One man’s honest guide through the medical market for muscle cramps in America and neighboring countries. The following article documents the countless home remedies, procedures and products that are currently available to anyone who is having problems with foot cramps, muscle spasms, leg cramps during pregnancy or virtually any other type of muscle cramp.
If you take a look at the products that are available for any commonly occurring ailment such as muscle cramps or acid reflux, you will soon realize that quite a few companies decide to take advantage of your exasperation for a cure by flooding the online stores and marketplaces with products that really do nothing.
Magic Remedies or Simple Sales Tricks?
It has been noted that a lack of specific vitamins and minerals contribute to the chance that you will get a muscle cramp, but there is still no concrete evidence of this being at all true. I have personally been forced to carefully read through the ingredients of the latest ‘miracle formula’ to discover that it contained nothing more than a few vitamins that I was already getting plenty of.
Once you have tried a few of the strange vitamin pills and supplements that claim to help with your muscle cramps, you will likely begin to take the same approach that most people I have spoken with took initially: pain pills. Aspirin pills and other pain medications will do some good in the event of a sprained or injured muscle, but the pain that occurs during and after a muscle cramp is different in a number of ways.
Pain Pills for Muscle Cramps: Not the Best Choice
When I say not the best choice, what I really mean is that it was a horrible choice that I personally made and learned the hard way. First of all, the initial pain of a cramp will only last a minute or two in most cases, while any sort of prescription or over-the-counter pain medication will take no less than 20 minutes to make its way to your bloodstream and have any effect. Trying to take the pain medication before a cramp occurs is pretty much impossible, and the drowsiness involved with just about every pain medication can have horrible drawbacks in all lifestyles. On top of all that, I even found that the cramps seemed to occur more frequently and severely if I took the pain medications for any extended amount of time.
I came up empty attempt after attempt, and the severity and frequency of the foot cramps I had struggled with for the better half of my life only got worse. It was getting to the point that my muscles would still be sore from the last cramp by the time the next one hit, and I was paying good money for massages on a regular basis just so that I could get to work in the mornings.
It was during this time that I first heard about an old Amish remedy for muscle cramps of all sorts through a friend of my wife. She had used this natural remedy for leg cramps during her pregnancy and absolutely swore by it. Apparently this remedy has been known for over 100 years by the Amish people, but only recently became available as a product for the general public.
This Stops Leg Cramps product by Caleb Treeze Organic Farm, although a bit of a mouthful, seemed much more reputable than the other bogus remedies I had resorted to trying, so I figured no harm could be done in giving it a shot. The aspect of the product that really sold me was the fact that they claimed their Amish remedy could actually prevent muscle cramps entirely for a good 24 hours. Not just relieve you from some of the pain – completely prevent them from happening altogether.
I had already been sold the dream, but I quickly became a firm believer when I got my first bottle and used it that same night before going to sleep. The night went smoothly and I had no problems, and it has pretty much been that way ever since. The makers of this product already know that it works, so they offer a money-back guarantee with every single bottle sold, but you can read about all that and more on their Stops Leg Cramps website.
