Ever since i was theree maby 3 or 4 nights a week i will have thease horribly painful sensations in my legs. It is not growing pains i know that. It feels like something verry heavy is crushing them or constricting them. It hurts so bad that i cant sleep and i just break down crying. The pain is in my musles. I have never gone to the docter because my mom just says it's growing pains and leaves it at that. I know it is NOT growing pains, this hurts a million times more than that. It happens even if all i have done is sit in bed all day, so it's not so much over exersizing. This has tormented me since i was a little girl and i really want to get rid of it!
Thanks for your time!!!!
2007-07-20 06:10:45 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Leg pain is a sign of dehydration.Drink lots of water and avoid caffeine and sugar.Don't eat a lot of salty foods but you do need some salt.Maybe a bag of pretzels or 1/4 cup salted nuts a day ,to help keep some of the water in your body.The heat really drys us all out and there are a lot of people not drinking enough water and having this problem right now.
2007-07-20 06:30:52 · answer #1 · answered by dymond 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A new study has found that lack of Iron in the brain causes severe leg pain. I recommend you take a Multivitamin twice daily. This is going to supply you with the much needed Iron and other essential minerals. I've enclosed a link for a good Vitamin.
In the evening Take a hot bath with 2c. of dissolved Epsom salts. Soak for 30 minutes. The Epsom salts will help eliminate the lactic acid that forms on the muscles from over exertion.
Massage an analgesic cream into the sore muscles.
Dehydration can cause severe pain in the muscles. I recommend you drink purified water mixed with mineral water 50/50. This will replace the minerals that are exiting your body continuously.
I suggest that adults and children drink 40 ounces of water per 100 pounds of body weight every day.
2007-07-20 13:42:59 · answer #2 · answered by Cherokee Billie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is common for people not to drink enough no/low sugar drinks - ideal is your weight divided by 2 times ounces.
From personal experience with muscles - both bananas and molasses (drinking a swig or 2) each contain magnisium which regulates many things in the body and potassium.
I would send you to a massage therapist to help get rid of knots that may be in the muscles and optional chiropractor to make sure everything is lined up correctly.
For more information on muscles read The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook by Davies
2007-07-24 23:55:15 · answer #3 · answered by Keko 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