inner thigh cramps

I have experienced this excruciating pain off and on over the past twenty years. It is so bad at times that it brings tears to my eyes and no amount of stretching etc seems to help. I take Quinine Sulfate, it's still available, and also direct hot water, in the shower, on the affected muscles. Full relief comes within minutes and a good nights sleep follows.
I hope this is of some help to fellow sufferers.
Bill

i'm a 49 year old female and i've had inner thigh leg cramps...sometimes both at the same time and i get rid of them rather quickly and don't have any lingering pain when i shake some salt quickly in my hand and then lick the salt out of my hand, drink a large glass or two of water and then take a metal tray and apply the metal tray directly onto the cramping area. keep the salt, some water and a metal tray near your bed for quick relief and so you don't need to walk to the kitchen. i would not suggest anything hot...cold is what relieves my cramps. a large frozen bag of blueberries really works well and easily wraps the cold around your inner thighs. try it next time. no emergency room necessary.

I too have been suffering from severe inner thigh cramps. Also cramps to the lateral (outside) of my shin bones, and in my belly near my belt line. I awoke this morning with cramps in all places i had mentioned, So debilitating all I could do was cry out to my wife. They were so bad and this may be too much info. that I actually had to relieve my bladder into a towel because the pain was so bad and couldn't move! This has been going on for several weeks now, I had blood work done last week and all was normal. I am also on soma, a muscle relaxer that doesn't seem to do a bit of good. All I can say is I feel all of your pain and if anyone seen a doctor about this, your frustration as well. Heat does seem to work best for me, Kind of sad when I lay down to go to sleep I feel like a baby needing their blankey, I need my heating pad.

This is relatively new to me - just had my second episode. This pain rivals that of a kidney stone in intensity. Unlike a charley horse where if you jump up and stand on the leg, the pain usually goes right away, that doesn't work for this pain.

In my case the pain alternated between my inner thigh and calf. Woke me out of a sound sleep at 1:45 am. Lasted between 5-10 minutes. By 2am, the pain was mostly gone - had no lingering soreness either.

I already take a daily potassium supplement, so I don't think that's the problem.

At 2:30 a.m. (last night) I went to roll over and BAM my right inner thigh went into severe spasm. It hadn't happened in two years so I knew what I was in for. The pain was so intense that the act of breathing was exascerbating it and I had to get my breathing down to almost non-existant. The thought of even trying to move in order to get up to stretch or bend would be out of the question as it was physically impossible to do. I broke out into a sweat and my heart started pounding. Childbirth was a walk in the park compared to this pain. I wanted to grab the area and squeeze it (or rip it out) but again, unable to move. It lasted a half hour and then when it finally did ease up, I was unable to rest, thinking that any second it would fire off again. Finally fell asleep at 5:30. Now it's almost time to go to bed again, and I'm really really frightened. I drank a lot of water today and also called my doctor who made note of it in my file and is having my thyroid tested (but that's a bi-annual thing for me as I'm hypothyroid). I don't know what it was that caused this but it's terrifying and just typing this made my heart rate elevate. If anyone finds any information, please do share it with us. Thanks for listening..and good luck to us all!

Like the rest of you, I suffer from severe inner thigh cramps. They seem to hit most frequently at night, although today I had one during the day and feel one trying to start now (early evening). I've been searching for "cure-alls". My Dr. gave me quinine, which seemed to work (you never really know if they do since you don't get the cramps daily, so you can't know for sure if the lack of cramp is due to the quinine or just that you weren't "due" one that day). Unfortunately, I became alergic to quinine, so that isn't an option anymore.

I have found that the only option is to stand flat footed, legs straight and bent at the waist. Get something cold (ice is preferred, but cold water on a towel works in a pinch) and put it on the cramp. If you can stand on a cold floor, that also helps. I've found rubbing the cramp makes it worse, but pressing higher up on the leg, near the joint, seems to help. I can actually feel the muscle quiver when I'm having one of these cramps and it takes a while for the spasm to end. The pain - as described by others - is excruciating.

I have yet to find a prevention, but I'm still looking!

I am a pharmacist - but not an expert in this kind of pain, but the fact that these cramps come to you especially at rest more than other times suggests a nerve condition called restless leg syndrome. restless leg syndrome can be more than just a feeling like you need to move your legs..it can also be felt as pain or a sensation of something crawling on the skin. if it seems to be positional, like occuring when your sitting or lying, then that is another good indicator. there is medicine that can treat this and resolve symptoms entirely. good luck.

I've had several episodes where I've experienced inner thigh cramps. When I say inner thigh, it feels like an excruciating pain close to the bone - unlike leg/foot cramp it's almost impossible to locate the pain to "massage" away.

These episodes seem to be related to periods in my life when I've tried to "detox" and taken a variety of supplements. Possibly not hydrating enough.

It's hard to lie down as the cramps just get worse so I found walking around helps as well as distracting from the pain.

The last time these cramps occured I ran a hot bath and soaked in the bath to relieve the pain and it did work. The pain is extremely draining so I always feel very tired/sleepy following an episode.

The pain seems to go away when I return to eating properly, not taking supplements and go back to drinking coffee. I know this doesn't sound very feasible but it works for me.

Thank you so much for posting this. I have had these over the last 15 years and could never describe them to my doctor with any success. I just had one on 7/4 and my leg is still sore to the touch and extremely hard to lift. Does the bending at the waist seem to help? I'm at a loss.

I'm not glad there are other sufferers, but misery loves company and nice to know i'm not nuts. Having these with varying frequency for many years. Also agree that childbirth isn't as bad (although a few yrs removed) contractions don't last as long. Even working with trauma nurses for 20+ yrs only returned wide eyes after that comment. No one ever quite got it!! Tried quinine ??help??, vitamins E and B12 and also Valerian root (boy it stinks) but thankfully it is not an everyday thing so its hard to tell what helps. WORST 1 waking up on the ground with a couple dozen girl scouts, cramp in each thigh, and the latrine 1/2mi away down a trail.