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Bill: Here is something you might want to try. Some friends and I go on a wilderness camping/canoeing trip (every year since 1968). My buddy and I sleep in a small 2-man mountain tent -- you can sit up only in the center. We get leg cramps every time we try to arise. We have tried this home remedy (don't laugh) and we imagine it works! Place your thumb in your mouth and put pressure on the back of your front teeth and the front roof of your mouth. Put pressure on this spot on you lip just below the nose -- pressing hard. Do not touch the cramped leg. Hold this until the cramp pain subsides. This will not lessen the immediate pain of the cramp, but will prevent the cramp site from being sore. It may be worth a try. I laughed too the first time my comrade convinced me to try it. Joe. Bill Mason wrote: > Oh yes! cramps. To reduce the severity of cramping I always have a heating > pad ready to lay my legs on, this usually soothes and reduces the severity. > If my wife is available she massages my legs and feet. I also dunk mybody in > a tub of hot water. I do stretch exercises if i can still move at all. and > of course take my meds on time. I guess everybody does these things. if > there is something more I'd like to know. > Bill