I tend to wake up at night with a charly horse and it hurts really bad what is the best way i can get rid of it quickly?
2006-11-10 03:54:25 · 20 answers · asked by Zoey 4 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Stretches, point and flex the muscles. try contracting your pelvis too.
2006-11-10 04:12:14 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eat Bananas, oranges, tomatoes or take potassium pills regularly. You probably have a potassium deficiency.
Eat one of these things and they will soak into your system fairly quickly and eliminate the problem for this time anyway.
You must eat healthy food every day. Muscles need nutrition daily or they rebel with spasms.
Without carbohydrates your heart muscle will race and spasm in almost the same way.
2006-11-10 03:59:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Charlie horses are in a good number of cases brought about by a inbalance of calium and potassium and likewise low diet C intake. including low doses of potassium and diet C may help. someone stated bananas...that is a very good commence...also potatoes. Quninne is an oldie yet goodie for leg cramps. that is likewise used for the therapy of malaria. GrandmaJAM
2016-11-29 00:11:19 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
watch your potassium and fluids intake. Sometimes being dehydrated will bring on muscle spasms. When I get a charley horse I hold the toes of the leg that is hurting and pull up on them, flexing my ankle. This stretches the muscles and gets rid of the spasm. Works every time.
2006-11-10 04:05:49 · answer #4 · answered by smartgrrlz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
POTASSIUM.
Seriously I have had first hand experience with this and have found that eating something simple like 2 bananas a day will ward off those charly horses in early morning experiences.
2006-11-10 03:55:20 · answer #5 · answered by [ΦΘΚ] PIяATE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Calcium supplements are good too, I used to get really bad charley horses and when I started taking a calcium pill at night they stopped. You need extra calcium anyway, so this is just a bonus.
2006-11-10 04:06:15 · answer #6 · answered by woodlands127 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
flex!! if they come in your thigh or calf flex your foot, move it around. that's the best way to get rid of them. i think they're caused by inbalance of certain minerals like potassium and magnesium, maybe watch your intake.
2006-11-10 03:59:08 · answer #7 · answered by Amanda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This has worked for both my children and me.
First, straighten out your leg completely, and then pull your toes back toward you. It might pull alittle, but it will relieve the muscle cramp.
2006-11-10 04:02:42 · answer #8 · answered by wzrdsndrgns 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YOGA its the cure. Natural wid no side effects and has a permanent effect on the body.
2006-11-10 03:57:25 · answer #9 · answered by AJ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drink more water. Also check for zinc or potassium deficiency cuz that is what I had
2006-11-10 03:57:36 · answer #10 · answered by clophad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