Ow ow ow ow.... Am in pain. Ow... Pity me.

[MiniMandaRuth]

Ow. Ow. Ow.

My leg has been wanting to cramp up all day and it's going to tonight. Not a pleasant experience. Wake up with your leg twitching and hurting like bloody hell, then screaming and crying... Not a very nice thing.

My dad and I have three things is common: Hair, personality, and leg cramps.

I don't even have to work out to get them.

Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Am doing stretches.

I'm thinking of just letting it cramp so I can go to sleep and get it done with...

The thing is, it hurts to the point I can feel it for days afterward...

Ow.

[reformedrepub]

1. walk around a little

and put a heating pad or sports creme on it..You will be all set!

[MiniMandaRuth]

2. Will a hot water bottle suffice?

We have no heating pads...

[reformedrepub]

3. yup

that should do it...and here is a hug for your pain!!

[MiniMandaRuth]

4. Thanks...

Dangit, I'm the least athletic person I know... I hardly do a damn thing out of the ordinary, and I get cramps! x(

[reformedrepub]

5. LOL

Last year I played in 2 softball leagues, coached my kids football team and played hockey..Never got leg cramps, but man did I get back spasms. I been there, I can really relate!!

[MiniMandaRuth]

6. They hurt AFTER you get them, too!

[reformedrepub]

7. Do you get the whole

leg kind, or just the really tight knotty ball kind?

[MiniMandaRuth]

8. Only in my calves,

and only in my right one. It tenses up, then releases, then comes back and locks up and spasms, and its hella painful...

So yeah, knotty ball kind.

[reformedrepub]

10. have your so

massage them out...

[MiniMandaRuth]

13. Only 14....

no SO yet! :)

[Random_Australian]

9. genetic cramps or not enough bananas cramps?

[MiniMandaRuth]

12. When I eat bananas, they go away...

So not enough banana's cramps...

But my dad gets 'em too...

[Random_Australian]

15. You mean Potassium defiency rather than genetic motor neurone defect?

Experiment: Look up what foods have potassium. Eat them. If no cramps in you, continue eating.

If there are more than just you + father in your home, that would probably be some genetic fault vis-a-vie potassium. Unless he is not your biological father, of course.

[MiniMandaRuth]

16. He's my bio dad...

Mom also in household.

She never gets legcramps.

[Random_Australian]

20. Genetic problem with potassium experiment one: Eat some of these!

(I'd copy-paste these links too)


Potassium Rich Foods: http://www.essense-of-life.com/info/potassiumfoods.htm

Potassium reduces cramps: http://extension.osu.edu/~news/story.php?id=2470

[NMMNG]

11. Dear MMR

:hug:

[MiniMandaRuth]

14. Thanks, Buff.

[grasswire]

17. got any gatorade?

Or V-8 juice in the house? Or tomatoes even?

You need potassium. Maybe calcium, too. How about a big glass of milk?

[MiniMandaRuth]

18. No... no... nope...

I'll check for 'nanas, though...

[Bossy Monkey]

19. Bananas suggested above will help later, but now take a boiling hot bath

I used to get severe leg cramps all the time; this was the only thing that helped at all in the short term.

[mduffy31]

21. Mini darling

When I was still playing sports I used to get the cramps all the time. My doctor suggested just what the others here have, just eat a banana and drink plenty of water and they should go down.