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Leg Cramps at Night
« on: July 03, 2013, 10:10:01 PM »
Do any of you get leg or foot cramps during the night? I'm getting them about every night now, even though I am prescribed and religiously take potassium and magnesium tablets.

I'll have to talk to my doc about this when I see her in August.
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Re: Leg Cramps at Night
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2013, 10:22:20 PM »
Potassium helped me a lot but, I was able to really resolve the problem with exercise.  In my case, it was a pretty aggressive swimming program due to serious back problems.  I have heard walking helps a lot too.

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Re: Leg Cramps at Night
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2013, 10:29:41 PM »
Potassium helped me a lot but, I was able to really resolve the problem with exercise.  In my case, it was a pretty aggressive swimming program due to serious back problems.  I have heard walking helps a lot too.

Exercise is supposed to help, but my arthritic back and knees don't allow even short walks.
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Re: Leg Cramps at Night
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2013, 10:57:30 PM »
Do any of you get leg or foot cramps during the night? I'm getting them about every night now, even though I am prescribed and religiously take potassium and magnesium tablets.

I'll have to talk to my doc about this when I see her in August.
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Re: Leg Cramps at Night
« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2013, 09:10:08 AM »
No cramps last night!  :yahoo:
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Re: Leg Cramps at Night
« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2013, 02:36:12 PM »
I don't get leg cramps, but I get something like restless leg syndrome some nights.  I find that doing some exercises that flex the calves help.

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Re: Leg Cramps at Night
« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2013, 02:41:48 PM »
Do any of you get leg or foot cramps during the night? I'm getting them about every night now, even though I am prescribed and religiously take potassium and magnesium tablets.

I'll have to talk to my doc about this when I see her in August.

I'm told some people are helped with L-glutamine or Magnesium. 
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Re: Leg Cramps at Night
« Reply #7 on: July 06, 2013, 07:46:24 AM »
I already take magnesium.
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Re: Leg Cramps at Night
« Reply #8 on: July 06, 2013, 08:49:07 AM »
I already take magnesium.



 Darn good question, I got them every so often as a kid in the summer when I was spending hours in the lake or running about.

Grandmother called them growing pains, I was very active so it was not lack of activity.   Lunch was most times a Banana with peanut butter and Marshmallow Fluff , no lack in diet.

I don't remember getting pains in the winter, just the summer time.

Flash forward 40 years or so, I had not had this problem after I turned 12 and now with the [Change ]
and hot flashes here it came again.    Both cramps and restless leg-------

I can go a couple years with none of this foolishness and then have a couple of painfull nights in a row to have it gone again.

Hubby was a skater in his younger years and taught me how to stretch to releave both cramps and restless legs, get a belt and place foot in the loop and put pressure on the belt.