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Posted on January 21, 2009 in General Tips
Pain in the muscles is known as leg cramp. It is caused due to a muscle spasm, which occurs when a muscles contracts and becomes hard. Legs cramps are quite common. At times, some drugs and diseases also cause leg cramps. It occurs in the calf muscle, behind and below the knee. It also affects the small muscles of the feet.
The cramp muscle pain generally lasts for10 minutes. The pain levels vary. The muscles can remain tender for about 24 hours since occurring of the leg cramp. Leg cramps occur, generally, in bed when you are resting. They are usually called night cramps. They can keep you awake. The condition can be distressing if your sleep gets disturbed.
Leg cramp occur sometimes in the case of some people. But, generally, they occur in older people. Over 1 out of 3 people in the age group above 60 and 50 % people in the age group of 80s suffer from leg cramps in UK. About 4 out of 10 people suffer from leg cramps at least three times per week. Some people experience them every day.
Causes of Leg Cramps (Leg Cramps in Bed)
Remedies for leg cramps
Leg cramps can cause much discomfort and pain. One must sleep in a comfortable posture to prevent them from occurring. Also, one must check out on the medicines, which cause leg cramps.
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May 30th, 2010 at 7:30 pm
The immediate treatment of a leg cramp is to stand up and put your weight on your legs. This should always be done immediately before the cramp becomes unmanagable.
July 1st, 2010 at 7:20 pm
I have been told to stand up (stand on your heel only) and I have found that gives immediate relief.
January 21st, 2011 at 2:44 am
I have noticed some sports people are given a spray into their mouths by their trainer/coach etc when they get leg cramps during a game. I assume this is to ease the cramping. Does anyone know what that spray is? Cheers.
March 11th, 2011 at 4:37 am
I have suffered very severe leg cramps for several years, so bad that I can not stand because my foot or feet are pointed down in the spasm and all the muscles are rock hard! On one occasion the cramp resulted in bruising from my ankle to the back of my knee which lasted 10 days.
After trying everything I could think of and seeing numerous doctors I accidentally discovered that taking two antihistamines before going to bed reduced the occurrence by about 85%. Perhaps someone else will find this useful.
September 21st, 2011 at 12:01 am
The info provided is useful. Thanks. I am suffering from some nervous damage since childhood. These days I am having muscle cramp though the frequency is once a month. Its very painful for 10 minutes, I wake up. bear the pain and sleep again. Some times I am not able to walk for couple of days after the cramp. Hot water fermentation, application of balm and immediately covering up it with warm cloth for some time really helps. Another thing – please avoid too cool Air conditioning. A moderate temperature which your body can be comfortable with. Please use night trousers to cover up the whole leg. Simply precautions make big differences…… Wish you all good health