Any food or vitamin lacking ? Any exercise recommended ?
2006-12-19 15:10:21 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
You may need to increase your potassium. Bananas are a great source of potassium.
2006-12-19 15:16:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cramps are usually caused by one of two things - dehydration, or more commonly, an imbalance of certain vitamins. You need to have a balanced diet of magnesium (Mg), potassium (K), and calcium (Ca). If you are lacking one of these your muscles don't have the nutrients they need to function properly and cramps occur. Ideas of where to get these vitamins are in the links I gave you. They also give you a better understanding of the amounts you need.
Good luck!
http://dietary-supplements.info.nih.gov/factsheets/magnesium.asp
http://www.hoptechno.com/book29p.htm
http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/calcium.html
2006-12-19 15:19:29 · answer #2 · answered by RMT1 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yup, potassium. Eat a banana every day. No special exercise, but during a leg cramp it can help if you try to point your toes up toward your knee.
2006-12-19 15:18:23 · answer #3 · answered by Kacky 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stretching. Especially standing on your tip toes and reaching up. Stretch your muscles. You could even try some mild pain reliever. Potassium rich food may help if you think you are low. Try drinking OJ or having a banana.
2006-12-19 16:34:32 · answer #4 · answered by melinda_rn2006 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mega doses of vitamin E and B-12.
2006-12-19 16:34:05 · answer #5 · answered by Conrey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, not sure if you have night cramps, but a co worker told me to try this (actually for my husband). Take a regular bar of soap and put it between the mattress. It works! I have no idea why. Replace it every 6 months (and use it for yourself). Take it out of the wrapper.
2006-12-19 15:18:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Electrolytes
2006-12-19 15:13:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recently asked my doctor that very question. Since I had recently had a blood panel, he checked my electrolytes and they were normal. So he just said that it is most likely stres and not to worry too much about it. It happens to a lot of people.
2006-12-19 15:18:46 · answer #8 · answered by Larry 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take advice of RMT1 - I had the problem and the supplements helped.
2006-12-19 15:29:17 · answer #9 · answered by Isabel 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have heard that if you take very warm bathes that it will help with your circulation and it will decrease the cramping.
2006-12-19 16:38:00 · answer #10 · answered by Mona H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