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Posted 8/3/2011 5:59 PM (GMT -5)
Do any of you suffer from charlie horses?   When I was young I'd have them in my legs, but now I keep having them in my side and stomach.  It seems like all I have to do is move the wrong way. 
Posted 8/3/2011 10:07 PM (GMT -5)
Still my legs, but boy do they hurt! I get 5-6 a week. I just sort of strech into them, and sometimes that works well. Some just have a mind of their own.

I get cramps in the tops of my toes that go up the front of my shin. OUCh!

I hope yours are easier for you.

Oy, speaking of cramps- I have on in my L back calf! Ouch!
Posted 8/4/2011 1:27 AM (GMT -5)
Hi~

I don't get them regularly but once in a while. Where I do get crampy pains is along the top of my feet and my toes. Darn! those things hurt. When it happens to my toes I can feel it starting and try to stretch them in the opposite direction. Usually I end up grabbing my foot and trying to stretch the cramp out. Hurts to do it but hurts more not to.

Here's to the warmth of heating pads!
Chutz
Posted 8/4/2011 1:22 PM (GMT -5)
I've had these.  Magnesium can help.  Also extra calcium.  When I was diagnosed with osteoporosis, I was told to up my dose of calcium.  Goodness!  The cramping went away.  I googled it and saw that a deficiency in calcium can cause cramping!  Who'd of guessed that?  I get plently of magnesium in the malic acid supplements I take to now, I rarely have cramping.  Yeah!  yeah

 

Sherrine

Posted 8/5/2011 9:58 AM (GMT -5)
In addition to the magnesium and calcium helping, sometimes it can be related to dehydration/electrolytes. My doctor recommended drinking a mix of half gatorade and half water, and it helped a lot when I used to get them due to dehydration. It's more likely to be dehydration if they happen more in hot weather.
Posted 8/5/2011 10:53 AM (GMT -5)
oh yes! charlie horses drive me nuts. a couple of months ago I had to have doppler ultrasounds looking for a clot because I had a Charlie horse for a month and my calf was slightly swollen. The drs are starting to wonder if I even have fibro but rather something to where my muscles have a gard time relaxing. since we havent figured anything out though until I get into a neurologist, we are still calling it fibro
Posted 8/6/2011 8:48 AM (GMT -5)
I had two last night in my sleep. They were in my legs, and woke me up. Need to d some serious stretching. They sure do hurt. My husband gets them really bad when he doesn't drink enough water and gets too hot. Working, not paying attentin. But he has to take quinine for them. It helps.

Hugs, Karen
Posted 8/6/2011 12:41 PM (GMT -5)
Karen, I was on quinine before being given the calcium.  You might pass this on to your hubby.  He just might need more calcium in his system.  Sure beats a prescription drug!

 

Sherrine

Posted 8/7/2011 2:16 PM (GMT -5)
I used to get them a lot not only when I was sleeping, but in the middle of the night. They were so bad, they would make me light-headed. However, when I was diagnosed with anemia and started taking iron supplements, they went away. I'm not sure if there was a connection?
Posted 8/10/2011 5:01 PM (GMT -5)
The ones that I've been having are in my right side where I have alot of pain anyways and in my stomache. They hurt so bad I feel like I could pass out. It happens when I bend or move just right. I move very cautiously these days.
Posted 9/25/2011 10:56 PM (GMT -5)
I get the Charlies. If I keep my potasium up, then I am ok. When i stretch my legs out and it is low, they charlie right up.
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