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Leg cramps!

is anyone else suffering with bad leg cramps? I wake up several times a week from leg cramps and now both my legs are currently bothering me. What can I do to help them??
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i been getting them alot too my doctor told me to eat banana and drink alot of water
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Certain muscle cramps are caused by acidity. That's why calcium & magnesium help. Do you have rectal itch or burning eyes or ears? If so, you are overly acidic. Take plant based calcium & magnesium malate. Excess Sun exposure produces excess D3 . The D3 strips calcium from muscles and that's why you wake up with severe cramps.  Shower right after being in the sun. Take extra calcium if in the sun and throughout the day and before bed. Cut back on phosphates.
If you have oily skin you are acidic, take extra magnesium & calcium and oily skin will go away in hours.  I judge my  acidity & mineral needs by how oily my skin is.  
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Try eating a banana a day it should help :)
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They suck i just take tylenol lol
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I had cramps that would wake me screaming.  I started drinking 3 glasses of water before bed and stretching both my legs while watching tv for thirty minutes straight before I laid down.

Idk which one is working buy I dont want to risk it starting up again.  Beware tje water makes ya get up 30 times to pee tho
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I do and drinking milk plenty of water and walking believe it or not relieves the pain
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I have the same thing Dr said more calcium, like drinking more milk, would help so far it has helped a little don't wake up every night anymore.
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I do all the time.heating pads help me a little bit sometimes.
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