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tomNE 
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 Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 5:05pm |
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i had them real bad; used all the above fixes and then another 50. they didn't help a damn bit! I finally found to give up diet soda and substitute powerade zero. still working today. i know cause i get stupid and load up on diet pop and suffer. doesn't take long to remind myself. buddy of mine had it even worse then i did. he alternates between powerade and gatorade.
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Tbone95
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Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 3:24pm |
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I agree, drink a lot more water. I read that a lot of cramps are due to muscle dehydration and drinking more water does help me. |
It all depends on the root cause of the cramps.......But in general, water is fantastic for you and most people don't get enough. I know I certainly don't. It's great that it works for you. As much as Doc's like to find things wrong if you pay them a visit, sometimes you just have to. Try a few of the remedies and suggestions of friends, and if nothing is working, work with a doc to try and find a root cause. Brother in law's dad says to eat a spoonful of mustard. Plain! I said, "Holy chit! I think I'd rather have a cramp!!!"
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Thad in AR.
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Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 3:15pm |
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Joe I’ve been having the same. I’m at the dr. As we speak getting exrays of my knees and back trying to figure what to do about the swelling and pain.
Once I decided to go to a Dr. seems like they sure want to find something wrong.
Between Dentist and Dr this is my 4th visit this week. That’s more than my whole previous life.
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weiner
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Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 3:09pm |
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I agree, drink a lot more water. I read that a lot of cramps are due to muscle dehydration and drinking more water does help me.
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Tbone95
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Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 2:28pm |
jaybmiller wrote:
1/2 glass tomato juice, 1/4 glass orange juice, 4-5 swigs of lemon juices, few pinches of salt OK, maybe not the best tasting concoction but it does eliminae sinues, migraines and leg cramps.. at least for me...
I'll lay odds your 'electrolyte' levels are screwy( need more of some/all ). Drinking JUST water is BAD...though it'll 'hydrate' you, it acrually LOWERS your electroytes !
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Drinking "Just water" is NOT bad. Unless you mean the only thing you put in your body for days is just water. Normally, a person's diet takes in more than enough electrolytes (salts) and minerals, and water is natures way of balancing that out to where it should be. Lowering the electrolytes is what it is SUPPOSED to do. It's how the Big Guy designed us. Modern food, is stripped of so many minerals and micronutrients from over processing, that mineral supplements are sometimes needed, or, as you do, make a special concoction addressing the issue. Generally speaking, drinking "just water" is the best thing you can drink.
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tadams(OH)
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Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 2:10pm |
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Drink more water
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 2:04pm |
1/2 glass tomato juice, 1/4 glass orange juice, 4-5 swigs of lemon juices, few pinches of salt OK, maybe not the best tasting concoction but it does eliminae sinues, migraines and leg cramps.. at least for me...
I'll lay odds your 'electrolyte' levels are screwy( need more of some/all ). Drinking JUST water is BAD...though it'll 'hydrate' you, it acrually LOWERS your electroytes !
Jay
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Tbone95
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Ray54
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Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 12:17pm |
I had trouble with leg cramps about 10 years ago. I could get it to go away taking a potassuim pill. Then the insurance company trumped what the doctor said and changed my blood pressure meds. New meds said not to take potassium or bad things would happen. But it seem the blood pressure medicine must have been part of the trouble, cause they just about stopped real soon after the change.
But as I had less my Wonderful has been getting more. She has had help from some little pills you let melt under your tougue. Taking the potassium I did, doesn't help here. She orders them on line,an the bottle just says LEG CRAMP. They have helped me with the time or I have had a bad one in the last year or two.
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chaskaduo
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Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 8:59am |
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Mom used to get em when sleepin, and slug of store bought kosher dill pickle juice or a pickled would do it for her. I've since gotten her on a multi vitamin daily and it has gone away for her. Moms 85.
I'm figuring potassium, magnesium, zinc, and maybe other isiums like vitamin C.
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JC-WI
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Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 8:13am |
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Cold damp towel helps some, taking some cal/mag with D or zinc may help too...
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desertjoe
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Posted: 21 Aug 2019 at 8:02am |
The last year or so,,I have been bothered with really BAD leg cramping /spasms at night and begining to concern me some,, I had one early this mornin and had to roll out of bed and start to massage the large inner thigh muscle on my right leg as it was drawn up tighter than chit and was extremely painful. I keep an electric massager by the recliner but could not walk to it because of the pain in even moving my leg. Finally reached the phone and fixin to call 911 for some help is how bad it was. After bout 15 minutes of hand massage,,the muscle calmed down to where I could hobble to the recliner to reach the massager. The wife's Dr had given her some cyclobenzaprene for her nighttime leg cramps and thinkin on tryin some but,,,??? \Anybody else got these issues and what/how do ya'll address them,,,??? Help,,,!!!
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