What causes leg and calf cramps at night Imagine you’re lying down and your lower leg seizes. The pain is intense enough to make you want to scream. It doesn’t let up and your muscle is hard to the touch. When you try to move your leg, it feels paralysed. Sound familiar? Sometimes referred to...
Many women have painful menstrual cramps just before, or at the start of their menses. The pain from menstrual cramps can range from mild to severe and can involve the lower abdomen, back, or thighs. Some women also have headaches, fainting, nausea, diarrhea or constipation. Stress and tension can make symptoms worse. Painful periods are...
Most of the time, these cramps can be treated with DIY remedies. You know that strange thing when your toes start twitching and involuntarily twisting around each other? Or when you wake up in the middle of the night with your foot flexed, immovable, and shooting with pain? What is with those cramps? “They’re usually...
Muscle cramps are involuntary, intensely painful muscle contractions that nearly every athlete has experienced at some point. Some people experience them often and simply seem to be prone to muscle cramps. No one is immune to muscle cramps. It is often caused by being dehydrated, having poor blood circulation, not stretching enough, or just fatiguing...
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