Has anyone ever woken up at like, 2:30 AM and feel the muscles in your leg calf tightening and then?
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Yes, it's called a charlie horse...it's a muscle spasm. Some of the most pain I've ever been in has been caused by muscle spasms in my calf or my foot.\n\nI think the reason it often happens to me and probably a lot of other people when you're just waking up is that when you're in REM sleep (dreaming), your muscles are paralyzed so your body can regenerate a certain neurotransmitter to help you stay alert. Also, I'd imagine it is to help you not hurt yourself while you are dreaming. Anyway, when you first wake up, your body has to "turn on" that mechanism, and if you stretch right away, I wonder if the muscles are so relaxed that they can't handle that stress and spasm instead. \n\nSo, there are two things you can do. Not stretch in the morning until after you've walking around and awake, and/or find some herbs and natural rememedies (like homeopathics) that are designed to help eliminate muscle cramps. My mom takes them every night and hasn't had one in the past year. Goodluck!
96788
yeah or have a muscle spasm
951006
My guess is that your hamstrings (the back of your thighs) and maybe your calf muscles are tight.  If these two muscles are not flexible, then yes, you will feel slight pain, discomfort and soreness when doing yoga.\n\nHowever, if it is a sharp pain that is immediately felt and will not go away, then there is a possibility of a muscle tear.  \n\nIf the pain subsides after a day or two, you are just experiencing soreness.  If this is the case, then yes, will frequent practice you will be able to lengthen these leg muscles and the pain should go away.  It is normal to experience a certain degree of pain when first attempting yoga poses, but in the long term if they do not go away you are either doing the poses wrong or you have injured yourself.  \n\nMake sure you take it easy on some days, to give your legs a chance to rest and recover.\n\nIn any case, always remember to respect your body's limitations and not too push too hard when doing yoga.  \n\nNamaste.
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I had the same problem for years and years, it's horrible and I was unable to point my toes or curl them , but I would awaken every one or two hours with cramps in my left calf. Prozac 20 milligrams has helped me to be able to do what I couldn't and I used Ambien (expensive though) to sleep. The Prozac might give you headaches when you're awake as well as nausea but for me it was worth it in order to stop the spasm/ cramps in my legs and be able to sleep a whole night through.
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SOunds like a bit of a circulation problem to me, perhaps a restless leg syndrome
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It is called restless leg syndrome.  It can not be treated with medication...ask your doctor.  Also, cut your caffeine intake, you may sleep better...it helped me some!
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you know how i did it??? i walked around th house on the balls of my feet like tippy toes, but like you are wearing the heel shoes, I walked around like that all the time, so when I wear shoes like that, I just walk like that...now my calf muscles are very sexy! I conditioned them well doing that and I didnt even realize it!
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I've had some limited out of body experiences. (Well, they certainly felt like it.)\n\nThey happened periodically when I was in college, and took night classes. I'd be up very late into the night studying, and I'd sleep in the morning. Something about the time between 6:00 am and 11:00 am lends itself to this phenomena. (It helps if you leave the blinds open, particularly if you sleep in a room with a window on the east side of the house, so the sunlight can enter.)\n\nI also found that they periodically happened when I would fall asleep with a radio or something on the other end of the room. Talk radio works very well. I would be drawn to the voices from my sleep, and that prompted a few out of body experiences.\n\nA third trick that sometimes works - sleep throughout the night, and then in the very early morning [4:30-5:00], get up for about a half-hour or so. You want to be active at this time, but not too active. Then, go back to bed. This seems to trigger the phenomena, for some reason.
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herb? not that im aware of. if its muscle stiffness, im sorry, if its joint stiffness you may be fine. try a magnesiun/calcium supplament, and E might help too. ive got major cartilage damage in both my knees so i know how u fel waking up stiff. also if you can get some slow release ibuprofin, that will keep any swellin own that may cause stiffness(that goes for muscle too)
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pull and stretch it every night before you sleep . like hard downward strokes for at least 50 times. but don;t hurt yourself. try it it is proven..
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My muscles become tense and then relaxed...........
135422
Could be growing pains. Sometimes when children are going through a growth spurt, their legs will ache. I think that this feeling usually occurs at night, however.
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Ask a psychologist then ask a doctor. It could be a form of sleep paralysis. But it would be sleep paralysis where the person isn't conscious. Are the person's legs and arms stiff in the morning, or sore? Do they just suddenly raise? Do  they know that they are doing it (besides someone telling them)?
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I have that sometimes too. it is usually when I dont do enough walking during the day. I just recently started hearing about RLS which is mentioned above.  here is a web site to check out that has info on it..\n\nhttp://www.rls.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?&pid=178&srcid=-2
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Could be restless leg syndrome. I would ask a doctor.
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not necessarily...it could just be fluid retention. Your legs could be building up fluid throughout the day and at night with you lying flat it disperses. Is your leg hot and red looking and tight...this could be a sign of something more sinister...DVT.....either way if you are concerned go to your GP and get it checked to put your mind at rest if nothing else.
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Try drinking milk before going to bed sometimes that helps me.  Also, it might be Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) you should mention it to your doctor.  There might be something s/he can do to help.