You have not experienced a cramp until you get one in the front of the thigh area. Good God the pain is incredible. Then just as it starts going away you could feel it rumbling to come back and you have to brace yourself for more pain. Absolutely terrible.
@@spvzonthetrack9957 The medial thigh, groin, around to the posterior thigh: agony! I do cry, and I’m stoic with pain. That terribly hard contraction of those muscles is horrible. Why can’t they help us? Does any one care?
Oh it’s horrible!!! It wouldn’t stop. I had to yell for my husband to come and help me with the cramp. He got pickle juice and had me drink it then massaged my leg until it went away. It helped! Now I make sure I have big jars pickles in my fridge and my massager plugged in. Definitely worst cramp in the thigh ... ever!
marcie101080 yes this happen to me last month then again this morning but I made it to the kitchen for mustard last time I was crying and on the floor for real
marcie101080 am only 29 years old and I just got up form a leg cramp and been up since 12:19 tonight after taking a warm shower and putting muscle ache oil on my leg am afraid to go back to sleep tonight
@@Mslouve1 I experienced my first inner thigh spasm last month and I thought I was dying...most excruciatingly horrifying pain ever! A leg cramp normally goes away by stretching or walking, but the inner thigh nothing worked, lasted close to 15 minutes. I had to crouch in pain till it went away...my groin felt like it was being ripped apart. Will try the mustard if it ever happens again.
Here is the cure I have used for most of my life. Pinch your upper lip!- hard! If the pain is really really bad, then pinch your upper lip with both hands. The pain sensation/ nerve endings from your lip is much closer to your brain than your legs, so the pain is reduced. Stand up and the cramp will gradually release. Many people keep a pack of mustard on their bed stand. The principle is the same- the very strong taste of the mustard fires the nerve endings in your mouth which are very close to your brain.
Well said Bassmith.You are doing the right thing as I am too. I still have a tylenol menthol or alcohol and a heat pad to calm and kill it. But remember replace your shoes see a goid caring chiroptractor.nGOD Bless us and Be with Us always.
My grandma suffers from leg cramps almost everyday and I hate watching her go through it because I don’t know how to deal with it so I’m watching this hoping I can learn and help her.
My husband suffers from severe leg cramps, especially at night- he's been up 3 times a night for the past three nights. He drinks water during the day, uses the Theraworx and takes pills for cramps at night. This was not working particularly well. The addition of the NUUN tablets was a game changer. He's been free of those night cramps for the last three nights. Thank you so much for all your videos. I'm a huge fan.
Try sucking down a tablespoon of yellow mustard when cramped up like that. My girlfriend had me try it and it's a life saver. 100% the quickest thing I've ever used and I night cramp so bad I've begged her to take me out and put me out of my misery!
Just take 500mg of magnesium at bedtime or during the day sometime. Sometimes I take it twice a day. Magnesium relaxes muscles and calcium causes them to tighten. If I drink too much milk or eat too much cereal with milk, I get too much calcium and my calves cramp at night. Same with too much cheese. Then, I’ll take magnesium.
I think you're right! On googleing what causes these leg cramps I found that the lack of magnesium could be the cause. When researching what foods contain magnesium (because I didn't want to swallow another pill), I found that fruits, juices, and leafy green veggies all contain magnesium. I knew right away that these foods were probably my problem because I don't eat fruits and juices and only eat leafy green vegetables now & then. Within 3 days of incorporating these in my diet, my leg cramps at night have stopped. THANK GOD!
Thank You, Gentleman I have suffered from spinal damage and surgerys' to keep me walking since 1999, I am now 49 years old and I find myself with nerve damage in my arms and legs. Your videos give me hope, and inspiration, I will pass my knowledge on to the next generation over and over again. As knowledge is power. For far to long we the people have a responsibility to, (not see threw each other but to see each other threw.)
Thank you. I love NUUN. I forgot about them,moved and stores changed.I have suffered my 1st RLS on 16th birthday.I am 60 now,I keep pedialyte next to my bed,too.Great presentations guys.
I take a capsule of magnesium when I wake up with muscle spasms in my calf, but after watching this video and reading the comments how some find relief from pickle juice etc, I'm remembering what my herbalist told me on my first muscle test. He said my body was low in salt, which confused me because I put salt on everything! He told me I wasn't eating the right salt. He told me to buy Redmond's Sea Salt, as it still has all of the minerals in it and that's what my body needed. He told me to take a quarter-sized dose of the salt every morning. I couldn't believe how much better I felt! My cramps stopped, my heart didn't race anymore and I was able to stop taking Xanax for the "anxiety" I thought I had. Turned out I just needed salt. I ran out of this special salt 6 months ago, and now I'm getting leg cramps again. Time to buy more
My Dr in Jamaica told me to take 3 aspirins per week and drink 3 gatorade per week. Never understood it then although i followed his advice but gatorade has sodium (salt)
I’ve just been a week without salt and sugar to get rid of inflammation. I was stretching my arms and back and got the worst muscle spasm I had to now just pull over while driving to look up what the heck to do and now I’m on my way to the health food store gonna look for this redmonds salt. Thank you I hope that’s what is wrong.
As an on-call EMT / SPORTS DOC, seeking treatments to elevate on-site muscle cramps is a powerful tool in my suitcase of knowledgeable 'tricks' that make me a value to the patient / client / athlete. Thankd guys. DR. T
Most of the night I am having cramps in my right leg. Starts in thigh, under knees and feet. It kills me more than 15 mins and comes back again after 2 hours sleep. I do physical job walking a lot from 8 hours to 11 hours. Thank you for the good advice
Jean Medley ... Oh my lord! Postphone the surgery and try the Tonic Water therapy instead of letting someone cut your body up!!! My pharmacist recommended this cheap treatment 30 years ago and it has worked on millions of people for many decades! Tonic Water has quinine in it which has also been used for other ailments, but doctors don't suggest you use it because they want to keep busy doing unnecessary surgeries because it pays for their new yacht or their kid's new BMW. Get a big bottle of Tonic Water at any grocery store today and gulp down a glassful tonight and praise the lord!!! Take charge of your body! Don't make things complicated for yourself! Avoid the guys with knives! With love 4 u, Leigh
Ok, so usually when people tell me that they get leg cramps I kinda laugh it off like you have NO IDEA what leg cramps even are. I say this because you say this isn't your 1st surgery to help you with these so I think maybe you actually DO know how bad this can be. So that said, I was at a total loss... but when I found out about the quinine, it was a life changer!!
