Top 7 Ways to Treat Leg Cramps, Muscles Cramps, Charley Horses, & Muscle Spams
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- "Famous" Physical Therapists Bob Schrupp and Brad Heineck present: Top 7 Ways to Treat Leg Cramps, Muscles Cramps, Charley Horses, & Muscle Spams
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When you’re cramping and discover a vocal range you never knew existed
Facts . Shit just threw me on the ground out of a dead sleep. Holy FUCK !
Yup I went to bed stretched my leg Charlie horse went on the floor and screamed from the pain it lasted 5 to 10 min
I legit went like 3 octaves lower while swearing my lubgs out 🤣 it was legit like 7pm
JUST HAPPENED! *ouch* 11:18pm
And you aren’t exaggerating that point.
I just woke to a thigh cramp that lasted seem like 5 minute
Had me in tears
marcie101080 same here with myself, muscle spasms seem to start in thigh. Trying to figure out what todo or use.
marcie101080 yes this happen to me last month then again this morning but I made it to the kitchen for mustard last time I was crying and on the floor for real
marcie101080 am only 29 years old and I just got up form a leg cramp and been up since 12:19 tonight after taking a warm shower and putting muscle ache oil on my leg am afraid to go back to sleep tonight
@@Mslouve1 I experienced my first inner thigh spasm last month and I thought I was dying...most excruciatingly horrifying pain ever! A leg cramp normally goes away by stretching or walking, but the inner thigh nothing worked, lasted close to 15 minutes. I had to crouch in pain till it went away...my groin felt like it was being ripped apart. Will try the mustard if it ever happens again.
Here is the cure I have used for most of my life. Pinch your upper lip!- hard! If the pain is really really bad, then pinch your upper lip with both hands. The pain sensation/ nerve endings from your lip is much closer to your brain than your legs, so the pain is reduced. Stand up and the cramp will gradually release. Many people keep a pack of mustard on their bed stand. The principle is the same- the very strong taste of the mustard fires the nerve endings in your mouth which are very close to your brain.
I just had my first calve cramp ever laying in the bed and I thought I was dying. I don't wanna experience that again ☠
Having them in you feet will get you up and make you notice.
Lol the type to shoot you out of bed
I just had my second one this morning 😖😤😩
I got used to the 3-5
cramps every 1-2 months
Those cramps make a person wish they were never born
You have not experienced a cramp until you get one in the front of the thigh area. Good God the pain is incredible. Then just as it starts going away you could feel it rumbling to come back and you have to brace yourself for more pain. Absolutely terrible.
I swear😂😂 Try both legs . I can’t even laugh too hard at this cause it’s already sneakin around on me now. I almost don’t wanna go to sleep tn
They make me cry, and I am quite stoic with pain. Thigh and hip cramps are definitely the worst I experience.
It’s the inner thighs for me…I damn near be on the verge of tears
@@spvzonthetrack9957 The medial thigh, groin, around to the posterior thigh: agony! I do cry, and I’m stoic with pain. That terribly hard contraction of those muscles is horrible. Why can’t they help us? Does any one care?
Oh it’s horrible!!! It wouldn’t stop. I had to yell for my husband to come and help me with the cramp. He got pickle juice and had me drink it then massaged my leg until it went away. It helped! Now I make sure I have big jars pickles in my fridge and my massager plugged in. Definitely worst cramp in the thigh ... ever!
When I was young, I had to stretch before I worked out. Now that I’m old, I have to stretch before I lie down! Sheesh! 😂🥴
Well said Bassmith.You are doing the right thing as I am too. I still have a tylenol menthol or alcohol and a heat pad to calm and kill it. But remember replace your shoes see a goid caring chiroptractor.nGOD Bless us and Be with Us always.
Jeez..lol
My grandma suffers from leg cramps almost everyday and I hate watching her go through it because I don’t know how to deal with it so I’m watching this hoping I can learn and help her.
Watching this for my grandpa, any thing you found that helped?
Just take 500mg of magnesium at bedtime or during the day sometime. Sometimes I take it twice a day. Magnesium relaxes muscles and calcium causes them to tighten. If I drink too much milk or eat too much cereal with milk, I get too much calcium and my calves cramp at night. Same with too much cheese. Then, I’ll take magnesium.
