Leg/foot cramps
 

Over in the Feminine Forum there's a topic called Restless Legs where Susan & Tom gave a great tip for leg cramps!!!

I'm prone to getting foot cramps; I suspect it's because I don't drink enough water or perhaps don't get enough potassium in my diet? The cramps come usually when I'm lying in bed or even sometimes when asleep or when I extend the muscles of my foot - sometimes mild cramps and sometimes very painful.

Anyway, Susan & Tom gave the tip to bite your lower lip and the cramp will subside. Last night I had a mild cramp in my foot.......... bit my lower lip ....... and in a few seconds the cramp stopped ! I'll have to try it on a more severe leg cramp, next time it happens!!!

THANKS FOR TIP Susan or was it Tom ?

Any other information on leg/foot cramps?

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Hi CIB,
I can relate to this. I too have Restless Leg Syndrome and cramps seem to come along with it. Sometimes, with the most painful ones, my toes get all gnarled up. I've found that if I run some really, really hot water in the tub, sit on the edge and put my feet in, it helps the cramp subside. With the less severe cramps, just getting up and walking around helps me. Either way, it's a bummer to have to get up in the middle of the night and tend to it, isn't it? Love to hear other suggestions.

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Did anyone ever hear of the toe cramps called charlie horses?? I wonder where that expression came from?
What a wonderful tip from Susan & Tom. So simple and it works???

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For me, it is a banana a day. I can guarantee if I go two days without eating one, I'll get cramps that night. Gotta love the potassium in them.

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CIB's, out of curiosity, how come you decided to start a new thread? Wasn't the thread under Fem Forum enough? I often wonder why people post secondary threads when there's one already on going? It sort of confuses issues, don't you think?

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PLEASE SEE "RESTLESS LEGS" IN THE FEM FORUM. This is a duplicate thread and not needed.

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:agree: Kathie and Chelsea

Adding a new thread only compounds the already present issue of too many duplicates here and makes it difficult for others to find important information. Splitting this subject into a new thread makes navigating the site more complicated.

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Are leg and foot cramps limited to only women. If not, the posting is where it should be!

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1rnfl Caroline, not limited to women. That's not the point. Duplicate threads just tend to confuse people. And are you really naive enough to think all the guys don't read the Fem Forum? :dontknow:

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Ummmmmm....... I think I placed this topic on the health forum because it is related to health and not necessarily a feminine issue. Furthermore, I was under the impression that Restless Leg Syndrome and leg cramps were two separate issues.... I stand corrected. Upon research in my Nutritional Healing book, I see that they both have a connection.


I'm so sorry if I have violated any forum rules, or confused anyone ........ ::)

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Thought you ought to know, I wasn't interested in "restless leg" and never viewed same. However I sometimes have severe calf cramps during the night. This thread interested me and applies to all of us. Thanks CIB for the thread and the tip.. :)

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1rnfl 1rnfl 1rnfl Handie! I knew you guys were reading the Fem Forum! Nutcase! ;D

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Leg cramps was a topic heading on the left side of the Forum at one time.

I have a difficult time understanding why a man would avoid the topic if it related to him even if it was under the Feminine Forum. I would think anyone, including men, would read the thread if it resembled anything close to a personal condition.

Scratching my head....what's up guys? (Not including Handie who reads any and all Feminine posts....lol.)

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Chuckster........ you're welcome ;) Although, the tip about biting your lower lip to stop the foot cramp, came from Susan & Tom so I also thank her/him! ;D

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My mother would suffer with leg cramps and her solution that worked so well for her was to walk on a cold tile floor or any cold floor which seemed to relieve the cramping.

It works for me as well.

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Wow this place has changed...what happened to the friendly Forum? Why is it a big deal for someone to start a new thread under a different Forum? Where, in my humble opinion, the topic really belongs...Medical and Health.

I originated this thread... "Easing the pain of Plantar fasclitis and leg /foot cramps" on March 17th of this year. Unless the reader was around then and/or knows how to search, which a lot of viewers probably don't know how to do for awhile upon joining us, the reader would have totally missed this topic....and the relief it could afford them based on advice from other sufferers...both male and female.

