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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Here's some more junk science: When I suffered from cramps in my calves at night (like a really severe charly horse), a friend suggested that the problem was not low calcium, but potassium. He recommended a banana or two every day. To my surprise, it worked!
Can't say it's real medicine, but it's cheap and it wouldn't hurt to try.
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Damn that sounds really close to what I got. Tomrrow I'm going to the store again and I'll look for multi-vitimin with potassium.
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Some questions.
1. Are there any particular motions, actions, or positions that make the pain worse?
Laying on my back leg flat hurts. Standing up and not moving hurts too. I walked quite a bit today and I didn't hurt when walking but when I got home or was sitting in the car I hurt.
2. Is their pain with touching your calf, or is your calf not particularly tender? Can you touch the skin around the pain and sense it your touch or is it really numb? Any particular sites of numbness on the calf, like the front or back?
There is no/little pain when touching my calf. I can feel touch. The front and sides are i guess tight is a better word then numb.
3. How bad is your back pain, on a scale from 1-10, and what kindof positions make your back pain worse?
Its a 1 or 2. Sitting leaning to the right causes it to hurt sometimes. The pain is currently gone, I have a feeling this is more an effect than a cause of my calf/nee pain.
5. How is the muscle strenght in tho calf and foot. Weak? Normal?
My right leg seems normal.
6. What effect does heat or ice on your calf have on the cramps/numbness.
Heat makes it better. Have not tried cold.