On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 10:35 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > HEre is some virtual chicken soup... > for a cramp in foot, I know this sounds weird but it works for me, > squeeze your upper lip... also, step on a cold floor, or rub with ice... > > I get calf cramps and arch cramps in the middle of the night... wearing > socks to bed helps somewhat though that sounds odd too.
My husband gets foot cramps, too... a result of nerve damage due to a back injury. His doctor recommends gin & tonics. Something about the quinine in the tonic water that helps the cramping, and the gin acting as an overall muscle relaxant. Worth a try! Feel better, John! :) -c > > I had that nasty cold a while back - it sucks > > take care, > ann > > On 11/30/2011 22:01, John Sessoms wrote: >> >> My doctor has been ragging me to eat more vegetables, cut down on >> sweets, get more exercise ... generally improve my lifestyle to improve >> my health. >> >> I finally got started on the exercise part last week. I've been going >> out every day and walking around a nearby lake. It has a 2 mile paved >> Green-way around it. If I walk at a moderately fast pace I can make it >> around in a little over 30 minutes which is the minimum exercise my >> doctor has been recommending. I've managed six of the last seven days. >> >> I've got a horrible cold. Every time I start coughing it feels like my >> head is going to burst open. I've got a cramp in the top of my right >> foot that no amount of stretching will relieve and I've got bruises >> today because some asshole on a bicycle knocked me down. He came around >> a blind corner too fast from behind me, knocked me ass over appetite and >> just kept peddling on. He was gone so fast I didn't even have a chance >> to flip him off. >> >> I'm afraid healthy living is going to be the death of me yet. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
