Leg cramps are painful and debilitating. They can stop you in your tracks during a busy day or wake you from a restful sleep. Perhaps you’ve already tried remedies like using heating pads, taking ...

Q: You’ve written about soap chips or bars for muscle cramps. I discovered by accident that liquid hand soap works great for leg, toe and finger cramps. I couldn’t find the bar soap and I was in ...

Ever been sound asleep, only to be startled awake by a stabbing pain in your calf or hamstring? These sudden, intense muscle spasms are better known as charley horses. And they happen to up to 60% of ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. To Readers • A recent discussion of nighttime leg cramps brought an avalanche of readers' remedies, as it always does. I can't ...

Do your legs hurt so much that you frequently wake up in the middle of the night? The worst nightmares are sudden leg cramps, ...

Q: Last night, I was awakened by the worst pain I have experienced in recent memory. If an enemy asked me to reveal state secrets, I would have gladly done so in exchange for relief from that pain. I ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Vitamin K 2 markedly reduced the mean weekly frequency of nocturnal leg cramps in the intervention group. The ...

This is my third column on muscle cramps, and my last for a good while. But readers have responded in droves to the two recent columns, enthusiastically sharing their “cures,” which I will pass on one ...

Dear Dr. Gott: I am 64 and had nightly leg cramps that interrupted my sleep and drove me crazy. Hot baths at bedtime, quinine pills in the evening, potassium/zinc tablets and calcium supplements were ...

This article is a transcribed, edited summary of a video Bob and Brad recorded in July 2024. For the original video, go to https://youtu.be/kv1XytFlMro Brad: Oh, oh ...

Hello again, dear readers! It’s been a busy month for letters, so we’ll get right to it. Regarding a column about post-operative cognitive dysfunction (POCD), in which elderly patients experience ...

To Readers • A recent discussion of nighttime leg cramps brought an avalanche of readers' remedies, as it always does. I can't submit all for publication, but I'll try to include more throughout the ...