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Re: leg cramps after class most often during sleep

Ok, I have to respond to this as it could be life threatening like it was for me. For maybe 5-10 years I suffered the exact same problem in both of my legs. I went from being able to do any amount of exercise I wanted to do to gradually experiencing these almost random, unexplainable leg cramps not only after walking just five or ten minutes on the treadmill but also endless nights of leg cramps. I used to use a heating pad to almost no avail. I also had slightly elevated cholesterol for several years which I was more concerned about at the time. I finally asked the doctor about the leg cramps and he asked if anyone in my family had MS. I said no, but my mom has Muscular Dystrophy that mainly affects her legs. He immediately told me that’s what I was developing and sent me to a neuro surgeon to confirm his diagnosis which the neuro surgeon did on the first visit. I later was talking to my son who was just studying EMT classes and he was very surprised at the diagnosis and told me it could also be a blocked artery in my mid section as the arteries then separate into each leg and the blockage up high would have likely caused pain in both my legs. So he bought me a book called prevent and reverse heart disease by Dr Caldwell Esselstyn of the Cleveland Clinic since I already had the elevated cholesterol anyway. I read the book in which the doctor states that most of our chronic illnesses including heart disease, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes etc are caused by our western high fat diet. I immediately went on the diet – mainly due to my cholesterol – and within about thirty days my cholesterol dropped from the 220’s to 160. The weird thing was that at the same time my leg cramps totally vanished as well after suffering with them for years. I told my son and he said; I told you it was a probably blocked artery! This was three years ago the pain is still gone and I can exercise without any problem. Please look at your diet seriously, doctors were not able to diagnose my problem correctly as it was probably not that advanced yet so now is the time to get a handle on it…

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