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Do you have leg cramps?

February 14, 2007 | 1 Comment

Do your legs suffer from cramps? Try this:

* Take a Kneipp bath daily.

* Include calcium foods in your soup, tonics, broths. One of the soups with the highest calcium content is made up of barley and green kale. For additional calcium, use the water from boiled egg shells in a broth.

* Take calcium lactate supplements. Often times, lack of calcium causes cramps.

Here’s how to take a Kneipp bath at home:

Use a garden hose without the sprinkler. Run cold water starting from the farthest point from the heart, which is the right ankle. Move the water in a stream from the toes to the groin, then around and down the back of the leg to the ankle. Spray first the right leg front and back, two or three times; then repeat on the left leg. Count to six while running water up and down each leg.

This process is good for circulation of the entire body. Remember not to dry off. Run or walk until dry and warm. Do it once a day.

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Comments

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  1. Cindy on October 2, 2007 12:14 pm

    Interesting use of boiled egg water. I never would have thought it would contain calcium. I don’t often suffer from leg cramps, but the Kneipp bath will be a useful tool to remember when I do after a long run in the heat. Thank you for contributing your article to Fitness for Moms Blog Carnival.

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