I keep a 12 pack of cans in my bedroom along with liter bottles just so I know it's there. Because my husband likes it I make sure I always have a few hidden!!!
TheraWorks works instantly. I've used it during the nite when the thigh cramps woke me up in excruciating pain. Helped me alot from the painful cramps. It works on sore muscles too, esp the next day after suffering from the horrible cramp pain.
The cramps I’ve gotten and get that deserve the Oscar Award 🥇 for the most excruciating pain are hamstring cramps. That’s like half your body in one giant screaming 😱 cramp. I’ll get them in both legs at the same time usually while sitting and sometimes in bed. The best thing I’ve found to alleviate them is to drink about 8 ounces of a 50/50 mix of apple cider vinegar and water.
I have lower back issues. Every night I have extreme leg cramps in all leg muscles large and small muscles from thigh to toe. It's excruciating! I also have them during the day. Mostly in my feet in the day time. I don't sit around during waking hours because of the back prooblem. I am type 1 diabetic. Warm towels help but I want it to stop! Edit: I have recently tried the tonic water, with quinine, it helped stop the cramps very well. Also, "body armour" helps keep me hydrated.
I've had to suffer through a cramp.... from my knee, on the inside thigh muscle, to my drawer where I kept my thera worx. It works for me.... but from my experience.... store it upright. It lost pressure when laid down. I get constant leg cramping from a leg injury so I take whatever relief I can get. Thanks for sharing
thank you for this video , I use theraworks when I have leg cramps and it definitely works for me , and I use a heating pad and that helps , thank you again for all of your great information 👍
I liked your comment but did go open a bottle of Magnesium after reading all of these comments. Have been off of it for 10 weeks due to intestinal issues, but I guess I I better get back on it cuz it does seem to make a huge difference for me.
I have been having leg cramps... I have diabetes (type 2) I started taking Potassium and Magnesium... I use a heating pad The pain is still there but not as bad... I use muscle rub alot as well... I need to drink more water... That sure would help alot... Thanks...
This may sound crazy but when you wake up in the middle of the night with a leg cramp, you'll try almost anything to feel relief. I take by mouth one tablespoon full of yellow mustard, sometimes two. While you are swallowing the mustard, you can feel the cramp draining away. I told my girlfriend and she said she could never do that. I said to her that she must enjoy the leg cramps or else she would try it out. The next time I spoke with her, she said it really worked for her. Swallowing mustard is much better than suffering with the cramp.
Im 75 years old male and suffered severe night time calf and ankle cramps which made me get up and walk them off.. Started taking calcium, magnesium and potassium supplements and they faded away. Recently I was out of country for 6 weeks and neglected the supplements and, sure enough the cramps returned. Back on them now and also increased my water intake - no cramps.
Of course that's why I'm here. Just before finding this video I was abruptly awoken with the most violent calf cramp imaginable. my right foot LOCKED solid as if pointing downward. I sat here literally screaming as I tried with no avail to bend my foot back at the ankle. I finally got it and managed to stand up and it nailed me again the same way. It's all over with now, I hope. But it left me with a bruised calf.
I'm in my third trimester and can confirm the awful leg cramps started in the second tri....they are unlike any I've had before - on the outer band of my lower legs, back of thigh, all around my ankle. So painful!! And only one one leg!
This is such a relief in a weird way. This just came on all of a sudden I never knew I was part of a community. Well I guess it was to be expected considering I'm 65 Plus😂
A side effect reported for statins is back and muscle pain. If you're suffering from inexplicable muscle/back pain which doesn't respond to PT check your medications. Another mystery ailment which is rarely diagnosed properly is flouride toxicity which can produce arthritis-like symptoms in some people even at levels considered safe by EPA according to some studies. Drinking a lot of tap water to stay hydrated and have mysterious aches and pains? Check your water's flouride level. The effects of flouride toxicity can be reversed just by drinking flouride free water (bottled or filtered). Most quality residential filters will trap flouride.
I have these cramps and no surprise I have Hypothyroidism...I suspect it's connected to my Herniated disk l3/l4. Was in a wheelchair and walking now, but lost some range of motion in my ankles. Thanks for sharing this.
You had a UA-cam video discussing using the opposing muscle when you have cramps. I didn’t save it and now I can’t find it. I need to watch it again. I get severe cramps all the way from my groin to my toes. I have to take five 500 mg capsules of magnesium as a single dose. But I can only do it for the maximum of three days. I need to review that video again. Can you reload it on UA-cam please
I just started getting cramps in my inner thighs at night AND OUCH!!! What the heck??? I’m 51 with Crohn’s disease and K workout everyday. I like to mix my workouts up so I do Pilates, yoga, ballet, walking and use my total gym. I’m thinking maybe I’m not warming up enough or not stretching right? Any advice is greatly appreciated! My Dr’s are aware and uped my potassium but no relief. Now last night I did some stretching exercises I learned from another video and slept all night! But that doesn’t always work. It also helps if I don’t eat sugar.❤❤
I'm like you, scouring UA-cam at 3am, desperately trying to find nformation on inner thigh cramps. They are the worst (and I've had lots in different parts of my legs). Tonight I had a cramp in both inner thighs at once. How the f... do I fix that? It was agonising, and I've had three labours, gallstones, and kidney stones and these cramps were right up there in the pain stakes. Can't seem to find anything about these particular cramps.