I mentioned the lip biting technique again recently in the "feminine forum" under the topic "Restless Legs" which I don't have and would not have read except my friend started the topic. I read it and added my comment.

If I were a guy I would not read the articles in the Feminine Forum not because it is "verboten", but because they would be of little interest to me. I personally don't read the Men's Forum if it is even still around. Don't know, don't care.

I personally would not have expected to find relief for leg/foot cramps under the topic "Restless Legs" if I hadn't written it myself.

I think this information has finally found it rightful home.
Always Susan, never Tom.

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:agree: Thanks......

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Personally, if a topic that relates to many, men and/or women is posted in two different places, so what? If someone misses a thread and comes upon a new updated version of the same topic such as the posting of CIB, so what? As long as the information helps others that missed the original post made in this case by Susan; that is a good thing. The info on the post was not gibberish or gossipy, it was educational and beneficial. Just my thoughts.....

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Susan&Tom...... THANKS so much for explaining the background of this topic! And, thanks peazoup, nonie, red, caroline barb, Johnny & Chuck for your positive contribution.

(sigh) ........ for a while there I thought the Forum-Placement-Police were gonna get after me ::)

Seriously, those who have experienced the pain of leg/foot cramps, especially in the middle of the night, can relate to the frustration. Any information or tips we can share benefits all!

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Coney, you are so right. At this age we get pains in places we can't believe. Anything that helps can only be a plus.

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I don't know that this will work, but back in April '08, we had this situation going on. I received many PM's about this post from people agreeing with me. What I was trying to do was stopping history from repeating itself. In my opinion, if there is already a subject matter ongoing, putting the same information under a different category isn't really necessary and before you know it, there are 4 threads all ongoing with the same information. Its just an organizational thing coming from a true "Virgo"...

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Kathie..... I've been thinking real hard to respond to your desire to have topics all in one place and not have to read several threads and see the same information. But.... Susan has really said it better than I could!

Some people don't read every post on every topic. When it comes to important health information - I'm of the opinion that having it possibly repeated at several sources is a good thing!!

I have learned so much about health and nutrition and alternative medical information from individuals on the internet that I never mind seeing it repeated because repitition of valuable information reinforces my memory of it.

Yes.... samhass... we do agree ;D

Waiting for my next leg cramp to test the lower-lip-biting remedy again ;)

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Leg and foot cramps are not restless leg syndrome. I get leg and foot cramps at night and do not have restless leg syndrome. I chose to read this topic for that reason. Thanks for the tips.

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Once again CIB and mfp I agree. Would not be interested, no way ever in reading about Sistahs, brown age spots, etc mentioned by Kathie. Would miss therefore the leg cramp thread which I incidentally suffer from and no I don't need a bar of soap Handie :o. Cramps in the middle of the night hurt and it is no laughing matter.

Used to get them big time after running during the day. Would wake up in the middle of the night with my heel up to my butt with a cramping calf muscle. Now with more potassium, etc. don't seem to have the problem as frequently.

Sorry for the rant...........but I do appreciate the info posted as "LEG CRAMPS". :) :)

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You may also want to try pinching the upper lip just under the center of the nose. I have found this to help when I get that muscle cramp and/or the cramp in the arch of the foot.

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Whatever..... THANK YOU ! When I get a painful cramp, I'll try anything ! I'm making a special effort to drink more water and eat a 'nanner a day ! ;D

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Cramping of the calf muscles can result also from hypocalcimia. LOW blood calcium

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Hmmmmmm..... gracie ...... I think you have a good point. I do take Cal/Mag/Citrate with Vit.D but probably not enough ! I'll up it to the suggested amount on the bottle, and see how that goes. There have been occasions when I had excruciating pain in my leg that felt like it was coming from the bone........ that makes me think it just might be a calcium deficiency.

Thanks for the tip! :bigthumbsup:

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My husband gets TERRIBLE leg cramps after a day of working hard outside.
When he has worked hard or sweated excessively,
he always tries to remember to take an aspirin before going to bed.
If he forgets, he gets a leg cramp. Then chokes down an aspirin as fast as possible.
He's swears by the aspirin. Keeps em in his bedside drawer.