I remember that happening to me when I was a kid in the swimming pool, I was screaming. Have a hot bath to relax your muscle.

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Originally posted by wonder:
I remember that happening to me when I was a kid in the swimming pool, I was screaming. Have a hot bath to relax your muscle.

I might just give that a try!!

Have you started exercising/walking more than normal recently ....?

my mother insists on putting corks at the end of the bed, she believes it works

you have to arch your toes and really dig them into the floor whilst rubbing the back of your calf vigorously, it works

And it stops the lingering pain usually

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Originally posted by Pretty_P:
ever suffered muscle cramps in the bag of their legs??

I had my first one vere last night and cannot believe how incredibly painful it was - it woke me up and the muscle is still very tender today!!

Just the thought of the pain now make me feel sick!!

Exactly the same thing happened to me last weekend. Took a few days for the tenderness to go but my leg's fine now.

I've had it a couple of nights a week for years...

I get get up and stretch my calves as soon as it starts

A spot, a mouth ulcer and now a leg cramp! Ohhh noez, that's a leg off by the neck job

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Originally posted by Gel:
you have to arch your toes and really dig them into the floor whilst rubbing the back of your calf vigorously, it works

And it stops the lingering pain usually

sorry, when I say arch your toes, I mean, spread your toes out on any flat surface, force them flat, no matter how painful it is, then arch your foot, then rub the back of your calf vigorously, it really does work

the cramp goes away without any residual effect with this method, honest it does

It's VERY painful Pretty. My sympathies.

What works for me is to point my toes upwards as hard as I can towards my shin as soon as I feel that first twang - stretch the muscle out as it were. It always stops it in its tracks for me.

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Originally posted by Shar:
Have you started exercising/walking more than normal recently ....?

no!!

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Originally posted by Cariad:
It's VERY painful Pretty. My sympathies.

What works for me is to point my toes upwards as hard as I can towards my shin as soon as I feel that first twang - stretch the muscle out as it were. It always stops it in its tracks for me.

I didn't feel it coming on as i was asleep - it was a sudden pain that woke me up though I must admit that massaging it seemed to ease te sharp pain!!

Get up and walk around on your toes...

It's very common. The best thing to do is to stand up and try and walk immediately you feel the cramp coming on. Sometimes it's a lack of calcium that causes cramps, so if you get a lot of attacks it's best to ask your GP about it.

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Originally posted by *BB*:
It's very common. The best thing to do is to stand up and try and walk immediately you feel the cramp coming on. Sometimes it's a lack of calcium that causes cramps, so if you get a lot of attacks it's best to ask your GP about it.

this was the first one i've ever had and I'm hoping I won't have another one any time soon!!

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Originally posted by Pretty_P:

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Originally posted by Cariad:
It's VERY painful Pretty. My sympathies.

What works for me is to point my toes upwards as hard as I can towards my shin as soon as I feel that first twang - stretch the muscle out as it were. It always stops it in its tracks for me.

I didn't feel it coming on as i was asleep - it was a sudden pain that woke me up though I must admit that massaging it seemed to ease te sharp pain!!

OK ... well I won't advise you do make sure to do warm-up exercises first then ...

have a banana
you could be potasium deficient
no joke

I used to get it all the time in my sleep when I did a lot of sports. It is really horrible and painful because the only way I could relieve it was to stand up and put some weight on it. I got told it can be a lack of salt. I dont put salt on anything and it was certainly worse in the summer. Most people eat way too much salt than is healthy though so i give that advice with some trepidation. Also was from my GP to me reading above it looks like it could be a number of deficiency things.

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Originally posted by mandala:
have a banana
you could be potasium deficient
no joke

Just what I was gonna suggest - eating bananas keeps the cramps at bay...

That's why you see tennis players munching on them during matches

I used to get that occasionally in my younger days, hurts like hell!

I also used to get really hot feet in bed, the soles of my feet would be scorching and I'd have to run cold water over them to try and cool them down.

Is that a common thing or is it just me?

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Originally posted by skive:
I used to get that occasionally in my younger days, hurst like hell!

I also used to get really hot feet in bed, the soles of my feet would be scorching and I'd have to run cold water over them to try and cool them down.

Is that a common thing or is it just me?

no idea if that is common or not - but it isn't something I have ever experienced!!

Over exertion during sex commonest cause.

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Originally posted by Pretty_P:
ever suffered muscle cramps in the bag of their legs??

I had my first one vere last night and cannot believe how incredibly painful it was - it woke me up and the muscle is still very tender today!!

Just the thought of the pain now make me feel sick!!

A small glass of tonic water before bed cures it....

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Originally posted by skive:
I used to get that occasionally in my younger days, hurst like hell!

