They occur in many adults and are reported more often by women, and especially pregnant women. Since the 1940s, doctors have been prescribing quinine for leg cramps ... If the cause of your ...

Muscle cramps most commonly affect the back of the lower leg (calf), the back of the thigh (hamstrings), and the front of the thigh (quadriceps). Causes include muscle overuse during physical ...

Congestive heart failure (CHF), often called heart failure, occurs when the heart is too weak to pump enough blood to the rest of the body. Damage to the heart muscle from a heart condition ...

Leg cramps at night can be so painful that they can cause sleep disruptions ... says Dr Shah. Pregnant women are also ...

A medical health professional has said that you need to menion leg pain to your GP as it could be because of an underlying ...

For a fifth of this group, the painful cramps – which occur when tendons in the leg suddenly tighten, leading the leg to spasm – can cause enough ... post-menopausal women by increasing ...