HELP! my leg ahces so much! :-'(?

Question

HELP ME!
I'm a 13 yr old. And I get this ache from the knee down to my ache/toes. It sometimes happens on the right side, sometimes left and sometimes both. I get this like 4 times a a month. PLEASE HELP COS ITS ACHING TO MUCH!
I cant bare with it no more.

Answer 1

Leg cramps are 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.

in addition take 500mg of calcium and magnesium before bedtime to stop the aches.

Answer 2

If you are an athletic person, its probably just leg spasms. For that you just need to get a better stretching regime.

If you are a lazy person, it is probably related to whats called restless leg syndrome. For this you just need to get more excerise, depending on the severity you can be prescribe medicine by your doctor.

Answer 3

Awww, I'm sorry. What you have is growing pains. Take some ibuprophen and take a heating pad to it :]