Holy Mother Of God !

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:15 am

Woke up with a leg cramp this morning.

I cant imagine being shot would be any more painful.

The only difference would be you dont have a gaping wound, your not bleeding and you dont have to be rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery.

Other than that..........

Carolly · Post by **Carolly** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:23 am

I woke in the middle of the night with the same a couple of weeks ago and thought I was going mad with the pain it caused and couldn't do anything about it no matter what I tried until it passed.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 7:47 am

eat a banana!

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:21 am

Nomad, if you have a charlie horse in your leg calf....try pinching the heart( that's where the top lip comes to a point in the middle) top of your lip a few times and hold it.....the pain should go away almost immediately.

Feel better..............

qsducks · Post by **qsducks** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:25 am

Kathy Ellen;904595 wrote: Nomad, if you have a charlie horse in your leg calf....try pinching the heart( that's where the top lip comes to a point in the middle) top of your lip a few times and hold it.....the pain should go away almost immediately.

Feel better..............

There you go again KE, another word nobody has probably ever heard before "charlie horse":wah:. Can you imagine getting one while in the throes of labor?

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:31 am

Charlie Horse-oh, you get those when your pregnant alot.

Nah, that couldn't be the reason.

When you get them, do not point your foot out-like in ballet-I know you must do that also-but bring the toes up with heel out. Don't stand on them right away, unless you want them to hurt like you know what, and you fall over on the floor, bang your head, and have more injuries. Icing does help if they continue for awhile.

Kathy Ellen · Post by **Kathy Ellen** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 8:36 am

qsducks;904599 wrote: There you go again KE, another word nobody has probably ever heard before "charlie horse":wah:. Can you imagine getting one while in the throes of labor?

:wah::wah:

Let me see if I can google it....

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-home-r ... -horse.htm

Post by **spot** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:07 am

Mine invariably go if I stretch the leg and angle my toes as close to my knee as they'll go. Before I learned that trick, I used to rocket out of bed and walk hard on the leg. I expect that eventually put my foot into the same position but it took longer.

Helen · Post by **Helen** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 10:41 am

standing on a cold floor can help too, for those in england reading this, if you suffer from this on a regular basis, there are tablets from the chemist called crampex........ brilliant things !!

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:21 pm

Nomie I would have Helen send you some of this"Crampex"

Until them eat some Bananas.

[QUOTE]standing on a cold floor can help too, for those in england reading this, if you suffer from this on a regular basis, there are tablets from the chemist called crampex........ brilliant things !![/QUOTE]

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 6:32 pm

Pass the crampex, after one hour of leg kicks at TKD........:-3

WonderWendy3 · Post by **WonderWendy3** » Tue Jul 01, 2008 11:37 pm

fuzzy butt;904991 wrote: It's worse during sex and your partner thinks you're making those noises because you're enjoying yourself and nothing could be further than the truth

:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

Ha....that is SO true, hate whent that happens!!! I should've expected you to bring that up!!:yh_rotfl

I had a leg cramp that woke me up about 2 weeks ago....and may I say....OUCH!!! I wish that on NO-ONE!!...well maybe if Hitler was still alive, but other than that....well maybe that guy that did me dirty two years ago....but other than that......

:wah:

koan · Post by **koan** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 12:05 am

I used to get legs cramps a few times a night. Not the nicest way to wake up.

Listen to sunny.

Potassium increase seems to be a good solution in the long term.