One of the most controversial home remedy for stopping leg cramps and restless legs at night involves placing a bar of soap under your bed sheets when you go to sleep. Even though there has yet to be any sort of scientific evidence in support of this cure, many people who once had leg cramps on a nightly basis now swear that they’ve had barely a muscle spasm since trying it.

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For many of us who suffer from leg cramps and charley horses at night we’ve actually learned to recognize some of the feelings of an impending leg cramp. For some they feel an uncomfortable tingling sensation in their legs, while for others there’s an add tension that in their calf and leg muscles that wasn’t there before. Some people can feel the tension building in their legs throughout the day or evening and are almost certain that when they go to sleep they may suddenly be woken up with a piercing pain….

Sudden night time leg cramps and calf muscle spasms can jolt you out of bed with tremendous pain, so you’ll want to know how to stop the cramp quickly. Though night time leg cramps can have different causes for different people, most of the ways of stopping them are similar. To relax your leg and stop the muscle from cramping you’re generally going to want to unclench the muscle and then give your body any nutrients or other things it may be lacking….