Having Cramps In Inner thighs

A friend of ours turned us onto Tonic water...the better brands, not the generic. They contain quinine and stop the cramps and pains almost immediately. I keep a bottle of it next to my bed. Thank God I do, too!

I like you had several of these horrific cramps.. Made adjustments to lifestyle and "never" had another til 3 months down the track.. At a lost what to do now.. Off to the doc..

Apple Cider Vinegar! 1 teaspoon mixed with about 2 tablespoons water. I keep it mixed next to the bed. Takes less than 2 minutes to work. I started taking it routinely and have no more horrible thigh cramps.

I have been having these horrible leg spasms for many years now. I was getting them every two months on a regular basis. I even went to the emergency room one night because I was having them in both legs and all my test came out perfectly fine. I've been told it's because of dehydration or low potassium or many other things but nothing I have tried over the years has helped. Sometimes I can tell before I go to bed if I'm going to get one. My leg just feels a little strange. I try to stretch it before I go to bed but it doesn't always help. The one thing that I have learned and it has really helped to stop the spasms cold when they start before they get to full-blown spasms is to immediately apply ice and massage as hard as possible. To do this, I keep a large bottle filled with water in the freezer. The second the cramp starts, I grab a bottle put it between my legs and rub them together as hard as I can. This usually stops the cramp right away. If I feel like I'm going to have a cramp I take the bottle and put it on my night table when I go to bed so that soon as it starts I can start to massage. The sooner you start the better. I haven't had a full-blown horrible spasm in here now using this method. I got a few close calls but my bottle of ice massage really works.

If experiencing Sartorius muscle cramps (inner thigh), get out of bed ASAP.and apply ice to the thigh area. Usually I don't have ice readily available so my wife gets a package of frozen vegetables to apply to the Sartorius pain area. You will have relief in about 3-5 minutes. You then have to take Alleve or other similar anti-inflamatory medications...even aspirin (81 mg or higher). Hope this helps you. Jack

I can't tell you how happy I am to have found this site!!! My inner thigh cramps first started 4 years ago, after I had been in a theatrical production where I had been rather active on stage, and it was the last night of the production. My friends and I had gone out afterward to celebrate, and I danced and had A glass of wine. In the morning when I woke and tried to get up to go to the bathroom, I was hit with THE most excruciating pain I have ever experienced with an inner thigh cramp, just in my left leg. I nearly passed out on my way to the bathroom and when I looked in the mirror, all of the color had gone from my face. The cramp didn't last long but OMG it hurt SO BAD!!! I haven't had one again until 2 days ago, and again, after being in another theatrical production and possibly being a bit dehydrated, and sweating excessively on stage, AND had a beer afterward with friends. This time it was in both legs. AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING!!! I've been worried about blood clots, but the symptoms don't add up. I do believe it is the sartorius muscle that cramps up, after looking at a diagram of the leg muscles. Here it is, 2 days later and my legs are still sore. Heat feels good on them, but not sure it's the best thing. I try to keep hydrated, but now will try some of the remedies posted on here, pickle juice and tonic water. I have a desk job, so don't move around much during the day... guess I'll try to find a yoga program. Thanks to all of you fellow sufferers, I'm no longer convinced I have a rare, dreadful, deadly disease.... although that's what it feels like!

I don't have them any more and tried two things: reduced the brand and dose of my statin drug; and started taking 2500 mg vitamin B12 sublingually daily. I had one episode after starting this regimen, nothing in the past year plus. When I was discussing with my doctor, he wanted me to try one of these at a time so I would know what helped. A logical request, but I told him the pain was so bad I didn't care what caused it I just didn't want to go through another episode. So bad I felt like I would call 911 except I'd be dead before they got there, LOL. Good luck - you might want to add these to your list of things to try.

I have bad knees and get cortisone shots twice a year. Swelling in knees causes edema in my legs. When the swelling goes down in my knees, the fluid that has built up in my lower leg finally has a way out. I start getting cramps in my feet and they work their way up over a period of a few days. I get these cramps as well. I have found that taking magnesium helps a lot.

Sorry to bump an aging topic, but I experience cramping--last night was the dreaded sartorius muscle spasm everyone has spoken of. I have a history of struggling with cramping. I'm 49 and overweight (but losing). I used to be very active running and biking, but life has slowed me down considerably. I do use smokeless tobacco and I've wondered if that contributes. Consume too much caffeine too.

As said, I have a history of struggling with cramping. Once I had an abdominal cramp while doing crunches. That was similar to this this episode. For me, calf cramps are much more common than the sartorius, but that's easier to get relief on (stand up).

For cramps in general, the first thing I do is grab some salt and chug water when they hit. Pickle juice seems to help some. Much more so than sport drinks. I take a potassium supplement when I think about it and also drink a magnesium powder (Natural Calm). In my younger days, I had some good relief from eating bananas after hard exercise, but that has been ineffective with these night leg cramps.

I drink a LOT of water. But, I also sweat a lot, which robs the body of electrolytes, which makes water less effective at hydration.

Last night, after I was able to stand up vertically, the spasm released--it was not easy to do. I ended up sleeping on the couch as the moment I laid in bed, my calf fired on me and I didn't want to keep my wife from sleeping. As I'm laying on the couch, I can feel my muscles twitching throughout both legs. Like if I were to flex my calf, it would go in to lock down. I know that sleeping position creates more exposure to night cramps. Laying on my side, this inner thigh thing. On my back, it's my calves that most pre-disposed to cramping.

Having struggled with cramps for my entire adult life, I have been in search of a real solution to no avail. It seems like a broken feedback loop. Laying on my back with toes pointed, the calf seems to think that's what I want is to point my toes and lockdown! Same with the inner thigh while laying on my side. From other reading, the signal from the brain that tells the muscle activate is present. Why? Don't know. That's the broken feedback loop (IMO).

For me, the cramps are pretty exclusive to occur after a day of significant activity. I rarely have issues (maybe never?) if I have not had excess activity.

Also note, I have some nerve issues both in my neck and lower back. It has occurred to me, that this could be related, but I don't think the nerve issues were present when I was younger.

Good luck and my you all sleep through the night.

I had knee replacement a couple of years ago but, I'm also over weight, I started working out and that's when my troubles began, but I'm not working out now I'm not sure if it's caused by the knee replacement or me not drinking enough water because I haven't been doing it lately, could there be other reason why??

You have described my problem exactly. The only difference being that my inner thigh cramping happens when, in the morning, I raise a leg to put on a sock. It then strikes me like a bullet. 10 to 30 minutes of "take your breathe away" pain followed by a few days of soreness at the site. I'll sometimes go without socks since the cramp fear is so great. BTW, I'm male, 85 years old, and in pretty good shape otherwise.

I use raw potato cut into very slim slithers - it is very wet, and I rub it onto the area or poke it under my hands as I have to hold the area very tightly till my husband gets the potato and cuts it - it takes a few minutes of rubbing the wet potato on and then very bad pain goes away. Usually happens in the night - next day there is a sort of residual ache for a while. Raw potato juice is a natural anti-inflammatory.
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