I also used to get really hot feet in bed, the soles of my feet would be scorching and I'd have to run cold water over them to try and cool them down.

Is that a common thing or is it just me?

Yes its common as I know a number of people who have had hot feet - I can't remember what its real name is and what they did about it so I'm no help am I?

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Originally posted by skive:
I used to get that occasionally in my younger days, hurts like hell!

I also used to get really hot feet in bed, the soles of my feet would be scorching and I'd have to run cold water over them to try and cool them down.

Is that a common thing or is it just me?

Carrie?

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Originally posted by skive:
I used to get that occasionally in my younger days, hurts like hell!

I also used to get really hot feet in bed, the soles of my feet would be scorching and I'd have to run cold water over them to try and cool them down.

Is that a common thing or is it just me?

I sleep with my feet out of the covers....

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Originally posted by Lazybug:

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Originally posted by skive:
I used to get that occasionally in my younger days, hurst like hell!

I also used to get really hot feet in bed, the soles of my feet would be scorching and I'd have to run cold water over them to try and cool them down.

Is that a common thing or is it just me?

Yes its common as I know a number of people who have had hot feet - I can't remember what its real name is and what they did about it so I'm no help am I?

No you are! Just knowing I am not some weirdo with a weird hot foot disease helps.

If you can find something really cold, like a glossy magazine. Place your bare foot on it, and the pain goes away immediatley! I was cursed with them while I was pregnant and this always worked, bloody well hurts doesn't it

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Originally posted by stonks:

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Originally posted by skive:
I used to get that occasionally in my younger days, hurts like hell!

I also used to get really hot feet in bed, the soles of my feet would be scorching and I'd have to run cold water over them to try and cool them down.

Is that a common thing or is it just me?

I sleep with my feet out of the covers....

Me too! Sometimes I'd sleep with my feet flat against the wall where it was cool.

Makes a change from sub zero icicle feet homing into your warm bits

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Originally posted by skive:

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Originally posted by Lazybug:

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Originally posted by skive:
I used to get that occasionally in my younger days, hurst like hell!

I also used to get really hot feet in bed, the soles of my feet would be scorching and I'd have to run cold water over them to try and cool them down.

Is that a common thing or is it just me?

Yes its common as I know a number of people who have had hot feet - I can't remember what its real name is and what they did about it so I'm no help am I?

No you are! Just knowing I am not some weirdo with a weird hot foot disease helps.

Wish I could remember what it's called now... Ask your GP as its a condition that I think can be helped.

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Originally posted by skive:

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Originally posted by stonks:

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Originally posted by skive:
I used to get that occasionally in my younger days, hurts like hell!

I also used to get really hot feet in bed, the soles of my feet would be scorching and I'd have to run cold water over them to try and cool them down.

Is that a common thing or is it just me?

I sleep with my feet out of the covers....

Me too! Sometimes I'd sleep with my feet flat against the wall where it was cool.

I used to do that as a child but my beds in the middle of the room now....

Yeah during Swimming at times, or sitting down on the floor playing on my PS3 .

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Originally posted by Lazybug:
Wish I could remember what it's called now... Ask your GP as its a condition that I think can be helped.

Thanks lazybug. One of these days I'm gonna turn up at my GPs with a list of all my minor ailments and oddities and he's going to wish he hadn't shown up for work that day!

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Originally posted by skive:

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Originally posted by Lazybug:
Wish I could remember what it's called now... Ask your GP as its a condition that I think can be helped.

Thanks lazybug. One of these days I'm gonna turn up at my GPs with a list of all my minor ailments and oddities and he's going to wish he hadn't shown up for work that day!

claudication of the leg

have in the past but not for a while now. I gt cramp in my feet though - my toes go off in weird directions!

I got cramp in my toes the other night, did all the massage stuff. And then pressed my toes flat to get rid of it and that caused me to get cramp in my calf. It's true they really are painful.

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Originally posted by Lazybug:

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Originally posted by skive:

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Originally posted by Lazybug:

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Originally posted by skive:
I used to get that occasionally in my younger days, hurst like hell!

I also used to get really hot feet in bed, the soles of my feet would be scorching and I'd have to run cold water over them to try and cool them down.

Is that a common thing or is it just me?

Yes its common as I know a number of people who have had hot feet - I can't remember what its real name is and what they did about it so I'm no help am I?

No you are! Just knowing I am not some weirdo with a weird hot foot disease helps.

Wish I could remember what it's called now... Ask your GP as its a condition that I think can be helped.

I am the weirdo with a weird hot foot disease. It's called Peripheral Neuropathy. I doubt that any other FMs have it though.