Night time muscle cramps

[fivecupsoftea]

Has anyone got to the bottom of what causes this and how to prevent them? Presumably whatever it is that causes them maybe causing other problems in the body?

[OldBeanbagz]

I went through a period of having these. When i mentioned it my doctor she said it was from the lack of salt in my diet. A small increase stopped them altogether but if you're worried i'd go get yourself checked out. Do you have any other symptoms?

[oopnorthlass]

I get them rarely, and they're excruciating. Noticed it was always after having red wine for me, not every time though.

[digerd]

Which muscles cramp up in the night? Most common are the calves and sometimes it is a lack of salt in your diet, and sometimes magnesium tablets help to relax your muscles.

[MooncupGoddess]

V painful. I get them much less often since reading somewhere that I shouldn't go to sleep with my toes pointed.

[digerd]

Occasionally I get cramp in my feet and toes in bed but is weird as no pain. it is as if I am a puppet on a string and something is pulling them. I stretch them out but then I feel them pulling up again and is out of my control.

[FossilMum]

I had a run on these as a teenager but very rare now. Afraid I don't know how to prevent, but I did find that the quickest way to stop them once started was to stand up straight away (hold onto bed to prevent falling over!) to get the blood flowing.