
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Good info. And the good news is: you can get a calcium/magnesium supplement all in one! The calcium supplements I take have magnesium too & I definitely think it's important to take magnesium with calcium as well as other vitamins to help it absorb.
Originally posted by
Lover of Leather
Stretching helps, and getting a massage does too. The best thing I had my patients do was to increase their water intake, water helps to flush out the toxins and crap in our blood. Coffee, soda, ice teas, and the like just add to the sludge. The
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Stretching helps, and getting a massage does too. The best thing I had my patients do was to increase their water intake, water helps to flush out the toxins and crap in our blood. Coffee, soda, ice teas, and the like just add to the sludge. The increase in water will help a lot of people, but for those who still have problems, take a good calcium supplement. The best is a calcium lactate supplement from Standard Process, it's the most readily useable by your body supplement out there. The next level down is calcium citrate. All the rest are pretty much just garbage as far as I'm concerned. Calcium covers the active sites on your muscle cells that are responsible for causing your muscles to contract.If you don't have enough calcium, these sites become exposed and your muscles can cramp up on you, usually when you are relaxed and almost asleep. Since I started taking calcium on a regular basis myself, I have not had any more night cramps at all. Some people may need to add in a magnesium supplement as well. Magnesium is a mineral that's a natural muscle relaxant. I hope this helps.
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02/24/2013
I rarely get any sort of cramps.
02/24/2013
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I get them sometimes when I am dehydrated or my potassium levels are low, but thankfully they don't happen that often. I use biofeedback to relax my muscles when they do.
Originally posted by
Bignuf
In the last few months, hubby and I have both been up a few nights a week, with terrible leg cramps. We have both been checked and our calcium and potassium levels are fine. I drink a fair amount of water. Hubby is always very well hydrated (water
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In the last few months, hubby and I have both been up a few nights a week, with terrible leg cramps. We have both been checked and our calcium and potassium levels are fine. I drink a fair amount of water. Hubby is always very well hydrated (water bottle in hand at all times....old serious athlete habit).
There are a few blogs here, where people speak about the same issue.
How common is this? Any suggestions for stopping them from happening??? less
There are a few blogs here, where people speak about the same issue.
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02/24/2013
We occasionally get them (both on our feet all day at work)
02/24/2013
Sometimes.
02/24/2013
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doc said to take magnesium and potassium we do and now no more leg cramps
Originally posted by
Bignuf
In the last few months, hubby and I have both been up a few nights a week, with terrible leg cramps. We have both been checked and our calcium and potassium levels are fine. I drink a fair amount of water. Hubby is always very well hydrated (water
...
more
In the last few months, hubby and I have both been up a few nights a week, with terrible leg cramps. We have both been checked and our calcium and potassium levels are fine. I drink a fair amount of water. Hubby is always very well hydrated (water bottle in hand at all times....old serious athlete habit).
There are a few blogs here, where people speak about the same issue.
How common is this? Any suggestions for stopping them from happening??? less
There are a few blogs here, where people speak about the same issue.
How common is this? Any suggestions for stopping them from happening??? less
02/25/2013
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i have had maybe 2
Originally posted by
Bignuf
In the last few months, hubby and I have both been up a few nights a week, with terrible leg cramps. We have both been checked and our calcium and potassium levels are fine. I drink a fair amount of water. Hubby is always very well hydrated (water
...
more
In the last few months, hubby and I have both been up a few nights a week, with terrible leg cramps. We have both been checked and our calcium and potassium levels are fine. I drink a fair amount of water. Hubby is always very well hydrated (water bottle in hand at all times....old serious athlete habit).
There are a few blogs here, where people speak about the same issue.
How common is this? Any suggestions for stopping them from happening??? less
There are a few blogs here, where people speak about the same issue.
How common is this? Any suggestions for stopping them from happening??? less
02/25/2013
I've only had one and it was terrible. My partner gets them a little more frequently and he wakes up writhing in pain.
02/26/2013
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