25-12-2016, 07:08 PM
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Re: Night cramps.
I get them now and again, i normally get up and walk onto the cold floor in the bathroom. That was a remedy for getting rid of them years ago from when i use to go swimming and get cramp, they always said get out of the bath and stand or walk on the cold tiles...
26-12-2016, 09:39 PM
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Re: Night cramps.
Originally Posted by Emerald
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I used to suffer terribly from night cramps and restless leg syndrome and it is now cured! Quinine is the answer. I visited the chemists about 10 yrs ago and talked it through with him. Although Quinine can't be bought nowadays he recommended that I buy tonic water at the supermarket but read the label first to make sure that quinine is one of the ingredients. I've found that the cheapest, usually Supermarket own brand contains the stuff and the more expensive brand names don't. Morrisons do a 6 pack of diet tonic water 250ml each bottle. It has worked for everyone I have recommended it to.
He very rarely gets night cramp now.
27-12-2016, 08:20 PM
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Re: Night cramps.
Originally Posted by carol
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I woke up at 4.30 this morning with the most excruciating cramp in my left calf muscle. No amount of pummelling and massaging helped. In the end I got up and pottered about. It went after about half an hour - not before it had ruined my nights sleep though!
I wondered if anybody else gets these night cramps and can anything be done to prevent it?
When waking up and you stretch your legs don't push your toes downwards but push them up stops the musles in the legs cramping
27-12-2016, 10:42 PM
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Re: Night cramps.
Originally Posted by galty
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When waking up and you stretch your legs don't push your toes downwards but push them up stops the musles in the legs cramping
27-12-2016, 10:50 PM
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Re: Night cramps.
Funny, I remember my old Keep Fit teacher telling us that.Some people got cramp doing certain exercises, and she said to sit on the floor, legs out straight, and pull your toes towards you and hold till the cramp subsides.
If you can catch hold of your big toes with your fingers and gently pull them towards you, so much the better.
It really does work.
28-12-2016, 12:11 AM
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Re: Night cramps.
I can't remember who it was, but someone on here some time ago suggested standing on one's heels as a means of staving off the need to urinate.I have found that doing a similar thing - flexing my ankles by raising my feet and stretching my calf muscles - whilst in bed, achieves the same thing. Importantly, this also removes a feeling of cramp in that part of the body and so deals with two inconveniences in one go!
28-12-2016, 04:39 PM
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Re: Night cramps.
Originally Posted by JBR
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I can't remember who it was, but someone on here some time ago suggested standing on one's heels as a means of staving off the need to urinate.I have found that doing a similar thing - flexing my ankles by raising my feet and stretching my calf muscles - whilst in bed, achieves the same thing. Importantly, this also removes a feeling of cramp in that part of the body and so deals with two inconveniences in one go!
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