I am a 69 year old female commenting on my husband's site. I get terrible calf charlie-horses, and my frontal shin muscles and ankles involuntarily seize up and forces my feet to turn inward almost like club feet feeling. It's scary, painful, and tiresome. Is it due to hormones? I wear a hormone patch of estrogen.
Oh my goodness! I think you have given me the answer that I was looking for. I donate plasma twice a week. I am 71. I started getting leg cramps in my legs and feet at night only. I was thinking maybe it was from that because of the saline at the end of the donation. I must not be drinking enough water after. I drink water while waiting in line for my turn and after. 2 times I had a reaction afterward where I had to stop what I was doing and put my head between my legs, and my fingers felt like they had electricity running through them. Sweating and lightheaded and weak. I eat before I go. However, by the time I get checked in, it's 2 hours. My donation takes approximately 40 minutes. Afterward, I feel fine, but if I don't get home within 2 hrs that happens. Both times, I ran a few errands while on the way home. I had to call someone the last time, and I was walking like I was drunk. I felt exhausted, and I didn't do anything for 2 hours but ate and drank water. The 1st time, I called 911, but it was ok. The paramedics told me you have to eat before. Now I get the cramps in my legs and toes. I have been to the doctor, and my blood work was perfect. Should I not do this? You can only drink so much water because when you have the needle in your arm, you can't get up to go to the bathroom. Now, I am not so sure if I should be doing this. I am very active and walk to the store, etc. I don't sleep well at all to begin with. Do you suppose this is my answer? Thanks for posting this..🥰
Does drinking to much coffee cause leg cramps ...woke up one morning with a severe leg cramp in my left leg .jumped out of bed and walked around ,rubbed my whole leg for a couple of minutes.. I will try Calcium and magnesium see how that helps .Thank you so much for this video .
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I used Theraworx and it seems to work for me. I put it on my legs at night and in the morning before going to the gym. I was getting leg cramps during my yoga class and the days I have used I don't have cramps.
I used Salonspas patch containing Lidocaine for my knee injury 1 night but had taken a oral med and 1 hour after using patch i had the worst muscle cramp ever. Had to throw 2 aspirins in my mouth quickly caz i really thought i was having some form of attack..i could see the contraction in my knee coming up to my hip
Thank you for your information. I have so many cramps at night time I will increase my water and I will try all the things that you tell us to do. Thanks again.💜
Magnesium by mouth will give immediate relief, especially Magnesium glycinate. or Calm powder. I've had so many leg cramps at night and I would crawl to the kitchen to find the magnesium because I knew I would get almost instant relief. It's like a miracle. Leg cramps are so painful an scary.
emf1111 ... Try the Tonic Water therapy the moment you feel a cramp coming on. Keep a bottle of it at your bedside at all times. You'll get immediate relief!
I subbed because even though I am British I find myself visiting your channel a fair bit since I started my post lockdown get fit regime and also since I broke my radius and ulna in April 21. Its only fair...you supply good info so I have no problem liking and subscribing. If you can help with the leg cramps (I actually dream I am being bitten by a large dog or a crocodile) that would be amazing but I have had these for over 50 years so I am not expecting them to go away, just anything that helps! Mine do it so bad it feels like theyre going to break the bone or tear but maybe its worse because I have ridden horses since childhood and have pretty well developed calves. Oh I will try that with my resistance bands (I have a house full of fitness things now I am ancient lol! no it really makes you feel so much better just walking every day!). Amlodipine...espescially makes you have cramps, sore legs and a bit of fluid retention in your ankles.
@ 4:48 Brad said his brother works in the ER and ALL older folks are dehydrated. Please ask your brother HOW do they know this? WHAT TEST do they do to find out? i asked my doctor and he doesn’t know if any test. Please find out, and respond ! Thank you guys !
I used to get pretty intense pain from my feet all the way to my knees when I was younger. Especially when I ran around a lot or when it rained. Now, 30 years later, I don't get it like that, but I do get some discomfort sometimes when the weather changes to cold. Never knew what it was...
I read that French woman use baking soda for leg cramps so I did a little bit more research and this is what I found. Avoid: taking more than 3½ teaspoons of baking soda (seven ½-tsp doses) in a day. taking more than 1½ teaspoons of baking soda (three ½-tsp doses) in a day if you're over 60 years old.
I have no idea how to explain muscle cramps… But from my experience they only occur when I’m stretching too hard. Yes it can happen in my sleep but that’s because I was stretching in my sleep, you don’t think that you can? There’s no way of you knowing that you were trying to Stretch in your sleep because you are asleep. I mean you could record yourself but that’s a lot of effort. Otherwise muscle cramps are easy to handle as far as I know it. They go away instantly as long as you keep the muscles moving. You got a Charlie horse on your calf you say? Rotate your foot. Point your toe away from you the towards you and twirl it around. On your hip? Do leg lifts. Shoulder? Rotate your arm in circles, and move about your head side to side. They’ll instantly go away. The idea of when trying to cure the pain, and even before it comes, is to keep the muscle moving, not stretch it more, holding still makes it worse, so if course don’t hold still. These guys are probably right, consuming these things will probably help in the long run for future incidents but for simple on the spot cure this works best. Also. Yoga.
I get cramps in the back of my thighs day or night and it always happens after I have been sitting in the car for twenty minutes or more. They immobilize me for several minutes, sometimes for 40 minutes. I don't what to do to prevent them😥😥.
Extend your leg fully and PULL your foot BACK and massage your leg. If that doesn't work Extend your leg fully and PUSH your foot FOWARD and massage your leg
So I’ve been a runner 20’s - 40’s and a brisk walker 50’s and now late 60’s. I’m not as consistent in these later years walking, more in the warmer days than the colder, but during the covid year I’ve really built my days and distance. UNFORTUNATELY🤣, recently I’ve started getting Charlie horses and the tenderness and soreness has stayed 🤷🏼♀️, but not during my walking??? Any ideas, oh and I started taking cholesterol medicine?