This is interesting. I eat cereal with milk and often get serious leg cramps.
jamie king
That’s probably why I get them everyday. Drinking a gallon of whole milk
I think you're right! On googleing what causes these leg cramps I found that the lack of magnesium could be the cause. When researching what foods contain magnesium (because I didn't want to swallow another pill), I found that fruits, juices, and leafy green veggies all contain magnesium. I knew right away that these foods were probably my problem because I don't eat fruits and juices and only eat leafy green vegetables now & then. Within 3 days of incorporating these in my diet, my leg cramps at night have stopped. THANK GOD!
My husband suffers from severe leg cramps, especially at night- he's been up 3 times a night for the past three nights. He drinks water during the day, uses the Theraworx and takes pills for cramps at night. This was not working particularly well. The addition of the NUUN tablets was a game changer. He's been free of those night cramps for the last three nights. Thank you so much for all your videos. I'm a huge fan.
Dizapam is the only thing that helps.These spams have debilitated my life.I will try the Nuun tablets
Where can I find this Nuun tablets?
Try sucking down a tablespoon of yellow mustard when cramped up like that. My girlfriend had me try it and it's a life saver. 100% the quickest thing I've ever used and I night cramp so bad I've begged her to take me out and put me out of my misery!
Thank you. I love NUUN. I forgot about them,moved and stores changed.I have suffered my 1st RLS on 16th birthday.I am 60 now,I keep pedialyte next to my bed,too.Great presentations guys.
Whose watching this whilst leg cramping? Like if you are.
Right! I was Thinking the same..Was lookin thru comments for timestamps lol
I liked your comment but did go open a bottle of Magnesium after reading all of these comments. Have been off of it for 10 weeks due to intestinal issues, but I guess I I better get back on it cuz it does seem to make a huge difference for me.
Yes my leg is twitching and it’s bothering me. I just figured out why! Sleep and dehydration. ;-;
M H me
Meeeeee
I'm 31.and this video benefited me big time. I'm athletic but suffer from leg cramps . I even had them in my 20s Thanks guys
The cramps I’ve gotten and get that deserve the Oscar Award 🥇 for the most excruciating pain are hamstring cramps. That’s like half your body in one giant screaming 😱 cramp. I’ll get them in both legs at the same time usually while sitting and sometimes in bed. The best thing I’ve found to alleviate them is to drink about 8 ounces of a 50/50 mix of apple cider vinegar and water.
how long after taking vinegar ds the pain go away?
Which hurts worse calf or hamstring cramps?
Thigh cramps are by far the worst. Ask anyone who has both upper and lower extremity cramping.
I once had both of my legs cramp in a pool. Truly traumatic. 😭
I take a capsule of magnesium when I wake up with muscle spasms in my calf, but after watching this video and reading the comments how some find relief from pickle juice etc, I'm remembering what my herbalist told me on my first muscle test. He said my body was low in salt, which confused me because I put salt on everything! He told me I wasn't eating the right salt. He told me to buy Redmond's Sea Salt, as it still has all of the minerals in it and that's what my body needed. He told me to take a quarter-sized dose of the salt every morning. I couldn't believe how much better I felt! My cramps stopped, my heart didn't race anymore and I was able to stop taking Xanax for the "anxiety" I thought I had. Turned out I just needed salt. I ran out of this special salt 6 months ago, and now I'm getting leg cramps again. Time to buy more
Thank you realcanadiangirl!
Thanks for that information i will get that now that salt
My Dr in Jamaica told me to take 3 aspirins per week and drink 3 gatorade per week. Never understood it then although i followed his advice but gatorade has sodium (salt)
I’ve just been a week without salt and sugar to get rid of inflammation. I was stretching my arms and back and got the worst muscle spasm I had to now just pull over while driving to look up what the heck to do and now I’m on my way to the health food store gonna look for this redmonds salt. Thank you I hope that’s what is wrong.
Thank You, Gentleman I have suffered from spinal damage and surgerys' to keep me walking since 1999, I am now 49 years old and I find myself with nerve damage in my arms and legs. Your videos give me hope, and inspiration, I will pass my knowledge on to the next generation over and over again. As knowledge is power. For far to long we the people have a responsibility to, (not see threw each other but to see each other threw.)
You are very welcome, thank you for the kind words and positive feedback. Brad
As an on-call EMT / SPORTS DOC, seeking treatments to elevate on-site muscle cramps is a powerful tool in my suitcase of knowledgeable 'tricks' that make me a value to the patient / client / athlete.
Thankd guys.
DR. T
Penn and Teller of physical therapy! Thank you for the great info! It is helping me a lot.
