Nocturnal leg cramps (NLC) are common, painful, but usually not serious occurrences. They are the involuntary contractions of leg muscles that happen during sleep. It feels like a spasm and they ...

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 ...

Many people experience painful leg and calf cramps at night, which can have several potential causes. News 9 spoke with Dr. Lacy Anderson to explore the underlying factors behind these cramps and ...

Vitamin K supplementation significantly reduced the frequency, intensity, and duration of nocturnal leg cramps in older adults. No adverse events related to vitamin K were identified. Researchers ...

You’re sound asleep when out of nowhere, a terrible pain in your calf yanks you from your dreams. It feels like your muscles are seizing up, and all you can do is rock back and forth waiting for the ...

Leg cramps are a common phenomenon that happens to most people, sometimes you stretch your leg to much or you twist it in the wrong way, etc. However, is getting these cramps late at night and ...

If you have muscle spasms in your calf, thigh or feet while you're sleeping, it can rocket you awake with sharp pain. Around 66% of folks 50 and older con- tend with them, adding to sleep prob- lems ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Q. I don’t have restless leg syndrome or nighttime leg cramps. Rather, I have “restless foot,” sometimes in the right foot, ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Nighttime leg cramps, a common problem among my elderly patients, are a miserable way to wake up. The cramping usually occurs ...

Dear Doctor: Everyone I know has leg cramps at night. Other than the multitude of "home remedies" and stretching (which is the advice my doctor gave that make mine worse), what can I do? They ...

Nocturnal leg cramps can occur in all ages, but they are particularly common during pregnancy, and also more common in the elderly. In younger people especially, low sodium levels can be to blame, so ...