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Cramping - Any Advice

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Hi Everyone,

Am having problems with cramping at the moment - much worse than usual. This particularly affects my feet, and sometimes calves. It is partly exercise related: particularly happens if I swim (did a short swim last night, got out of the pool and was cramping for about 1/2 an hour afterwards - feet turned into agonising lumps of concrete. But it also happens at other times: I turn over at night and my calves seize up. Or try to cross my legs and things also seize, or do a sudden movement (like tripping), or I turn my head quickly and my neck muscles cramp. My muscles have lots of tight spots / lumps (had a massage the other day and the masseur was shocked - was painful massage - but no doubt good for me..)...

Maybe related to hypothyroid? I'll try to get in to see my endo dr. (that will be in about 2 weeks)... but this is seriously cramping my style and comfort.... maybe have been getting glutened (my symptoms eating gluten are not always clear)..

Am eating heaps of bananas (2 a day) but doesn't seem to help. Anyone have any other remedies that work? That I can try?

Sally

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If it is possible, get into a bath with water as hot as you can stand, not scalding though, it helps soothe the stomach.

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Hi Everyone,

Am having problems with cramping at the moment - much worse than usual. This particularly affects my feet, and sometimes calves. It is partly exercise related: particularly happens if I swim (did a short swim last night, got out of the pool and was cramping for about 1/2 an hour afterwards - feet turned into agonising lumps of concrete. But it also happens at other times: I turn over at night and my calves seize up. Or try to cross my legs and things also seize, or do a sudden movement (like tripping), or I turn my head quickly and my neck muscles cramp. My muscles have lots of tight spots / lumps (had a massage the other day and the masseur was shocked - was painful massage - but no doubt good for me..)...

Maybe related to hypothyroid? I'll try to get in to see my endo dr. (that will be in about 2 weeks)... but this is seriously cramping my style and comfort.... maybe have been getting glutened (my symptoms eating gluten are not always clear)..

Am eating heaps of bananas (2 a day) but doesn't seem to help. Anyone have any other remedies that work? That I can try?

Sally

Muscle cramps are a symptom of magnesium deficiency. Many celiacs have that deficiency because we don't properly absorb that mineral from our diets. Bananas are high in magnesium. However the severity of your symptoms suggests you need a higher dose magnesium supplement. Don't take magnesium oxide. It's not well absorbed and can cause lots of gas and/or diarrhea. Magnesium aspartate or magnesium taurate is often recommended to heart patients who have Mg deficiencies, because those forms of magnesium are very absorbable and don't cause diarrhea at high doses. Here's a link to an article about magnesium deficiency symptoms and treatment: Open Original Shared Link

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Thanks Burdee - I'll check this out.

Sally

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