2007-09-01 04:22:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
'Charley-horses' is the first place your body targets when you are dehydrated. Drink lots of water! I recommend purified water and Mineral Water mixed 50/50. The Mineral Water is going to put back into the muscles the minerals they are losing on a daily basis. You must drink beyond your thirst to get the benefits of hydration.
I suggest that adults and children drink 40 ounces of water per 100 pounds of body weight every day. Realize that exercise, ambient temperature, and state of health affect the water needs of your body.
In the evening take a hot bath with 2c. of dissolved Epsom salts and soak for 30 minutes. Afterwards, 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. Afterwards massage an analgesic cream into the area. You will start feeling better very quickly.
2007-09-01 06:09:19 · answer #1 · answered by Cherokee Billie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ouch ouch ouch!
I get them in my calves once in awhile, I have to pull the muscle back in the direction it doesnt want to go.
In other words, I have to stretch the contracted muscle back out where it should be.
I find steady pressure better than a jerk or hard yank.
I have read you should NOT rub the aching muscle but it feels so good I dont see where it causes any harm.
If i drink as much water as we are told to (minumum 2 liters a day) I find I have far fewer cramps.
Also when I googled leg cramps I found that quinine is one of the preventatives and by golly a glass of tonic water once in awhile does seem to help.
When I read your question the first time I thought it said how do you get rid of Charlie Rose? LOL
2007-09-01 04:34:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sell him on eBay.
Sorry, stretching the effected muscle will solve this problem.
2007-09-01 04:30:59 · answer #3 · answered by Jan Luv 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try massaging it, they usually don't last very long.
2007-09-01 04:31:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ice and massage and more ice and massage.
2007-09-01 05:16:11 · answer #5 · answered by hsmommy06 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