I’m having these charley horses for a while from my feet up through by stomach and back. My potassium magnesium calcium and electrolytes seem to be t the right level. When I’m under the covers it starts in my foot. I point my feet down to get it to stop. I removed the covers to give my feet some space to move. I think my problem is coming from chemo Nevalbine because after and sometimes during chemo it starts up. I need a better mattress right now I’m trying a memory topper.
I think sitting too long is the problem some people think to put a bar of soap between the sheets helps but it didn’t help me I’m on a lot of meds would this complicate things if I took it
I missed it about the mustard. Where is that ? I have occasional cramps and toe cramps. I had a bad toe cramp in my right foot tonight, while standing. It took my breath.
The UA-cam video by Dr. Ken Berry, Leg Cramps: 7 Causes and 7 Cures. Is a great video as leg cramps can come from many causes, some of which are very serious.
I just woke up with the worst caff cramp I have ever had in 35 years! I can't walk on my leg just now it's so sore! I get it alot in the back of my left leg but that tonight I have never felt one like it! It's actually left a lump on the back of my caff muscle! Iv got deep heat on it and a heated pad
I never had any problems with cramps in my legs until I reached over 55 60 like what gives. Mind you way back when I was younger I took vitamins for 20 years and then 10 years ago I stopped and I noticed it was getting cramps I stop taking calcium magnesium with K2 and I stopped taking vitamin D3 and my large doses of vitamin C so I think nutrition has a lot to do with this and stretching I noticed that stretching really helps wish I kept up with a stretching wish I kept up vitamin and minerals..
Hi my husband gets legs that jump keeps him awake i think his got restless leg sindrone .Im not sure but feel sorry for him as he sit up lots of night threw his legs that jumps he said he can feel the blood pumping threw his legs .
A Charley horse dosent last long. But what is it when my calf spasms and pulls my foot down, very painful and it does this off and on all day and night. And I can feel pulling behind my knee cap??
When you’re cramping and discover a vocal range you never knew existed
Facts . Shit just threw me on the ground out of a dead sleep. Holy FUCK !
Yup I went to bed stretched my leg Charlie horse went on the floor and screamed from the pain it lasted 5 to 10 min
I legit went like 3 octaves lower while swearing my lubgs out 🤣 it was legit like 7pm
JUST HAPPENED! *ouch* 11:18pm
And you aren’t exaggerating that point.
You have not experienced a cramp until you get one in the front of the thigh area. Good God the pain is incredible. Then just as it starts going away you could feel it rumbling to come back and you have to brace yourself for more pain. Absolutely terrible.
I swear😂😂 Try both legs . I can’t even laugh too hard at this cause it’s already sneakin around on me now. I almost don’t wanna go to sleep tn
They make me cry, and I am quite stoic with pain. Thigh and hip cramps are definitely the worst I experience.
It’s the inner thighs for me…I damn near be on the verge of tears
@@spvzonthetrack9957 The medial thigh, groin, around to the posterior thigh: agony! I do cry, and I’m stoic with pain. That terribly hard contraction of those muscles is horrible. Why can’t they help us? Does any one care?
Oh it’s horrible!!! It wouldn’t stop. I had to yell for my husband to come and help me with the cramp. He got pickle juice and had me drink it then massaged my leg until it went away. It helped! Now I make sure I have big jars pickles in my fridge and my massager plugged in. Definitely worst cramp in the thigh ... ever!
I just woke to a thigh cramp that lasted seem like 5 minute
Had me in tears
marcie101080 same here with myself, muscle spasms seem to start in thigh. Trying to figure out what todo or use.
marcie101080 yes this happen to me last month then again this morning but I made it to the kitchen for mustard last time I was crying and on the floor for real
marcie101080 am only 29 years old and I just got up form a leg cramp and been up since 12:19 tonight after taking a warm shower and putting muscle ache oil on my leg am afraid to go back to sleep tonight
@@Mslouve1 I experienced my first inner thigh spasm last month and I thought I was dying...most excruciatingly horrifying pain ever! A leg cramp normally goes away by stretching or walking, but the inner thigh nothing worked, lasted close to 15 minutes. I had to crouch in pain till it went away...my groin felt like it was being ripped apart. Will try the mustard if it ever happens again.
Here is the cure I have used for most of my life. Pinch your upper lip!- hard! If the pain is really really bad, then pinch your upper lip with both hands. The pain sensation/ nerve endings from your lip is much closer to your brain than your legs, so the pain is reduced. Stand up and the cramp will gradually release. Many people keep a pack of mustard on their bed stand. The principle is the same- the very strong taste of the mustard fires the nerve endings in your mouth which are very close to your brain.
I just had my first calve cramp ever laying in the bed and I thought I was dying. I don't wanna experience that again ☠
Having them in you feet will get you up and make you notice.
Lol the type to shoot you out of bed
I just had my second one this morning 😖😤😩
I got used to the 3-5
cramps every 1-2 months
Those cramps make a person wish they were never born
When I was young, I had to stretch before I worked out. Now that I’m old, I have to stretch before I lie down! Sheesh! 😂🥴
Well said Bassmith.You are doing the right thing as I am too. I still have a tylenol menthol or alcohol and a heat pad to calm and kill it. But remember replace your shoes see a goid caring chiroptractor.nGOD Bless us and Be with Us always.
Jeez..lol
My grandma suffers from leg cramps almost everyday and I hate watching her go through it because I don’t know how to deal with it so I’m watching this hoping I can learn and help her.
Watching this for my grandpa, any thing you found that helped?
My husband suffers from severe leg cramps, especially at night- he's been up 3 times a night for the past three nights. He drinks water during the day, uses the Theraworx and takes pills for cramps at night. This was not working particularly well. The addition of the NUUN tablets was a game changer. He's been free of those night cramps for the last three nights. Thank you so much for all your videos. I'm a huge fan.