I just came out of a major muscle spasm. This is very useful information. We are blessed to have you guys.
Be blessed.
Greetings from a 66 year old Canadian senior: I love your work, please keep it up. I call you Dr TH-cam.
thank you for this video , I use theraworks when I have leg cramps and it definitely works for me , and I use a heating pad and that helps , thank you again for all of your great information 👍
Y’all have honestly been saving my life with these videos
That foam product at the end actually helped me after work (construction) when my hamstrings were locked up with extremely painful cramps.
Theraworx is a lifesaver for leg cramps! It works.
I enjoy your video’s. They have helped my leg cramps.
Very helpful video guys, thank you so much.
I've had to suffer through a cramp.... from my knee, on the inside thigh muscle, to my drawer where I kept my thera worx. It works for me.... but from my experience.... store it upright. It lost pressure when laid down. I get constant leg cramping from a leg injury so I take whatever relief I can get. Thanks for sharing
This may sound crazy but when you wake up in the middle of the night with a leg cramp, you'll try almost anything to feel relief. I take by mouth one tablespoon full of yellow mustard, sometimes two. While you are swallowing the mustard, you can feel the cramp draining away. I told my girlfriend and she said she could never do that. I said to her that she must enjoy the leg cramps or else she would try it out. The next time I spoke with her, she said it really worked for her. Swallowing mustard is much better than suffering with the cramp.
i have tried it it works . my Aunt told me to do it. She swears by it.
Yes, My Husband Gave Me Some Yellow Mustard It Really Works. Don't Like The Taste, but It Works.
Mustard is the new Windex. It stops burns as well.
Does it pepper-burn the mouth? What if I just rub it on the cramp leg?
@@travellady68 can I use honey mustard 🥴
Very clear advices... Thank you docs!
You're welcome :)
I have lower back issues. Every night I have extreme leg cramps in all leg muscles large and small muscles from thigh to toe. It's excruciating!
I also have them during the day. Mostly in my feet in the day time. I don't sit around during waking hours because of the back prooblem.
I am type 1 diabetic.
Warm towels help but I want it to stop!
Edit: I have recently tried the tonic water, with quinine, it helped stop the cramps very well. Also, "body armour" helps keep me hydrated.
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I'm in my third trimester and can confirm the awful leg cramps started in the second tri....they are unlike any I've had before - on the outer band of my lower legs, back of thigh, all around my ankle. So painful!! And only one one leg!
similar with my husband,please help us what we should do about muscle spasm in leg
I am a T1Diabetic and I have been suffering greatly lately,Im going to get some electrolytes in me now and do these stretches,Thanks Gentleman
You have been helpful. Here and after my broken hip!
I'm having surgery Wednesday to release another nerve in my calf.
In the meantime your videos have helped me over the last year to lessen the effects.
Jean Medley ... Oh my lord! Postphone the surgery and try the Tonic Water therapy instead of letting someone cut your body up!!! My pharmacist recommended this cheap treatment 30 years ago and it has worked on millions of people for many decades!
Tonic Water has quinine in it which has also been used for other ailments, but doctors don't suggest you use it because they want to keep busy doing unnecessary surgeries because it pays for their new yacht or their kid's new BMW.
Get a big bottle of Tonic Water at any grocery store today and gulp down a glassful tonight and praise the lord!!! Take charge of your body! Don't make things complicated for yourself! Avoid the guys with knives!
With love 4 u,
Leigh
Ok, so usually when people tell me that they get leg cramps I kinda laugh it off like you have NO IDEA what leg cramps even are. I say this because you say this isn't your 1st surgery to help you with these so I think maybe you actually DO know how bad this can be. So that said, I was at a total loss... but when I found out about the quinine, it was a life changer!!
I keep a 12 pack of cans in my bedroom along with liter bottles just so I know it's there. Because my husband likes it I make sure
I always have a few hidden!!!
Thanks for the info! Going to try some of these methods.
Most of the night I am having cramps in my right leg. Starts in thigh, under knees and feet. It kills me more than 15 mins and comes back again after 2 hours sleep. I do physical job walking a lot from 8 hours to 11 hours. Thank you for the good advice
I also work a physical job, which advice would you say helped the most?
These guys are so funny, I’m getting a cramp in my stomach from laughing
There so funny all right there gas guy's I could listen to them all day great guys they are they would make your day😃😂😂
@@margaretkelleher6317 ok
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My muscle spasms started when I was a kid and now I'm over sixty and they've gotten really bad . They will come at any time . It don't matter !
wonderful info about cramps...you guys rock!!!! thanks again for more awesome info!!!
