Muscle Cramps

[El Greco]

But it doesn't keep me from wanting to know why?!

Well, I guess it is one of these multifactorial conditions. There would be a lot of things that contribute to cramps, and studying all of them together would be very hard. For one, we'd have to figure out why do they happen more often in the calves. What's different in the way neurons fire in calves ? What's different in the enzyme concetrations in the muscle cells of the calf ? There would be neurologic, metabolic, mechanical and hormonal factors to consider...

I guess I'll not be the one who'll make that killing selling anti-cramp medicine

 

[Soapy Sam]

I strongly recommend an all over, body-on-body massage, delivered by a well oiled 23 year old nymphette. Guaranteed to work your kinks out.

May not cure cramp of course. But would you care?

 

[Neutiquam Erro]

Ivory Soap?

My parents, in their late sixties, suffer the usual assortment of maladies. This can be entertaining, actually, since they've never come across a "woo" remedy they wouldn't endorse. Although I did succeed in talking them out of the "penny in a plastic bag of water" that supposedly repels flies, they and all their friends are absolutely committed to placing a bar of Ivory soap in their beds to prevent night-time leg cramps.

I'm no cynic, so I wouldn't simply dismiss this outright, but I've not seen any critical study of this practice. In fact, the only references I've found are on the expected Natural Healing boards.

Has anyone here ever heard of this?

 

[El Greco]

placing a bar of Ivory soap in their beds to prevent night-time leg cramps.

I'm no cynic, so I wouldn't simply dismiss this outright, but I've not seen any critical study of this practice.

If we're going to go with undocumented practices then I much prefer Soapy Sam's treatment.

 

[clarsct]

Indeed.

Ivory soap?

Bah, bring on the nymphettes!

 

[Soapy Sam]

Undocumented?

I have all the receipts for tax purposes.

 

[Kumar]

Can we relate Mg & phos. with all cramps?

 

[Freethinker]

placing a bar of Ivory soap in their beds to prevent night-time leg cramps.
......

Has anyone here ever heard of this?

Dr. Peter Gott, who writes a syndicated medical column, has collected quite a few anecdotal success stories. He's a pretty down to earth doctor who isn't afraid to call a crackpot a crackpot. His take on it could be summed up as: It appears to work for some people, and it can't hurt anything.

 

[kuroyume0161]

This idea of insufficient water and possibly too much salt in the diet (damned frozen salt licks!) has come to my attention today in a very painful way. I had a lump around the kidney area for the past couple weeks - no idea what it was. Slight pain once in a while, but not painful to touch; until today when a sudden urge to urinate ended in groans for ten minutes.

Welcome to kidney stone land!

You think occassional calf muscle cramps are bad (and I used to get those when a kid going to sleep - but being on the top bunk doesn't assist matters!), try a kidney stone.