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Muscle Cramps
Ok, so one of my biggest barriers to working out are the horrendous muscle cramps that I get. I have read everything I can about what might be causing this and everything says: dehydration, low magnesium, low potassium or low calcium. I know that I have chronically low B12 and vitamin D but I've been taking both sublingually religiously. My Doc thinks I don't absorb them in the small intestine cuz of the Crohn's which is why I use the ones that go under the tongue and absorb that way. I also take magnesium and calcium every day and eat a banana every day for potassium. I suspect I don't absorb those well either. Essentially, I'm chronically malnourished no matter what I eat or ingest. I drink tons of water.
My feet cramp a lot and sometimes my calves do too. It wakes me up from a sound sleep most of the time and I have to get up and walk it out for a bit. I'm wondering if anybody knows of other ways to prevent this that aren't nutrition related (can't do much more about nutrients). It is worse when I work out a lot.
Has anybody tried things like Icy/Hot or Bengay for something like this? My OT background makes me think I have to apply some kind of stimulus that will stop the neurons from misfiring and causing these cramps. I'm just not sure what to do. It really affects my sleep. My doctor is out of ideas for me.
Any thoughts on this from anybody?
Thanks in advance.
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