Dizapam is the only thing that helps.These spams have debilitated my life.I will try the Nuun tablets
Where can I find this Nuun tablets?
Try sucking down a tablespoon of yellow mustard when cramped up like that. My girlfriend had me try it and it's a life saver. 100% the quickest thing I've ever used and I night cramp so bad I've begged her to take me out and put me out of my misery!
Just take 500mg of magnesium at bedtime or during the day sometime. Sometimes I take it twice a day. Magnesium relaxes muscles and calcium causes them to tighten. If I drink too much milk or eat too much cereal with milk, I get too much calcium and my calves cramp at night. Same with too much cheese. Then, I’ll take magnesium.
This is interesting. I eat cereal with milk and often get serious leg cramps.
jamie king
That’s probably why I get them everyday. Drinking a gallon of whole milk
I think you're right! On googleing what causes these leg cramps I found that the lack of magnesium could be the cause. When researching what foods contain magnesium (because I didn't want to swallow another pill), I found that fruits, juices, and leafy green veggies all contain magnesium. I knew right away that these foods were probably my problem because I don't eat fruits and juices and only eat leafy green vegetables now & then. Within 3 days of incorporating these in my diet, my leg cramps at night have stopped. THANK GOD!
I just came out of a major muscle spasm. This is very useful information. We are blessed to have you guys.
Be blessed.
Thank You, Gentleman I have suffered from spinal damage and surgerys' to keep me walking since 1999, I am now 49 years old and I find myself with nerve damage in my arms and legs. Your videos give me hope, and inspiration, I will pass my knowledge on to the next generation over and over again. As knowledge is power. For far to long we the people have a responsibility to, (not see threw each other but to see each other threw.)
You are very welcome, thank you for the kind words and positive feedback. Brad
Thank you. I love NUUN. I forgot about them,moved and stores changed.I have suffered my 1st RLS on 16th birthday.I am 60 now,I keep pedialyte next to my bed,too.Great presentations guys.
That foam product at the end actually helped me after work (construction) when my hamstrings were locked up with extremely painful cramps.
I take a capsule of magnesium when I wake up with muscle spasms in my calf, but after watching this video and reading the comments how some find relief from pickle juice etc, I'm remembering what my herbalist told me on my first muscle test. He said my body was low in salt, which confused me because I put salt on everything! He told me I wasn't eating the right salt. He told me to buy Redmond's Sea Salt, as it still has all of the minerals in it and that's what my body needed. He told me to take a quarter-sized dose of the salt every morning. I couldn't believe how much better I felt! My cramps stopped, my heart didn't race anymore and I was able to stop taking Xanax for the "anxiety" I thought I had. Turned out I just needed salt. I ran out of this special salt 6 months ago, and now I'm getting leg cramps again. Time to buy more
Thank you realcanadiangirl!
Thanks for that information i will get that now that salt
My Dr in Jamaica told me to take 3 aspirins per week and drink 3 gatorade per week. Never understood it then although i followed his advice but gatorade has sodium (salt)
I’ve just been a week without salt and sugar to get rid of inflammation. I was stretching my arms and back and got the worst muscle spasm I had to now just pull over while driving to look up what the heck to do and now I’m on my way to the health food store gonna look for this redmonds salt. Thank you I hope that’s what is wrong.
I'm 31.and this video benefited me big time. I'm athletic but suffer from leg cramps . I even had them in my 20s Thanks guys
As an on-call EMT / SPORTS DOC, seeking treatments to elevate on-site muscle cramps is a powerful tool in my suitcase of knowledgeable 'tricks' that make me a value to the patient / client / athlete.
Thankd guys.
DR. T
Greetings from a 66 year old Canadian senior: I love your work, please keep it up. I call you Dr UA-cam.
Y’all have honestly been saving my life with these videos
Penn and Teller of physical therapy! Thank you for the great info! It is helping me a lot.
Most of the night I am having cramps in my right leg. Starts in thigh, under knees and feet. It kills me more than 15 mins and comes back again after 2 hours sleep. I do physical job walking a lot from 8 hours to 11 hours. Thank you for the good advice
I also work a physical job, which advice would you say helped the most?
Theraworx is a lifesaver for leg cramps! It works.
I'm having surgery Wednesday to release another nerve in my calf.
In the meantime your videos have helped me over the last year to lessen the effects.
Jean Medley ... Oh my lord! Postphone the surgery and try the Tonic Water therapy instead of letting someone cut your body up!!! My pharmacist recommended this cheap treatment 30 years ago and it has worked on millions of people for many decades!
Tonic Water has quinine in it which has also been used for other ailments, but doctors don't suggest you use it because they want to keep busy doing unnecessary surgeries because it pays for their new yacht or their kid's new BMW.
Get a big bottle of Tonic Water at any grocery store today and gulp down a glassful tonight and praise the lord!!! Take charge of your body! Don't make things complicated for yourself! Avoid the guys with knives!
With love 4 u,
Leigh
Ok, so usually when people tell me that they get leg cramps I kinda laugh it off like you have NO IDEA what leg cramps even are. I say this because you say this isn't your 1st surgery to help you with these so I think maybe you actually DO know how bad this can be. So that said, I was at a total loss... but when I found out about the quinine, it was a life changer!!
I keep a 12 pack of cans in my bedroom along with liter bottles just so I know it's there. Because my husband likes it I make sure
I always have a few hidden!!!
TheraWorks works instantly. I've used it during the nite when the thigh cramps woke me up in excruciating pain. Helped me alot from the painful cramps. It works on sore muscles too, esp the next day after suffering from the horrible cramp pain.
