Ive been gettting charley horse at night for the past few days...I tried sleeping in different positions but it dosent work. Is there anything i can do to help prevent this.
2007-05-12 04:44:31 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
This is the first place your body targets when you are dehydrated. Drink lots of water! You should be drinking 8-10 glasses of water each day. I recommend purified water and mineral water mixed 50/50. The mineral water is going to put back into the muscles what they are losing on a daily basis.
For now, if you have something shaped like a cylinder and made out of hard material (think of a large rolling pin you would use for pizza dough or something) place it under your leg and push down and roll it back and forth...this should massage the spasms out of your leg. It will hurt while you're doing it, but more so the type of pain that actually feels good, in the long run.
2007-05-12 04:47:33 · answer #1 · answered by Cherokee Billie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Drink more water and eat a banana a day. The water will rehydrate you muscles while the banana will provide you with potassium that is needed by the muscles. If you don't like bananas get a potassium supplement at any health food store.
2007-05-12 11:52:58 · answer #2 · answered by snowee6952 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Drink a lot of water and eat a banana before you go to bed. May be dehydrated and/or lacking potassium.
2007-05-12 11:50:38 · answer #3 · answered by Lisa E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need more potassium
2007-05-12 11:48:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