severe inner thigh muscle spasms
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These severe inner thigh muscle spasms are so excruciating I can hardly stand
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Notes on severe inner thigh muscle spasms
sue93241 TLJ53
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I never had this before, but I was sitting on my bed, and happened to stick out my leg, with my sneaker on, and must have let the leg down to fast. For the next 3 days, I was cramping on my inner thigh with the most painful cramps I have ever had. I assumed that I had a groin sprain, but, after reading these posts I don't know if it was just a coincidence, that I had pulled my leg too hard. For 3 days, I lived a nightmare of pain. I wonder if any of you that have these cramps have a groin strain and that causes these cramps?
Lil321 sue93241
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Hi Sue, I don
t have groin strain and dont think that many, if at all, of the others have it either. This is what puzzles us, there is no pattern to them, for me anyway, they just strike randomly out of the blue. Its not a pain that one can forget either. Best Wishesmichele1713 sue93241
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Hi Sue:
I have to agree with the other reply. What this feels like when I have my pain is literally like the pain may travel to my heart and kill me. It happens out of the blue, very sporadically. It pain feels very deep and the intensity sharpens drastically. Unable to move at all. For me it does not last longer than a few minutes, but i have to sit still for a while. i started having these about 10 years ago. i do not have them often but i cant pinpoint what brings them on. My doctor brushes it off. Hope that you find resolve to your pain
michele1713 TLJ53
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My doctor prescribed Diclofenac Sodium Topical Gel 1 percent. He said it is like a cream form of motrin and i use it 2 times a day as need for pain. it has worked wonders. No pain. it has been so long since i have been pain free. i also started water aerobics.
rhoni michele1713
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oooooh I have some of that! My PCP prescribed it for my arthritis. I'll try that next time it happens. thanks!
Fedupofcramps TLJ53
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on your spine where the nerve is - or on the muscle that cramps
ehunter43 TLJ53
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I too have suffered from these cramps for 4-5 years. Done everything from taking magnesium and potassium pills every night, taking anti-inflammatories and muscle relaxers, to drinking straight apple cider vinegar when the cramps kick in. It works fast, but is very hard to drink. I finally found what seems to be a cure. Went to a new chiropractor here in town. He's an "active release" specialist. Told him my problems with the cramps, as well as the 2 fusions and one partial discectomy I've had in my spine. He listened to it all, and shook his head. Said If doctors had diagnosed me right 30 years ago, I probably wouldn't have had to have the surgeries. The problem is the Psoas muscles that run from the lower spine (L1-L5) down through the pelvis and attach at the femur. He started me on some simple stretches (Look them up on youtube), and so far, the FEW cramps I"ve gotten, I can easily stretch right out. Nothing lasts for more than 1 minute or so now, and NOTHING as intense as before. Haven't taken a single pill for the last month, and while I still get the occasional light cramp or spasm, they are easily worked out just by a quick stretch. I do 3 stretches: 1. a runners stretch where you go down on one knee, straighten your back, and push your pelvis forward. 2. Lie on my back, bend one leg and cross it over the knee of the other, then pull towards your chest. 3. Lie on my back and try to do the "splits". I do these with just one leg at a time, or both at once. I have been amazed at how well these have worked for me, and hope this helps someone else as well. He explained that the Psoas muscle actually goes over other muscles, and is an "attachment point" for some of them. When the Psoas get tense or shortened, they put pressure on the smaller muscles that run down the inner thigh, thus causing the cramps. Hope this helps at least one other person out there, as noone should have to suffer these cramps.
Fedupofcramps ehunter43
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Trying it tonight ! Thank you!
Fedupofcramps ehunter43
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do you do these when you HAVE the inner thigh cramps to relieve them - or as an excercise please- and if so , how often
ehunter43 Fedupofcramps
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I do them every morning after I've gotten up and moved around for a while, then again at night an hour before bed. Just don't push too hard into them at first. Go easy, you can actually feel the spot that usually cramps up stretching out. It wasn't an immediate change, but after just the first week of doing them, it was an impressive change. Still got light cramps, and a few spasms after the first week, but now about 2 months later, it's really rare for me to get anything other than a VERY mild cramp or spasm. Haven't had one that can't be stretched out within less than a minute, and none that I would even call painful. Before these stretches, I had been getting them at least every day, and even 4-5 times in a day.
Fedupofcramps ehunter43
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wow.. thank you. hope this works on little old ladies! xx
sue93241 Fedupofcramps
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Also, please be aware that you might have knee bursitis. I did, and I had severe killer inner thigh cramps. I thought Iwould die from pain. Bursitis is caused by pressure to the knee or injury and canbe in any bursar, including pes ancerine or patella. Itis called house maids knee, and gardeners or roofers also get it from repetitive motions. I got it from picking grass, constantly, for my rabbit...bending and picking. Bursitis is when your bursar sack flls with fluid. THe pes anserie is right near a nerve, and the pressure might cuse the horrible cramps. It's also where tendons and muscles cross on inner thigh.
trina1956 ehunter43
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I tried taking potassium also but it made my cramps even worse. I take Solgar brand Calcium/Magnesuim and at night I drink Magnesium citrate "Calm". Both are necessary. I also stay hydrated, mostly with Gatorade. As long as I do this faithfully I don't get the inner thigh cramps. I've skipped doing this a few different times and after a couple of days I can feel the twitching coming on in my muscles. I take the minerals and it quickly goes away. I will also try these exercises you shared just so I'll know what to do in case I do get a cramp, thanks.
ehunter43 trina1956
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The exercises I talked about are more of a preventative measure. Not sure if they'd do much of anything during one of the cramps. I know the cramps I've had in the past prevented me from moving my legs at all, let alone being able to stretch them out. After a few weeks of doing the exercises twice a day though, the few cramps I was still getting were very minor, and far less frequent. Now, after about 2 months of the exercises, the rare times that I do get the cramp, I can just straighten the leg, lean to the opposite side for 5-10 seconds, and the cramp is gone. I still have some very mild spasms on occasion, but they too can be rubbed or stretched out in a matter of seconds. None of the cramps or spasms I have had in the last month or more have even been painful. I can just feel a tightening, and then I stretch or rub them right out.
ehunter43 Fedupofcramps
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Please let me know if they help. They have been a Godsend for me. I wish you the best.
rhoni ehunter43
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thank you!! I'm going to look this up on YouTube right now!
trina1956 ehunter43
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We will see if I can even do them. 🤣
reyesjoe ehunter43
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What is the splits?