Why Your Calf Cramps Up in the Middle of the Night and What To Do About It
If you get leg cramps at night, you have probably been told to take magnesium and drink more water. I want to show you what the research actually says, because the real cause of nocturnal leg cramps is not a deficiency. It is the position your foot sits in for seven hours.
In this episode I walk through what is happening inside your calf during a cramp, why the nerve firing has no off switch while you sleep, and why the placebo groups in the magnesium trials improved almost as much as the treatment groups. I also cover the one remedy with a surprisingly clear mechanism behind it, pickle…
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