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Thursday, November 27, 2014

Cramping Style

Whenever you get leg cramps in the middle of the night, stand up from bed immediately and do the following:

A) If the cramps occur in your calves, place a massage ball (a wooden or rubber ball with bumps or blunted spikes around it), and step on it, ensuring that the center of your sole presses on it.

B) If the cramps occur in your inner thigh, stand up as straight as possible and gently bend backward.

Do not crouch or stoop.

Doing sit-ups and push-ups every morning will either prevent the leg cramps or reduce their frequency.

If you have a relative who is in hospital, comatose, or unable to speak, observe his/her leg and foot positions. If you sense that the patient is experiencing cramps, ask a nurse to give him/her a vigorous leg massage--albeit keeping in mind that it is necessary for the person to stand up. It is one's body weight while standing that initiates the relief; hence oversleeping is sometimes a bad idea.

Many patients ultimately die of leg cramps. They are painful, the pain escalates, and one either dies of extreme pain or heart failure caused by it.

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