Muscle cramps (mostly at night)

Is anyone else suffering with leg cramps, foot cramps, neck muscle cramps, etc? I’m even getting them in my bum cheeks 🙈 my husband is struggling as they wake us both up with a start 🤣 I’ve got tonic water with quinine and had a LOT of liquid to drink just before bed last night - but I was then up five times in the night to sleep… I have been on holiday and back to work this week so hoping it’s just the change in pace etc (I’m a teacher so have been lucky to have the six weeks to relax and catch up on sleep!) but it is getting quite tough as it is every day now and leaves my muscles feeling quite sore! Any remedies or ways to prevent? Or even just anyone else in the same boat?

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I get leg cramps

have you found anything to stop them? 😫

Magnesium is supposed to help, so eating bananas 🍌

Magnesium is the only thing that has helped with muscle spasms and cramps . I soak in a warm bath with magnesium salts/flakes , magnesium oil spray and take a magnesium supplement. I already had a joint condition that affected my muscles pre pregnancy , I would be unable to move at the minute without the additional magnesium. 💕

My midwife said eat a banana before bed as am suffering from leg cramps. Which is caused by restless legs

I wake up so much in the night with leg cramp and i find no matter what I do I can’t get rid of it even for a few days after my leg will hurt but I’ve heard bananas are really good for this so I’m going to try it

I’m in the same boat, waking up about 4/5 times per night with cramp and it’s always in tiny muscles never the big ones. I’ve got magnesium oil which helps reduce it maybe 2/3 times a night but it’s still painful! Has anyone ever tried acupuncture to ease cramping?

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