Have you ever woken up from a good night’s sleep with pain, discomfort, and tightness around your legs that won’t go away no matter what you do? 

You may be dealing with muscle spasms in your legs, better known as leg cramps. While they are not linked to massive health issues most of the time, there are certain things that may help in this situation. 

First off, let’s check some of the reasons why this may be happening.

Causes of Leg Cramps 

• Malfunctioning nerves
• Circulation issues
• Improper or lack of stretching
• Dehydration
• Mineral or vitamin deficiency 
• Muscle fatigue due to unsuccessful recovery after working out

Whether you are aware of which cause is affecting you the most or not, it may be a good idea to look into these healthy habits that can improve your condition.

Make sure you’re hydrated

Not hydrating yourself enough may lead to an electrolyte imbalance, which has been proven to be linked to general muscle spasms and cramps. 

Try drinking the right amount of water during the day, based on your own needs and physical condition. The scientific consensus is that the average person should drink around 8 glasses of water a day. 

Let Your Muscles Recover

After working out, especially when lifting weights, your muscles must go through a recovery process, which means you need to let them rest. If you think that working out without any downtime will get you better results, you’re wrong. 

When lifting weights to gain muscle, it’s all about form, technique, and rest since that’s the way protein builds new strength.

Make sure that you’re not training the same muscle groups every day; try getting into a routine that allows you to work on your entire body throughout the week.

Stretch the pain away

If you’re not stretching after your workout sessions, hikes, dancing routines, or any other physical activity, you should start doing it as soon as possible. 

Find the most suitable stretching exercises for the physical activity you’re doing. Sometimes inadequate stretching could be worse than not stretching at all. Avoid quick bouncing motions.

You can also try this simple stretch before you go into bed each night:

• Stand facing the wall, 30 inches away.
• While keeping your heels on the floor, lean forward, put your palms on the wall, and slowly move your hands up the wall as far as you can reach comfortably.
• Hold the stretched position for 30 seconds, then release.
• Repeat steps 1 through 3 two more times.

Eat nutritious foods 

A lack of Vitamin E and minerals such as calcium and magnesium could be the reason you’re suffering from leg cramps. The good news is that you can fix that by eating the right food.

Nowadays, easy access to processed food results in little to no nutritional value in our diets.  That’s why including veggies, green leaves, grains, and organic natural food must be a conscious effort.

In this case, supplements can be an option too. Specialists recommend taking daily supplements of 400 milligrams of Vitamin E, 1.000 milligrams of magnesium, and 500 to 1.000 mailgrams of calcium. 

Visit a Chiropractor

Chiropractors can help with both nerve and circulation-related issues. Circulation is crucial for transporting nutrients absorbed from food and supplements throughout your body, and nerve malfunctioning can lead to painful impulses.

Some of the techniques chiropractors use are massages to reduce inflammation and manual spinal stimulation to realign your nerves.

More importantly, chiropractors can give you a complete outlook on what’s going on with your body and get to the root of this issue.

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