what vitamins are best for musle leg cramps?

Question

when I wake up & start to stretch out my legs before getting up I get horrible leg cramps

Answer 1

Try eating a banana. These are good for muscle cramps. They are high in potassium.

Answer 2

potassium maybe? vitamin b?
just take a multivitamin and a cal-mag-zinc every day, and flax oil or fish oil
then eat a sensible diet...
that should cover vitamins

are you hydrated?

internet is saying vitamin E.. .still looking

that's all i am seeing
pardon the spam, but here is a lower back stretch: (since the lower back and the hamstrings are the same system, it may help)

this procedure is for long term back pain elimination but it is also one of the most important means of immediate relief. First I will describe the pose, and then I will tell you how to become limber enough to achieve the pose.

Legs Up the Wall
Clear a spot in front of a blank wall. Lay on the floor with your legs straight up resting on the wall, hands at your sides. (How you slide into this position is up to you, there are a few ways.) Relax and pay attention to your breathing, making sure to completely fill your lungs. Scan your body for muscles that you could relax more without losing correctness of form. Feet should point forward, knees fully extended, heels reaching upwards, spine and neck straightened by and elongated on the floor. Arms at sides with fingers or palms up wall by default, but also try straight up parallel to legs, or clasped behind head on floor (good neck stretch) If legs fall asleep, pull down to chest for 10 seconds and put back up. Do not fall asleep in this pose. Do not bother with this pose if you don't intend to go at least 15 minutes. Even wearing clean socks, this pose leaves marks on my wall over time. I find that tying or belting my feet together so that I do not need to consciously keep them straight makes my own stretch more correct. You might also try tying or belting your knees together or to the wall. You want to relax as many muscles as possible. You might benefit from folded or rolled towels under your lower back.

Hold the stretch until the sensation is too intensely bad to reasonably continue. At first it will feel like nothing, and you'll wonder why I've typed all of this out. After awhile, your muscles will start to realize what's going on, and you'll get that stretching type pain. Then, after probably 15 minutes or so for a new practictioner, your back will start to feel just plain wrong, like you are damaging it by laying there. Gently roll out and lay on the floor for a minute or two, and you're done.

If you cannot reach a straight up-and-down angle, then a less than straight angle will be fine. Bend your knees or sit back further from the wall. Use towels for padding or to reduce the intensity of the stretch. It is fine to "fidgit" a little - bring your legs down for a second, or lift your body up in a "sit-up" (to stretch back of neck), scooch yourself closer to wall, that kind of thing. Be creative in steadily approaching your goal of approximately-correct form.

Practice this stretch up to 2 times per day. Before and after sleep, or before and after a strenuous activity. Eventually you will be able to do the stretch for much longer (up to an hour), and will need it much less often.

Everybody is built differently, and some back problems/injuries will not allow you to use this stretch, but otherwise if you can achieve near correct form and be able to hold it for a half an hour or more, you should be largely impervious to back pain, especially lower.

yoga has several other important stretches for the low back... the half spinal-twists would be good for you. if someone can teach you the shoulderstand cycle, it may help.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Aspirin contains anti prostaglandins which make the spasms less strong and therefore less painful. I don't know what midol is, but if it contains aspirin, then obviously that doesn't work for her. An alternative is to take the contraceptive pill for 6 months or a year. While taking the pill there is usually no pain ,and for some people the pain doesn't come back after the pill is stopped. She could also try acupuncture.

Answer 5

Potassium and b-complex vitamins. Those help me when I start getting leg cramps so bad I want to scream.

Good luck!

Answer 6

I've heard eating a banana is supposed to help -- I guess that would be the potassium or vitamin b.

Answer 7

I heard potassiam can help eleviate this prob. Bannanas have a high concentration of potassiam

Answer 8

Calcium and magnesium.

Also

Valerian Root and Passiflora (passion flowers)

Answer 9

maybe you need more calcium