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Sun May-14-06 12:49 AM
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Ow ow ow ow.... Am in pain. Ow... Pity me. |
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Ow. Ow. Ow.
My leg has been wanting to cramp up all day and it's going to tonight. Not a pleasant experience. Wake up with your leg twitching and hurting like bloody hell, then screaming and crying... Not a very nice thing.
My dad and I have three things is common: Hair, personality, and leg cramps.
I don't even have to work out to get them.
Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow. Am doing stretches.
I'm thinking of just letting it cramp so I can go to sleep and get it done with...
The thing is, it hurts to the point I can feel it for days afterward...
Ow.
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Sun May-14-06 12:51 AM
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and put a heating pad or sports creme on it..You will be all set!
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Sun May-14-06 12:51 AM
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2. Will a hot water bottle suffice? |
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We have no heating pads...
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Sun May-14-06 01:01 AM
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that should do it...and here is a hug for your pain!!
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Sun May-14-06 01:02 AM
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Dangit, I'm the least athletic person I know... I hardly do a damn thing out of the ordinary, and I get cramps! x(
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Sun May-14-06 01:05 AM
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Last year I played in 2 softball leagues, coached my kids football team and played hockey..Never got leg cramps, but man did I get back spasms. I been there, I can really relate!!
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Sun May-14-06 01:06 AM
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6. They hurt AFTER you get them, too! |
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Sun May-14-06 01:08 AM
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leg kind, or just the really tight knotty ball kind?
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Sun May-14-06 01:11 AM
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Edited on Sun May-14-06 01:12 AM by MiniMandaRuth
and only in my right one. It tenses up, then releases, then comes back and locks up and spasms, and its hella painful...
So yeah, knotty ball kind.
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Sun May-14-06 01:15 AM
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Sun May-14-06 01:20 AM
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Sun May-14-06 01:14 AM
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9. genetic cramps or not enough bananas cramps? |
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Sun May-14-06 01:20 AM
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12. When I eat bananas, they go away... |
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So not enough banana's cramps...
But my dad gets 'em too...
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Sun May-14-06 01:25 AM
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15. You mean Potassium defiency rather than genetic motor neurone defect? |
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Experiment: Look up what foods have potassium. Eat them. If no cramps in you, continue eating.
If there are more than just you + father in your home, that would probably be some genetic fault vis-a-vie potassium. Unless he is not your biological father, of course.
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Sun May-14-06 01:26 AM
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Mom also in household.
She never gets legcramps.
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Sun May-14-06 01:43 AM
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20. Genetic problem with potassium experiment one: Eat some of these! |
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Sun May-14-06 01:20 AM
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Sun May-14-06 01:28 AM
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Or V-8 juice in the house? Or tomatoes even?
You need potassium. Maybe calcium, too. How about a big glass of milk?
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Sun May-14-06 01:35 AM
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I'll check for 'nanas, though...
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Sun May-14-06 01:39 AM
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19. Bananas suggested above will help later, but now take a boiling hot bath |
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I used to get severe leg cramps all the time; this was the only thing that helped at all in the short term.
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Sun May-14-06 02:32 AM
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When I was still playing sports I used to get the cramps all the time. My doctor suggested just what the others here have, just eat a banana and drink plenty of water and they should go down.
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