How can you cure body cramps like in your legs and chest?
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Potassium helps with leg cramps sometimes.  Eat bananas or get some pills...
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Water.\nZinc, calcium, and B vitamins obtained in food and supplements have been found to reduce cramps, bloating and other symptoms.\n\nCramps are caused by the contraction of the uterus during menstruation and vary in intensity from mild to debilitating.\nInstructions \nSTEP 1: Reduce your consumption of salt, sugar and caffeine during the week before your period to prevent cramps or reduce their severity. \nSTEP 2: Increase your intake of calcium-rich foods such as milk, yogurt or leafy green vegetables. \nSTEP 3: Keep in mind that a high-potency B-complex vitamin may help if you're susceptible to menstrual cramps. Vitamin B 6 is especially important, but don't take more than 100mg per day. \nSTEP 4: Apply heat to your muscles when cramps occur. Take a hot bath or place a hot water bottle on your abdomen or lower back. \nSTEP 5: Get moving. Sitting or lying around may actually make you feel worse. Swimming and walking are good activities because they are gentle and not too stressful. Certain stretches and yoga positions will also help to relieve the pain. \nSTEP 6: Avoid standing for long periods if you have pain in your lower back. \nSTEP 7: Massage your lower back to relieve tension and pain. \nSTEP 8: Take ibuprofen or naproxen to help relieve cramps. \nSTEP 9: Take a break, breathe deeply and listen to soothing music.
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i get the worst cramps ever. they make me pass out. \n\nfirst off, take a multi vitamin and get enough exercise. your body will function better when its running at its best health.\n\nBefore you start your period eat a lot of big green leafy veggies. get enough potassium. the day before you start take some ibuprophin. i like aleve, it lasts the full 8 hours and its the only thing that helps me. get some of those heat pads that are sticky and made for menstral cramps, you wear them on your undies and they help soooo much.\n\ndont wear tampons, atleast not for the first few days, the pressure will make your cramps worse. \n\nDONT EAT DAIRY! avoid sugary things, which is hard because your pmsing and thats all you want. but dairy esspecially will make cramps worse (when eaten on your period).\n\ngood luck.
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Your muscles are tired from the day.  Massage your muscles before and after you run, and don't forget to stretch before and after as well.\n\nLow potassium or high sodium are also linked to cramping.  A little less salt, and more bananas and you should be fine.
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the cause could be lack of conditioning, poor blood flow, or something more serious like neuropathy ( often from diabetis). try some gentle exercising and make sure you take magnesium. the magnesium soothes irritated nerves that may be causing your leg cramps.
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So many things could be causing your cramp.  Aloe Vera is very soothing to both the stomach and the nerves.  I would try adding 1/2 cup of the juice to orange juice and drinking that a couple of times daily.  You could also visit an herb store near you and get muscle tested to discover what is causing the problem.
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Ok, this is going to sound weird but....if you have leg cramps when you sleep, toss a bar of soap between the sheets.  Doesn't have to be fancy soap, a bar of Ivory soap will do.  EVERY person who has tried this has found relief.  I don't know why they only occur at night.
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Keep your feet warm. Wear socks and heating pads or cover up with something. \nI hate cramps......\n☺
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Start taking Calcium Citrate twice a day. Bunch of recent studies have shown this can really help. \nI have wretched cramps and every doc I've asked has recommended this. (I've just been lazy about doing it.) \nshort of that, I love the midol (always take with food or you will pay for it when you're older!) and I like to use those thermacare pads or a heating pad.
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There's a pressure point in Chinese reflexology that helps.  To locate it, start with your inside ankle.  Feel just below it and towards your calf (away from the shin).  There's a little indent in your foot there.  If you feel the indent and then feel up your calf muscle on the inside, you will notice a slight groove along the bottom edge of your calf muscle.  This is the point to massage.  \n\nRub up and down from the side of your ankle until halfway up your calf.  Do it on both legs.  This can not only help relieve cramps, but also minimize their occurence.  I have used this point when I've been doubled over in agony.  Rubbing these areas relieved the pain almost immediately and helped the cramps to pass in a few minutes.
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try chewable motrin. i have serious cramps too and i take 2 extra strength tylenol every 4-6 hours those days i have cramps. it helps a lot. i think you should try to learn how to swallow pills. you probably will need to in the future so better to learn now, but try a chewable version of a pain reliever\n\ngood luck
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Do you mean muscle cramp?  If so, it's usually an electrolyte imbalance, caused by sweating too much during exercise without replenishing electrolytes.  A good energy drink, taken regularly during exercise, should help avoid it.
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Abdominal cramps/diaphragm area-Slow down. if this doesn't help, press in firmly where it hurts and breathe out forcefully against your hand. I mean really GRUNT!! It should help.\n\nBody, leg cramps-You could be low on sodium or just dehydrated due to excessive sweating. A sports drink such as gatorade can alleviate this. Don' gulp it down though or it can cause abdominal cramping.\n\nAbdominal&#92;Lower cramping- Too much food or high fiber/or high sugar before a run. Experiment with different foods&#92;liquids before heading out and let them digest for about an hour. Do not run on an empty stomach though, you need the \nfuel.\n\ni hope this helps!!
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Exercise and ibuprophen. Also, calcium and magnesium taken every day decreases PMS and cramps, at menstrual time, to almost zero.
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Hopefully you mean muscle cramps?  If it's a menstruation problem I can't help.\n\nMuscle cramps can be wiped-out by regular stretching, making sure you're well hydrated, and taking a multi-vitamin daily.\n\nHowever, if you're in your teens and growing fast, there's nothing you can do about it.  It's just something that happens to all of us.
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Interesting Q.  I've never heard of this before so I did a quick search.  Here's what I found:\n\nseems to work for leg cramps, wrapped or unwrapped, any brand will do \nhttp://www.snopes.com/oldwives/legcramp.asp\nhttp://www.healthdiaries.com/blogs/parentsfault/archives/2006/01/soap_for_leg_cramps.html\nhttp://www.peoplespharmacy.com/archives/home_remedies/soap_under_the_sheets_for_rls_leg_cramps.asp\n\nand there are numerous other pages touting the benefits of this strange alternative remedy
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It's not abnormal.  Most everyone has leg cramps every now and again.  The best thing to do when you wake up with a leg cramp is to get out of bed and put weight on the leg with the cramps.  This is really counter-intuitive (opposite of what you would think would work) but it DOES work.\n\nLeg cramps are caused by a lack of potassium in your diet.  I'm not sure of ALL the foods that contain potassium, but bananas are my personal favorite.