The cramps I’ve gotten and get that deserve the Oscar Award 🥇 for the most excruciating pain are hamstring cramps. That’s like half your body in one giant screaming 😱 cramp. I’ll get them in both legs at the same time usually while sitting and sometimes in bed. The best thing I’ve found to alleviate them is to drink about 8 ounces of a 50/50 mix of apple cider vinegar and water.
how long after taking vinegar ds the pain go away?
Which hurts worse calf or hamstring cramps?
Thigh cramps are by far the worst. Ask anyone who has both upper and lower extremity cramping.
I once had both of my legs cramp in a pool. Truly traumatic. 😭
I have lower back issues. Every night I have extreme leg cramps in all leg muscles large and small muscles from thigh to toe. It's excruciating!
I also have them during the day. Mostly in my feet in the day time. I don't sit around during waking hours because of the back prooblem.
I am type 1 diabetic.
Warm towels help but I want it to stop!
Edit: I have recently tried the tonic water, with quinine, it helped stop the cramps very well. Also, "body armour" helps keep me hydrated.
I've had to suffer through a cramp.... from my knee, on the inside thigh muscle, to my drawer where I kept my thera worx. It works for me.... but from my experience.... store it upright. It lost pressure when laid down. I get constant leg cramping from a leg injury so I take whatever relief I can get. Thanks for sharing
I get charlie horses in different part of my legs (behind my leg, inner thigh, in my ankles, across top part of my toes)...
thank you for this video , I use theraworks when I have leg cramps and it definitely works for me , and I use a heating pad and that helps , thank you again for all of your great information 👍
Whose watching this whilst leg cramping? Like if you are.
Right! I was Thinking the same..Was lookin thru comments for timestamps lol
I liked your comment but did go open a bottle of Magnesium after reading all of these comments. Have been off of it for 10 weeks due to intestinal issues, but I guess I I better get back on it cuz it does seem to make a huge difference for me.
Yes my leg is twitching and it’s bothering me. I just figured out why! Sleep and dehydration. ;-;
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I enjoy your video’s. They have helped my leg cramps.
I have been having leg cramps...
I have diabetes (type 2)
I started taking Potassium and Magnesium... I use a heating pad
The pain is still there but not
as bad... I use muscle rub alot
as well... I need to drink more water...
That sure would help alot... Thanks...
This may sound crazy but when you wake up in the middle of the night with a leg cramp, you'll try almost anything to feel relief. I take by mouth one tablespoon full of yellow mustard, sometimes two. While you are swallowing the mustard, you can feel the cramp draining away. I told my girlfriend and she said she could never do that. I said to her that she must enjoy the leg cramps or else she would try it out. The next time I spoke with her, she said it really worked for her. Swallowing mustard is much better than suffering with the cramp.
i have tried it it works . my Aunt told me to do it. She swears by it.
Yes, My Husband Gave Me Some Yellow Mustard It Really Works. Don't Like The Taste, but It Works.
Mustard is the new Windex. It stops burns as well.
Does it pepper-burn the mouth? What if I just rub it on the cramp leg?
@@travellady68 can I use honey mustard 🥴
Im 75 years old male and suffered severe night time calf and ankle cramps which made me get up and walk them off.. Started taking calcium, magnesium and potassium supplements and they faded away. Recently I was out of country for 6 weeks and neglected the supplements and, sure enough the cramps returned. Back on them now and also increased my water intake - no cramps.
Thank you so much for sharing this! Very helpful to hear from people what has worked for them!
Of course that's why I'm here.
Just before finding this video I was abruptly awoken with the most violent calf cramp imaginable. my right foot LOCKED solid as if pointing downward. I sat here literally screaming as I tried with no avail to bend my foot back at the ankle. I finally got it and managed to stand up and it nailed me again the same way. It's all over with now, I hope. But it left me with a bruised calf.
These guys are so funny, I’m getting a cramp in my stomach from laughing
There so funny all right there gas guy's I could listen to them all day great guys they are they would make your day😃😂😂
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I'm in my third trimester and can confirm the awful leg cramps started in the second tri....they are unlike any I've had before - on the outer band of my lower legs, back of thigh, all around my ankle. So painful!! And only one one leg!
similar with my husband,please help us what we should do about muscle spasm in leg
I am a T1Diabetic and I have been suffering greatly lately,Im going to get some electrolytes in me now and do these stretches,Thanks Gentleman
My muscle spasms started when I was a kid and now I'm over sixty and they've gotten really bad . They will come at any time . It don't matter !
I take pickle juice for cramps legs. my calves have cramps in the daytime as well.
This is such a relief in a weird way. This just came on all of a sudden I never knew I was part of a community. Well I guess it was to be expected considering I'm 65 Plus😂
A side effect reported for statins is back and muscle pain. If you're suffering from inexplicable muscle/back pain which doesn't respond to PT check your medications. Another mystery ailment which is rarely diagnosed properly is flouride toxicity which can produce arthritis-like symptoms in some people even at levels considered safe by EPA according to some studies. Drinking a lot of tap water to stay hydrated and have mysterious aches and pains? Check your water's flouride level. The effects of flouride toxicity can be reversed just by drinking flouride free water (bottled or filtered). Most quality residential filters will trap flouride.
I have these cramps and no surprise I have Hypothyroidism...I suspect it's connected to my Herniated disk l3/l4. Was in a wheelchair and walking now, but lost some range of motion in my ankles. Thanks for sharing this.
You had a UA-cam video discussing using the opposing muscle when you have cramps. I didn’t save it and now I can’t find it. I need to watch it again. I get severe cramps all the way from my groin to my toes. I have to take five 500 mg capsules of magnesium as a single dose. But I can only do it for the maximum of three days. I need to review that video again. Can you reload it on UA-cam please
I just started getting cramps in my inner thighs at night AND OUCH!!! What the heck??? I’m 51 with Crohn’s disease and K workout everyday. I like to mix my workouts up so I do Pilates, yoga, ballet, walking and use my total gym. I’m thinking maybe I’m not warming up enough or not stretching right? Any advice is greatly appreciated! My Dr’s are aware and uped my potassium but no relief. Now last night I did some stretching exercises I learned from another video and slept all night! But that doesn’t always work. It also helps if I don’t eat sugar.❤❤
I'm like you, scouring UA-cam at 3am, desperately trying to find nformation on inner thigh cramps. They are the worst (and I've had lots in different parts of my legs).
