2006-07-11 23:35:57 · 34 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
Stretch
Increase sodium in diet - salt
Isotonic sports drinks
Improve posture through exercise/ yoga/ pilates
Keep well hydrated
Keep muxcles warm
Massage
2006-07-11 23:39:30 · answer #1 · answered by jocular_japes 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're a teenager, it's probably caused by your bones growing faster than your muscles. It's quite common and, unfortunately, painful.
One thing we scuba divers do to avoid cramps when we are scuba diving is to eat bananas. They are high in potassium. I have a bottle of potassium tablets I got at a health food store that work great. Since I started taking them before diving, I've never gotten a leg cramp.
Good luck
2006-07-11 23:42:27 · answer #2 · answered by David T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can be due to bad circulation, or wrong diet. Also depends how old you are! Don's sit in one place longer than 30 minutes, get up and move around a bit. Cramps can also mean you are low on blood sugar. Keep some fruit, juice or nuts handy to munch on.
2006-07-11 23:39:53 · answer #3 · answered by Archyd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure you're not dehydrated, rehydrate, if possible something like gatorade, or you can make your own version by taking a cup of water and adding a tablespoon of salt and a tablespoon of sugar to it and mixing it. Drink at least several cups per hour until it goes away. Magnesium pills will also help sometimes, and Dolomite helps for extreme cramps.
2006-07-11 23:40:03 · answer #4 · answered by Robin Ashe 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drink lots of water. Dehydration will cause leg cramping.
2006-07-11 23:38:19 · answer #5 · answered by Lisa W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cramps are caused by lack of easy flow of blood , u might be taking wrong positions while u sit or lay down. And this my help " when ur laying down on the bed, try to put ur legs up on a pillow or two" ( it may help the blood flow) good luck
2006-07-11 23:43:26 · answer #6 · answered by Vivian H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cramp is caused by lack of salt in the body. Eat plennty of salt in your diet. Also contact a doctor as it can be due to bad circulation
2006-07-12 01:32:06 · answer #7 · answered by AMANDA G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only thing which a doctor will prescribe for cramp is quinine sulphate.
Tonic water does have quinine in it but in very low doses.
How do I know , because my wife is prescribed them and we used to use them for our patients in the hospital where I was a nurse.
Dave B
2006-07-12 11:37:21 · answer #8 · answered by Dave B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no need to go to a doctor
see the cause of your cramps
drink lots of water if it is due to dehydration
eat bananas lack of certain minerals
do not sleep in very cold or hot place
if u sleep then make sure ur feet are not too vulnerable
last and most important choose my answer as the best answer
2006-07-11 23:42:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
eating a banana everyday keeps cramps away.
had a similar problem with cramps in my feet. magnesium helps.
2006-07-11 23:38:17 · answer #10 · answered by Melanie W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