Muscular Pain Relief from Muscle Cramps

The pain from muscle cramps is severe.

Natural health remedies can soothe the pain, and stop the cramps from happening. Find out more about muscular pain relief for your muscle cramps...

Most of us are familiar with muscle cramps - often during or after exercise … or, right in the middle of the night!

Muscle cramps happen when the muscles contract suddenly and severely - it is an intense reaction, which can cause quite a severe pain.

Muscle cramps are usually nothing to worry about, and usually pass within a few moments.

The pain of a muscle cramp is very intense, but it usually lasts only a few minutes – although your muscle can be quite sore, for quite a while afterwards.

About Muscle Cramps

• Muscle cramps might happen before or after exercise, or may not be connected to exercise at all.
• Certain people may be more likely to get cramp:
  • pregnant women
  • children
  • the elderly
  • athletes
  • gardeners
• Cramp is commonest in the leg (especially the calf), foot or hand.

Causes of Muscle Cramps

• Muscle cramps may be caused by:
  • over use of particular muscles
  • dehydration
  • lack of salt
  • swimming in cold water
  • poor circulation in the legs

Always remember to consult your healthcare provider before taking any decisions regarding your health.

Muscular Pain Relief for Cramp

• If you want to stop muscle cramps before they even start, the best solution is to drink plenty of water, before, during and after exercise.
• If you exercise for over an hour, drink a specialist sport’s drink.
• If cramp does strike, stretching the muscle out, is the best instant muscular pain relief.
• Gentle massage can help too, as it helps to stimulate removal of lactic acid. Lactic acid is the waste product formed when muscles exert themselves, and can accumulate in muscles and joints, causing pain and cramps.

  Gentle massage helps get it all moving to be expelled from the body.

• If you get cramps regularly, make sure that your salt intake around the time you exercise, is sufficient (the body sweats salt out too, so any re-hydration should include some salt).
• Also check for deficiencies in:
  • zinc
  • magnesium
  • calcium
  • potassium
  • iron
  • Vitamins B, C and D
  • iodine
  • particularly, Vitamin E
• Check for Vitamin and Mineral Deficiencies with this easy test
• If you do find that you are deficient in certain Vitamins or Minerals, then supplements can help.

Other remedies you can try are:

• Cramp Bark: This relaxes the muscles.

  Try these capsules: (click below for more info)…

  Cramp Bark Powder 30 vegicap bottle: HE

  …Or make your own tea:

  • Use 1 teaspoon of powdered Cramp Bark in a cupful of hot water
  • Steep for 10 minutes
  • Strain, and drink up to 3 cups per day

  Powdered Cramp Bark: (click below for more info)…

  Cramp Bark Powder 1/4 lb bottle: HE

Magnet Healing

• Fastening a magnet around the leg, or close to the painful part of the body, can help a great deal with muscle cramps.
• Both myself, and my fiancé use healing magnets to help our muscles recover after exercising.
• Magnetic therapy bracelets can be used, or small magnetic buttons, which can be positioned closer to the cramped muscle.
• Visit my webshop or find out more about using magnets for health, here…

Aromatherapy

• Massage the painful area regularly, for muscular pain relief, from recurring cramps.









• Use 10ml of almond oil or olive oil, and the following essential oils:
  • 1-2 drops of basil essential oil
  • 1 drop each of:
    • lemongrass
    • marjoram
  • Or use the above essential oils in a relaxing warm bath.
  • A hot foot bath with mustard essential oil, can also help.
  • Get essential oil supplies: Kalyx.com Complete Aromatherapy Oils & Supplies

Hydrotherapy

• Hydrotherapy just means using water to heal.
• Hot and cold compresses are very effective – especially for more instant muscular pain relief, from sharp and painful cramps.
• Alternate hot and cold compresses. Use:
  • A hot compress for 3 minutes:
    • Use a towel soaked in hot water
    • Wring out well, and apply to the painful part
  • A cold compress for 1 minute:
    • Use a towel soaked in cold water
    • Wring out well, and apply to the painful part

Homeopathy

• Homeopathy uses minute quantities of plants and herbs to stimulate the body into healing itself.
• Quite often people will feel a little worse, before they get better, as a kind of healing crisis occurs.
• It is best to consult a qualified homeopath, who can help to decide the best remedies for your specific situation.
• Here are some commonly used homeopathic treatments, which you may want to try:
  • Nux vomica: for cramp occurring suddenly at night
  • Cuprum metallicum: for severe cramp, in legs, toes and fingers
  • Colchicum: for cramp in the soles of the feet
  • Arnica: for cramp with tiredness
  • Calcarea carbonica: for cramp in overweight people, especially with cold feet

Hopefully, you will have found some useful natural health remedies for your muscular pain relief from cramp.

The important thing is not to panic, and not to worry…

Muscle cramps seem to be quite a frequent and normal occurrence – painful at the time, but not likely to cause any lasting damage.

Learn more about sore muscles before and after exercise - muscular pain relief

Look at more kinds of muscle and joint pain relief.

Understand more about how pain works, to find out how alternative pain relief is so effective.

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