Tonight I had a cramp in both inner thighs at once.
How the f... do I fix that? It was agonising, and I've had three labours, gallstones, and kidney stones and these cramps were right up there in the pain stakes.
Can't seem to find anything about these particular cramps.
I need something for this sometimes I even get them on my neck. thanx for tips
In my chest on my ribs scary, when you think your heart is a muscle to..
I am a 69 year old female commenting on my husband's site. I get terrible calf charlie-horses, and my frontal shin muscles and ankles involuntarily seize up and forces my feet to turn inward almost like club feet feeling. It's scary, painful, and tiresome. Is it due to hormones? I wear a hormone patch of estrogen.
Good suggestions. Plus I own that green strap, gonna pull it out of my storage box for it can’t help me there.
Theraflex IS AWESOME......it takes a few minutes to work and it is a God send for me..70 yrs old
Oh my goodness! I think you have given me the answer that I was looking for. I donate plasma twice a week. I am 71. I started getting leg cramps in my legs and feet at night only. I was thinking maybe it was from that because of the saline at the end of the donation. I must not be drinking enough water after. I drink water while waiting in line for my turn and after.
2 times I had a reaction afterward where I had to stop what I was doing and put my head between my legs, and my fingers felt like they had electricity running through them. Sweating and lightheaded and weak. I eat before I go. However, by the time I get checked in, it's 2 hours. My donation takes approximately 40 minutes. Afterward, I feel fine, but if I don't get home within 2 hrs that happens. Both times, I ran a few errands while on the way home. I had to call someone the last time, and I was walking like I was drunk. I felt exhausted, and I didn't do anything for 2 hours but ate and drank water. The 1st time, I called 911, but it was ok. The paramedics told me you have to eat before. Now I get the cramps in my legs and toes. I have been to the doctor, and my blood work was perfect. Should I not do this? You can only drink so much water because when you have the needle in your arm, you can't get up to go to the bathroom. Now, I am not so sure if I should be doing this. I am very active and walk to the store, etc. I don't sleep well at all to begin with. Do you suppose this is my answer? Thanks for posting this..🥰
Does drinking to much coffee cause leg cramps ...woke up one morning with a severe leg cramp in my left leg
.jumped out of bed and walked around ,rubbed my whole leg for a couple of minutes..
I will try Calcium and magnesium see how that helps .Thank you so much for this video .
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Got back from a 3 hour basketball practice, and I took a step and both legs just randomly cramped for the first time. Worst pain I’ve ever felt
I used Theraworx and it seems to work for me. I put it on my legs at night and in the morning before going to the gym. I was getting leg cramps during my yoga class and the days I have used I don't have cramps.
whats this please?
Theraworx is a magnesium foam (comes in a spray too) that prevents cramps and spasms, helps with sore muscle and tightness.
I used Salonspas patch containing Lidocaine for my knee injury 1 night but had taken a oral med and 1 hour after using patch i had the worst muscle cramp ever. Had to throw 2 aspirins in my mouth quickly caz i really thought i was having some form of attack..i could see the contraction in my knee coming up to my hip
Thank you for your information. I have so many cramps at night time I will increase my water and I will try all the things that you tell us to do. Thanks again.💜
Magnesium by mouth will give immediate relief, especially Magnesium glycinate. or Calm powder. I've had so many leg cramps at night and I would crawl to the kitchen to find the magnesium because I knew I would get almost instant relief. It's like a miracle. Leg cramps are so painful an scary.
if u have cramps so often, perhaps u should keep it by the bed.
emf1111 ... Try the Tonic Water therapy the moment you feel a cramp coming on. Keep a bottle of it at your bedside at all times. You'll get immediate relief!
Thermaworks does work get bad cramps in thighs, feet and hands , it works in approx.4 to 5 minutes.
I have a hospital bed and I have broke the matteres down I 'm in it 24/7 and i need help thank you odeen
I subbed because even though I am British I find myself visiting your channel a fair bit since I started my post lockdown get fit regime and also since I broke my radius and ulna in April 21. Its only fair...you supply good info so I have no problem liking and subscribing.
If you can help with the leg cramps (I actually dream I am being bitten by a large dog or a crocodile) that would be amazing but I have had these for over 50 years so I am not expecting them to go away, just anything that helps! Mine do it so bad it feels like theyre going to break the bone or tear but maybe its worse because I have ridden horses since childhood and have pretty well developed calves. Oh I will try that with my resistance bands (I have a house full of fitness things now I am ancient lol! no it really makes you feel so much better just walking every day!). Amlodipine...espescially makes you have cramps, sore legs and a bit of fluid retention in your ankles.
30 seconds in and I love you guys! Kinda like Car Talk!
@ 4:48 Brad said his brother works in the ER and ALL older folks are dehydrated.
Please ask your brother HOW do they know this? WHAT TEST do they do to find out?
i asked my doctor and he doesn’t know if any test.
Please find out, and respond !
Thank you guys !
Magnesium complex tablets pre-workout & at night. Also, Dr. Bergs or Nuun's electrolyte mix during workout helped my cramps.
im sad guys i don't use this so called facebook u speak of lol great vid
Very helpful video guys, thank you so much.
I used to get pretty intense pain from my feet all the way to my knees when I was younger. Especially when I ran around a lot or when it rained. Now, 30 years later, I don't get it like that, but I do get some discomfort sometimes when the weather changes to cold. Never knew what it was...
If you feel changes with weather could possibly be arthritis...
I had a leg cramp before it hurt A LOT
Subscribing for the intro alone! 😭♥️
I read that French woman use baking soda for leg cramps so I did a little bit more research and this is what I found.