This was very helpful. Thank you.
Of course that's why I'm here.
Just before finding this video I was abruptly awoken with the most violent calf cramp imaginable. my right foot LOCKED solid as if pointing downward. I sat here literally screaming as I tried with no avail to bend my foot back at the ankle. I finally got it and managed to stand up and it nailed me again the same way. It's all over with now, I hope. But it left me with a bruised calf.
Y’all are awesome!!👍🤩
Good suggestions. Plus I own that green strap, gonna pull it out of my storage box for it can’t help me there.
Thank you for this information. It started when I started taking a certain statin. My doctor changed meds. We will see how it goes .
I need something for this sometimes I even get them on my neck. thanx for tips
In my chest on my ribs scary, when you think your heart is a muscle to..
Thank you for your information. I have so many cramps at night time I will increase my water and I will try all the things that you tell us to do. Thanks again.💜
I enjoy your channel guys you help me a lot thanks doctors.
YES , YOU 2 ARE AWSOME , THANKS GUYS. 🙂👌👍🙏
30 seconds in and I love you guys! Kinda like Car Talk!
This is such a relief in a weird way. This just came on all of a sudden I never knew I was part of a community. Well I guess it was to be expected considering I'm 65 Plus😂
Since I've turn 60, I've experienced more leg cramps than before.
Good advice. Thanks.
I get charlie horses in different part of my legs (behind my leg, inner thigh, in my ankles, across top part of my toes)...
I subbed because even though I am British I find myself visiting your channel a fair bit since I started my post lockdown get fit regime and also since I broke my radius and ulna in April 21. Its only fair...you supply good info so I have no problem liking and subscribing.
If you can help with the leg cramps (I actually dream I am being bitten by a large dog or a crocodile) that would be amazing but I have had these for over 50 years so I am not expecting them to go away, just anything that helps! Mine do it so bad it feels like theyre going to break the bone or tear but maybe its worse because I have ridden horses since childhood and have pretty well developed calves. Oh I will try that with my resistance bands (I have a house full of fitness things now I am ancient lol! no it really makes you feel so much better just walking every day!). Amlodipine...espescially makes you have cramps, sore legs and a bit of fluid retention in your ankles.
im sad guys i don't use this so called facebook u speak of lol great vid
Thanks
I take pickle juice for cramps legs. my calves have cramps in the daytime as well.
Subscribing for the intro alone! 😭♥️
I have been having leg cramps...
I have diabetes (type 2)
I started taking Potassium and Magnesium... I use a heating pad
The pain is still there but not
as bad... I use muscle rub alot
as well... I need to drink more water...
That sure would help alot... Thanks...
Theraworks really works!!
TheraWorks works instantly. I've used it during the nite when the thigh cramps woke me up in excruciating pain. Helped me alot from the painful cramps. It works on sore muscles too, esp the next day after suffering from the horrible cramp pain.
Thank u hope this helps
Hey you guys are awesome!!!
Good advice
I have these cramps and no surprise I have Hypothyroidism...I suspect it's connected to my Herniated disk l3/l4. Was in a wheelchair and walking now, but lost some range of motion in my ankles. Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks for nice sharing
Thermaworks does work get bad cramps in thighs, feet and hands , it works in approx.4 to 5 minutes.
got a charley horse just now !! At 430am 😴😱 and now I can’t sleep thinking ima get other one
me too i’m panicking
Thanks 🙏
You’re welcome!
Magnesium complex tablets pre-workout & at night. Also, Dr. Bergs or Nuun's electrolyte mix during workout helped my cramps.
@Bob & Brad Given what you said about the infrared, would a sauna be beneficial?
Thank ye so much for showing the fabulous video I am delighted now I must do that my friends get them a lot must tell them that you learn something every day thanks so much guy's 🎁🎃🎁
Good natural remedy
I used to get pretty intense pain from my feet all the way to my knees when I was younger. Especially when I ran around a lot or when it rained. Now, 30 years later, I don't get it like that, but I do get some discomfort sometimes when the weather changes to cold. Never knew what it was...
If you feel changes with weather could possibly be arthritis...
wow! I have hotness in my legs for 6 years now! will do some of the stretching talk about here
thanks for the product placements, sellouts.
Great tips.
