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I have often had calf muscle cramp, but this is easily dealt with by walking about. However, last night I had a thigh muscle cramp which was far more acute than anything I had had before. The pain was excruciating and lasted ten minutes. My face went grey and I almost fainted. I couldn't walk and massaging seemed to have little effect.

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  • roberta48025
    roberta48025 Guest

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    Hello I love reading your story the same thing happens to me. I have been going through this for years. I have never found a doctor that can tell me why. I think it sucks to have to go through this the scruciating pain. I have never had anything hurt so bad my husband rubs it really hard which helps but also hurts during the process. I almost feel like the devil screaming and yelling and pray to God for it to stop. I have to be really careful when I lay down in bed I can't stretch or I might start a cramp can you please help me find something
    • cynthia0405
      cynthia0405 roberta48025

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      Hi , I know the agony.. It really is awful.. Like I mentioned, what helps me mainly is wearing really tight spandex leggings to bed.. So my muscles are compressed. That and magnesium so far.. I hope this will help. Take care
  • caroline15959
    caroline15959 Guest

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    I have had inner thigh cramp for 13 years. It is not possible to describe the excruciating pain which lasts up to 20 minutes and during which I can't move - just bend over and dig my fingers into the muscles,. It moves up in three stages and at its worst As tonight, I am reduced to pleading for help, sobbing etc. once my daughter, who had not seen me in this state, called an ambulance immediately. 

    Causes seem to be exceptional excercising, dehydration and/or sitting or lying in a position to put pressure on my tailbone such as a soft sofa. 

    I take quinine daily, also more recently mag phos tissue salts. During an attack if my husband can get it for me I sip pickle juice( vinegar with salt in it) which I have read helps shorten attacks. Maybe it does but I feel so washed out by the time the attack passes I couldn't say really. 

    No doctor, osteopath, physio has ever heard of this. They think it's the same as other cramps whereas you sufferers know it's not even in the same ball park. 

     By the way, I don't take statins and have excellent cholesterol. I don't smoke and am vegetarian and gluten free, so eat a healthy diet. 

    My sympathies with all other sufferers of this appalling pain which is certainly much worse than childbirth. 

    • cynthia0405
      cynthia0405 caroline15959

      Posted

      Im really sore to hear that you suffer do much from thread attacks.. I do have spinal degeneration pretty bad throughout my spine.. But since taking these new vitamins called Elite and it has a lot of Magnesium in it. For the cramps have subsided a lot and I hoping for longer relief.. My best wishes for you, it sounds like your pain is a lot more worse than mine..
    • cynthia0405
      cynthia0405

      Posted

      I meant to say i'm really sorry in the beginning of that last post...
  • caroline15959
    caroline15959 Guest

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    Because no doctor, or anyone who has not experienced this, can understand the terrible pain, ther is no interest in finding a cure. Any researchers out there want to take this one on? You would have a worldwide follwing of grateful people if a cure, or even some way of alienating pain, could be found. 
  • cissy122755
    cissy122755 Guest

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    I just woke up AGAIN with an inner thigh cramp that brought me to tears. I was having them at least every week sometimes 2. Then my Dr suggested Magnesum and water with electrolytes......amazingly it seems to work. Last 1 I had was about 6 weeks ago but did takes a few months. After this one tonight I am going to start taking it at night  instead of the morning to see if this helps. Still get them in my foot and calves but can handle those the pain in the inner thigh is the WORST EVER....my poor husband wants to help but I just yell, scream, cry and pound things... Would love to know WHY this is happening...
    • italyagain
      italyagain cissy122755

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      I've been having those thigh spasms since 1991, and I got them in both legs once.  Doctors don't know anything.  I talked to a physical therapist and he said "I know exactly what that is".  He called it active insufficiency muscle contracting while over-shortened.  For me, I have to keep those inner thigh muscles stretched.  While sleeping in bed or on the couch, I need to straighten out my legs with a strong stretch while pushing feet out to the outside.  I sleep on my side all the time.  If I don't remember to stretch before I roll over or get out of bed, I feel that twinge in my thigh and I say 'oh no'.  If I'm quick enough with my stretch, I can prevent the spasms.  Otherwise, I'm crying and screaming for five to ten minutes until it finally stops.  Sometimes my thigh will be sore for days afterwards.  I don't get it though...how many people sleep in the fetal position and don't have this problem??????
    • caroline15959
      caroline15959 italyagain

      Posted

      Just to add that no stretches either by myself or by others pulling and massaging muscles cannot avert my attacks once they l

      kick in. I can only knead and pummel my leg of legs while I cry and ask for help. Of course no one has so far been able to do so despite their deep anxiety at seeing me like that. One couple who are our friends changed their sofa after sitting on their soft sofa set off an attack. They said they could not have that happening again. 

    • italyagain
      italyagain caroline15959

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      I agree that once the spasms start, there is no stopping it.  That's why as soon as I feel the twinge that signals the start of my spasm, I quickly straighten my legs and push my feet out.  If I'm lucky, I can prevent the spasm.  I usually feel that twinge when I am rolling over in bed without first stretching out my legs after having been sleeping in the fetal position.  Same for napping on the couch. 

  • italyagain
    italyagain Guest

    Posted

    Talk to a physical therapist about the thigh spasms.  I got no where with a doctor.  I was told to keep my inside thigh muscles stretched.  My pt called it active insuffienciency muscle contraction while over-shortened. Before I roll over in bed or get up from the couch after a nap, I make sure I straighten out my legs with a good hard stretch and turn my ankles out.  When I forget to do that, I get that 'twinge' in the thigh and then I panic.  If I'm lucky and do it quick enough, I may get the spasm go away before it can start.  I've been having these muscle cramps since 1991, and once I got them in both legs at once.  Talk about pain.  My sister gets them too.
    • caroline15959
      caroline15959 italyagain

      Posted

      Thanks for that info. I am trying the stretches you suggest plus frog stretches another sufferer said might help. I continue to take Mag Phos tissue salts but am confused about levels of minerals I need. 
    • lindaj12018
      lindaj12018 caroline15959

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      I've been following this site for almost two years and have posted in the past.  I've seen every type of physician imaginable and tried every treatment.  After ruling out medical issues (the only problem I have is anemia, other than that very healthy), it seems the problem for me is biomechanical.  In other words, the cause is related to the way I sit, stand, walk, etc.  I've been going to a chiropractor for the past year and taking magnesium taurate 375mg/day and the cramping has significantly decreased.  I also replaced my soft couch cushions with very firm ones and that has also helped.  Hope some of these hints work for you.

       

  • tom99360
    tom99360 Guest

    Posted

    I had this same problem for several years and discovered that one Calcium Magnesium  tablet ( over the counter) every week or two prevented me from having any cramps at all  !!

    It works for me

    tom

     

  • caroline15959
    caroline15959 Guest

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    Dear Italy, I know that oh no moment only too well and sympathise with your pain. I don't get it either. Most people just don't experience these cramps so there must be some straight forward explanation somewhere. I do stretches before bed. Frog stretches (see an earlier post) and pushes against the wall. I have not done these long enough to know iF it works as I can have weeks or months between attacks.

    i would so love to find a solution nd I am so scared of the next attack.

     

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