I keep waking up with KILLER leg cramps! - Health, Fitness, and Sports

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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2011 12:25 am?? ?Post subject:
AKindOfJareth wrote: I figured out a way to stop it from developing once it starts also; if you're not too drowsy try to immediately stand up and straighten your leg out to stretch it completely (like when you are doing a hamstring stretch for example); I'm not sure if this is universal to everybody, but for me this serves to stop the cramp from going into full blown death mode. That works for me too if I stretch my leg soon enough. I also try massaging my calf, either when a cramp is about to happen (if I can feel one coming) or to loosen up the knot of muscle, after the cramp happens. The muscle is painful though, so massaging is sometimes not possible. Two articles about cramps: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Heat_cramps https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Cramp#Nocturnal_leg_cramps

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