Recently NPR featured a story about the increased likelihood of getting painful night time leg cramps as we get older. The chances of suffering from a charley horse rises past the age of 65 and many older people experience them frequently. The story is called Warding Off Muscle Cramps As We Age and you can read or listen to it online. It doesn’t prevent much new information but it does humanize the pain of leg muscle cramping that’s suffered by millions of people every night.

The story follows a …

Welcome to the Leg Cramp Site, a blog and online resource to help all of you who suffer from painful and sudden night time leg cramping, sometimes known as ‘charlie horses.’  We’re going to regularly present new ways to prevent leg cramps as well as ways to ease the pain of cramping and try to get you back on your feet and feeling better.

Leg cramps at night are a relatively common phenomenon for lots of people, and while they’re not necessarily deadly in the traditional sense, they do tend to take a toll on sufferers through lost sleep, increasing anxiety …