Im 75 years old male and suffered severe night time calf and ankle cramps which made me get up and walk them off.. Started taking calcium, magnesium and potassium supplements and they faded away. Recently I was out of country for 6 weeks and neglected the supplements and, sure enough the cramps returned. Back on them now and also increased my water intake - no cramps.
Thank you so much for sharing this! Very helpful to hear from people what has worked for them!
A side effect reported for statins is back and muscle pain. If you're suffering from inexplicable muscle/back pain which doesn't respond to PT check your medications. Another mystery ailment which is rarely diagnosed properly is flouride toxicity which can produce arthritis-like symptoms in some people even at levels considered safe by EPA according to some studies. Drinking a lot of tap water to stay hydrated and have mysterious aches and pains? Check your water's flouride level. The effects of flouride toxicity can be reversed just by drinking flouride free water (bottled or filtered). Most quality residential filters will trap flouride.
I’m having these charley horses for a while from my feet up through by stomach and back. My potassium magnesium calcium and electrolytes seem to be t the right level. When I’m under the covers it starts in my foot. I point my feet down to get it to stop. I removed the covers to give my feet some space to move. I think my problem is coming from chemo Nevalbine because after and sometimes during chemo it starts up. I need a better mattress right now I’m trying a memory topper.
Just finished screaming for my life for a horrendous hamstring cramp 😣
i found pills called Turmeric 1000mg that have the black pepper extract in them. plus eat something w/ fat like nuts, or i just drink a tall glass of whole milk.
Having one rn 😭
Tonic water with quinine helped mine. Also making sure I'm well hydrated is key.
@@MARINE4YAHWEH I just read a comment from a person that got cramps from drinking milk and having cheese.
@@cheeseburger9232 👍🏻
Theraflex IS AWESOME......it takes a few minutes to work and it is a God send for me..70 yrs old
I had a leg cramp before it hurt A LOT
A lot of people don't feel good about using face book, including me.
lmao weirdo
@@ars.hh23 how is that weird? Stfu
Why??
Yes it works
My hamstring cramps when I bring my calf up to it, what will happen if I hold that position, whilst my hamstring is cramping, will it explode
watch them very helpful!
Key Ingredient... Mustard 💯💪🏿
You had a TH-cam video discussing using the opposing muscle when you have cramps. I didn’t save it and now I can’t find it. I need to watch it again. I get severe cramps all the way from my groin to my toes. I have to take five 500 mg capsules of magnesium as a single dose. But I can only do it for the maximum of three days. I need to review that video again. Can you reload it on TH-cam please
Magnesium by mouth will give immediate relief, especially Magnesium glycinate. or Calm powder. I've had so many leg cramps at night and I would crawl to the kitchen to find the magnesium because I knew I would get almost instant relief. It's like a miracle. Leg cramps are so painful an scary.
if u have cramps so often, perhaps u should keep it by the bed.
emf1111 ... Try the Tonic Water therapy the moment you feel a cramp coming on. Keep a bottle of it at your bedside at all times. You'll get immediate relief!
I think sitting too long is the problem some people think to put a bar of soap between the sheets helps but it didn’t help me I’m on a lot of meds would this complicate things if I took it
I use Calm for magnesium. Good video. Thanks guys. The name of the rub on cream?
Got back from a 3 hour basketball practice, and I took a step and both legs just randomly cramped for the first time. Worst pain I’ve ever felt
The TH-cam video by Dr. Ken Berry, Leg Cramps: 7 Causes and 7 Cures. Is a great video as leg cramps can come from many causes, some of which are very serious.
Does drinking to much coffee cause leg cramps ...woke up one morning with a severe leg cramp in my left leg
.jumped out of bed and walked around ,rubbed my whole leg for a couple of minutes..
I will try Calcium and magnesium see how that helps .Thank you so much for this video .
I read that French woman use baking soda for leg cramps so I did a little bit more research and this is what I found.
Avoid: taking more than 3½ teaspoons of baking soda (seven ½-tsp doses) in a day. taking more than 1½ teaspoons of baking soda (three ½-tsp doses) in a day if you're over 60 years old.
I have a hospital bed and I have broke the matteres down I 'm in it 24/7 and i need help thank you odeen
I tore a hamstring 10 years ago and have had horrendous cramps in it since. It has robbed me of many nights sleep.
" it has raboflavi , whatever that is" lol.
😸 haha, that's riboflavin
SURE
B vitamin.
Theraworx works very well for me!!
Thank you Both Your Both So full Of Life 🌸
A tablespoon of yellow mustard works for me within 5 minutes