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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 466763" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>It is a charley horse. I get them, have for years. Eat a banana every day for a while. It helps, but not too much banana. I think it is the potassium. Massage the area gently. Be sure to push fluids for a few hours after you massage a sore body part, esp ones with-o caffeine. It helps flush out the lactic acid that builds up and can contribute. Ice it for 15 mn periodically if you can tolerate cold (I can't apply cold to my body for any reason because it makes my muscles know and they won't relax for a month or more. Odd, but it is what it is.) After 24 hrs you can apply heat to it if that feels better. Don't use heat the first 24 hrs after a muscle strain or cramp because it will make it worse.</p><p></p><p>Sorry you had this. They run in my family - at least twice a month as a kid I woke up to my dad yelling because he had one. Not a lot of yelling, just that surprised OW! that he couldn't help. Mom pushes bananas on him because she gets tired of rubbing out the aches after she wakes up to his OW!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 466763, member: 1233"] It is a charley horse. I get them, have for years. Eat a banana every day for a while. It helps, but not too much banana. I think it is the potassium. Massage the area gently. Be sure to push fluids for a few hours after you massage a sore body part, esp ones with-o caffeine. It helps flush out the lactic acid that builds up and can contribute. Ice it for 15 mn periodically if you can tolerate cold (I can't apply cold to my body for any reason because it makes my muscles know and they won't relax for a month or more. Odd, but it is what it is.) After 24 hrs you can apply heat to it if that feels better. Don't use heat the first 24 hrs after a muscle strain or cramp because it will make it worse. Sorry you had this. They run in my family - at least twice a month as a kid I woke up to my dad yelling because he had one. Not a lot of yelling, just that surprised OW! that he couldn't help. Mom pushes bananas on him because she gets tired of rubbing out the aches after she wakes up to his OW! [/QUOTE]
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