Posted By Sasha (buenos aires) on 02/08/2024

My friend describes it as follows:

''My right leg pain seems to be with the muscles and not the bones. Whenever am asleep and try stretching I get continuous muscle pools that are so painful''

Anyone who can help? Thanks.

Sasha

Replied by Sasha (Buenos Aires) on 02/09/2024

Hi Cindy, thanks for your reply I do not know if it is leg cramp. Somebody else did write in in the title.

My friend describes it as follows:

''My right leg pain seems to be with the muscles and not the bones. Whenever am asleep and try stretching I get continuous muscle pools that are so painful''

Btw. what is a muscle pool?

Anyway I will forward it to my friend to try it out. Thanks Cindy.

Replied by Cindy (Illinois, USA) on 02/09/2024

I believe he means "muscle pull" - as in a "pulled" - or otherwise affected - muscle. I get the same thing.

From my perspective, it's due to my own negligence, as in an electrolyte imbalance, almost certainly propagated by some level of dehydration - which can be corrected with a pinch of the natural sea salt followed by drinking water.

That said, learning of pressing on the GV26 acupuncture/acupressure point has been a God-send for me. Instant relief from the pain - but it's an experience I don't get when I'm hydrated and I use natural salt so...that's my perspective based on my own experience.

Replied by Sasha (Buenos Aires) on 02/10/2024

Hi Cindy, I just got a reply from my friend, she describes the pain as follows:

It's just behind the right knee...not hardening nor pulling...a sharp pain that I have to massage ...I have to straighten my leg to ease the pain.

Stretching awakens the pain on the muscles..
She has that already for 3 years. Any further advice very appreciated.
Thanks

Replied by Cindy (Illinois, USA) on 02/10/2024

Did she try the acupressure?

She's dehydrated and needs some celtic sea salt. It doesn't take much if one drinks water on an empty stomach. The body will snatch both the water and the electrolytes right up.

Does she suffer indigestion and/or headaches?

If hydrating and taking bits of salt didn't work, I would assume it was systemic and start daily castor oil packs. Or, if not packs, then I would rub a palm full of castor oil into the abdomen and chest a couple of times per day to see if I got a herx response. If I did, I would continue with the castor oil massage until ALL herx resolved, whether rashes or sluggishness or lack of appetite or whatever. Anything new symptom that arises with repeated castor oil massaging is going to be herx.

The best way I've found to hydrate is to set a timer to go off every waking hour and drink a half glass of water, with a tiny bit of sea salt, every time it goes off.

Did something happen to her 3 years ago? An illness or injury or perhaps a bug bite?

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