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Leg Cramps and bath soap

Put a small bar of bath soap under your bottom sheet near the foot of the bed.

Have had no leg cramps for a year.

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The Soap WORKS. Comments By: Peggie I received the tip about "the soap in the bed" from my massage therapist. He usually thinks massage is the cure for everything but another one of his clients told him about the mysterious soap cure, I tried it and it WORKED. . . so far.   I did it! Comments By: anon Why it works is a mystery to me, but it actually does work. I used to have frequent, severe leg cramps at night; but after putting the soap under the sheet, I haven't had the problem--unless the soap slips out. It doesn't seem to matter which brand you use.   I couldn't believe it Comments By: Rockin Reenie I'm 54 and have recently for $ reasons have had to waitress. After a hard weekend I had severe cramping in both legs from foot to hip and 2 people told me about the soap so I put a bar in my sock because my legs kept trying to cramp again the next day and believe it or not they have not hurt since. Go figure. If anyone can tell me why this works please post comment. Is it the lye?   It work for me too! Comments By: minou8797 I have had RLS for 4 years now, I have been on Quenin and now on Requip 1.5 mg a day and it is not working..It is getting so bad that it goes up above my knees..and my heel was absolutely killing me, that I had a hard time walking.... I've heard somewhere to use soap,so last week I decided to give it a try and to my surprise it work..I still have some discomfort but the pain is almost all gone.....   Effective Life of Ivory Soap for Foot Cramps (?) Comments By: Burt Jones I finally got around to trying the soap under the sheet remedy for nighttime Foot cramps. It worked the first night! But after about six nights the foot cramps returned. I have concluded that the soap has a "sheet life". I will try new soap.   I tried Dove soap Comments By: patricia north Me- an LPN, tried bar soap under the sheets for unbearable nightly foot cramps. After years of pain, I got immediate relief. Mind over matter? I don't think so as I didn't believe it would work.   Soap Cramps Comments By: Don Comparing the ingredients in Bar Soap and Gator Aid used for cramps etc. you will find there are several types of Sodium in both. Including Sodium Chloride (SALT) the Electrolytes in the Sodium carried by the fragrance perhaps enters the skin (your largest organ) through the bottom of your feet (the main reflexology center for the whole body) Thus the increase of Electrolytes replace those lost by diuretics or perspiring etc. So there you have at least one theory. Science not superstition, perhaps! Ha Ha. Don PS My girlfriend had terrible leg and foot cramps due to a diuretic in her blood pressure medicine. Was much improved when she remembered to buy and consume Gator Aid. NO MORE CRAMPS at all since the bar of soap in her bed!! Nursing homes are also doing this with great success. Replace the electrolytes and thus no cramps. Don   Soap in the bed discussion Comments By: Frank Willow It's never worked for me, but stretching has. In any case, I read more here http://www.nolegcramps.com/2008/06/11/soap-in-my-bed/ I can't believe how pervasive this conversation is!