Avoid: taking more than 3½ teaspoons of baking soda (seven ½-tsp doses) in a day. taking more than 1½ teaspoons of baking soda (three ½-tsp doses) in a day if you're over 60 years old.
I have no idea how to explain muscle cramps… But from my experience they only occur when I’m stretching too hard. Yes it can happen in my sleep but that’s because I was stretching in my sleep, you don’t think that you can? There’s no way of you knowing that you were trying to Stretch in your sleep because you are asleep. I mean you could record yourself but that’s a lot of effort. Otherwise muscle cramps are easy to handle as far as I know it. They go away instantly as long as you keep the muscles moving. You got a Charlie horse on your calf you say? Rotate your foot. Point your toe away from you the towards you and twirl it around. On your hip? Do leg lifts. Shoulder? Rotate your arm in circles, and move about your head side to side. They’ll instantly go away. The idea of when trying to cure the pain, and even before it comes, is to keep the muscle moving, not stretch it more, holding still makes it worse, so if course don’t hold still.
These guys are probably right, consuming these things will probably help in the long run for future incidents but for simple on the spot cure this works best. Also. Yoga.
I get cramps in the back of my thighs day or night and it always happens after I have been sitting in the car for twenty minutes or more. They immobilize me for several minutes, sometimes for 40 minutes. I don't what to do to prevent them😥😥.
Extend your leg fully and PULL your foot BACK and massage your leg. If that doesn't work Extend your leg fully and PUSH your foot FOWARD and massage your leg
@@icommentrandomstuf3356 for me, I find walking to be better.
@@speekerlol I thought so too, until today, had to find a pull positi
on that didnt hurt.
@@Prov31Beauty-Seeinglassfull the same thing may not work for others. For me, walking around and loosening up those muscles and tendons feel better.
You have been helpful. Here and after my broken hip!
thanks for the product placements, sellouts.
So I’ve been a runner 20’s - 40’s and a brisk walker 50’s and now late 60’s. I’m not as consistent in these later years walking, more in the warmer days than the colder, but during the covid year I’ve really built my days and distance. UNFORTUNATELY🤣, recently I’ve started getting Charlie horses and the tenderness and soreness has stayed 🤷🏼♀️, but not during my walking??? Any ideas, oh and I started taking cholesterol medicine?
I’m having these charley horses for a while from my feet up through by stomach and back. My potassium magnesium calcium and electrolytes seem to be t the right level. When I’m under the covers it starts in my foot. I point my feet down to get it to stop. I removed the covers to give my feet some space to move. I think my problem is coming from chemo Nevalbine because after and sometimes during chemo it starts up. I need a better mattress right now I’m trying a memory topper.
I think sitting too long is the problem some people think to put a bar of soap between the sheets helps but it didn’t help me I’m on a lot of meds would this complicate things if I took it
I tore a hamstring 10 years ago and have had horrendous cramps in it since. It has robbed me of many nights sleep.
Very clear advices... Thank you docs!
You're welcome :)
wow! I have hotness in my legs for 6 years now! will do some of the stretching talk about here
Y’all are awesome!!👍🤩
Why not on You Tube? I dont have a FB acct 😢
I missed it about the mustard. Where is that ? I have occasional cramps and toe cramps. I had a bad toe cramp in my right foot tonight, while standing. It took my breath.
help me my leg keep Cramping up a lot it’s in pain all the time now and I drink a lot of water.
I get leg craps after sitting sometimes. It’s dangerous because you can fall down. Thanks 🇨🇦👍
I got painful cramps before I checked with B & B, while sitting w/feet raised in lounge chair. Ouch!!
The UA-cam video by Dr. Ken Berry, Leg Cramps: 7 Causes and 7 Cures. Is a great video as leg cramps can come from many causes, some of which are very serious.
wonderful info about cramps...you guys rock!!!! thanks again for more awesome info!!!
I just woke up with the worst caff cramp I have ever had in 35 years! I can't walk on my leg just now it's so sore! I get it alot in the back of my left leg but that tonight I have never felt one like it! It's actually left a lump on the back of my caff muscle! Iv got deep heat on it and a heated pad
Did you find any relief? These cramps are stopping me laying down to sleep every night
I never had any problems with cramps in my legs until I reached over 55 60 like what gives. Mind you way back when I was younger I took vitamins for 20 years and then 10 years ago I stopped and I noticed it was getting cramps I stop taking calcium magnesium with K2 and I stopped taking vitamin D3 and my large doses of vitamin C so I think nutrition has a lot to do with this and stretching I noticed that stretching really helps wish I kept up with a stretching wish I kept up vitamin and minerals..
I started dring a shot of tonic water before bed, also put a little salt on my tongue. Works well for me.
Hi my husband gets legs that jump keeps him awake i think his got restless leg sindrone .Im not sure but feel sorry for him as he sit up lots of night threw his legs that jumps he said he can feel the blood pumping threw his legs .
Key Ingredient... Mustard 💯💪🏿
How about compress sock 🧦 for cramps
Thank you for this information. It started when I started taking a certain statin. My doctor changed meds. We will see how it goes .
I read somewhere Tonic Water is good, i buy the small cans and have it with Orange or Lemon Barley.
Where can I buy NUUN tablet?
@Bob & Brad Given what you said about the infrared, would a sauna be beneficial?
Cramps can be a result of low iron. Coffee tends to eliminate iron in the body. So i have coffee early and take iron later
I enjoy your channel guys you help me a lot thanks doctors.
A Charley horse dosent last long. But what is it when my calf spasms and pulls my foot down, very painful and it does this off and on all day and night. And I can feel pulling behind my knee cap??
YES , YOU 2 ARE AWSOME , THANKS GUYS. 🙂👌👍🙏
Thanks 🙏
You’re welcome!
Thanks
Theraworks really works!!