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How do you relieve or avoid leg cramps and/or Restless Leg Syndrome?
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Default How do you relieve or avoid leg cramps and/or Restless Leg Syndrome? - 12-28-2008, 03:32 AM

I get very painful thigh cramps and my legs twitch when I sleep. It is causing my wife to wake up. I sleep through it. What can I do or take to relieve the leg cramps and/or the RLS?
   
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Default 01-04-2009, 07:17 PM

My doc prescribed drugs, but when I read the side effects I didn't touch them. The things that help me best are:HOT bath before bedtime OR minutes of stretching before bedtime - I mean really stretching OR riding my stationary bike before bed, but the downside is that this can sometimes rev me up so I can't go to sleep for a while.Good luck - I feel for you
   
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Default 01-05-2009, 02:51 AM

What I have found to really help is to eat lots of bananas. They are high in potassium which helps reduce cramps. I too have RLS and its the only thing that I have found to help.
   
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