Hi,

I have a patient that gets cramps every night of his life, he has enough water in his system, fluids contain enough electrolytes, no electrolyte imbalance, sodium, calcium, potassium,chloride,magnesium etc. He is not suffering restless leg or muscular tetany, he does not have varicose veins, he does not train hard.

The cramps come out of the blue at night and occur in different muscle groups, he guards against getting cold, he is careful to only drink enough water to ensure that he does not wash out his electrolytes, he does not have atherosclerosis or muscle damage, what is his problem?


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Causes cramps in calf and toe muscles

Potassium and calcium controls muscles movement due to lacking of either of both of them can cause cramps. Bananas are good source of potassium and one banana/day will give you enough for a daily requirement for calcium use dairy. spend 10-15 mins outdoor in sun light to get natural vitamin D. Also dehydration can cause cramps. reduce coffee tea and coke intake and replace with water and make sure you are drinking enough water approx 3 litters/day. Do some stretching exercise before you go to bed. Spartan

Hi LEE786,

You didn't read the post carefully mate! What you have stated as possible causes was adequately addressed in my post

"I have a patient that gets cramps every night of his life, he has enough water in his system, fluids contain enough electrolytes, no electrolyte imbalance, sodium, calcium, potassium,chloride,magnesium etc. He is not suffering restless leg or muscular tetany, he does not have varicose veins, he does not train hard."

What I found his problem to most likely be was over sensitivity of muscles brought about by over loading those muscles, which you can easily do by hyper-extension. You have to examine his posture whilst doing his work or whatever he does elsewhere, the soleus muscle, semitendinosus, semimembranosus, biceps femoris and gastrocnemius are a few that are very sensitive to hyper- extension.

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