We've all been there before. Running along the basketball court or swimming across the pool, when, all of a sudden, we experience a sharp pain in our foot or leg. Muscle cramps are common, affect ...

That sudden, excruciating tightening in your calf or foot might be more than just an annoying interruption to your day or sleep. While occasional muscle cramps affect nearly everyone at some point, ...

Foot pain is problematic for millions of people every day, from dull, throbbing aches to sharp, stinging sensations. For some people, foot pain only occurs at night or when they’re asleep. This can ...

Some people are woken from deep sleep by cramps in the feet or hands or by tingling pain in the fingers and toes. Sometime last week, one gentleman told me he had had soreness in the palm of one hand ...

Most people have likely had the unpleasant experience of a muscle cramp, also known as a charley horse or muscle spasm. And while most cramps will quickly go away on their own, there are a few helpful ...

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a type of inflammatory arthritis that mainly affects your spine. But in about a third of cases, it also causes problems in other body parts, including your feet. AS can ...

Bananas are popular for relieving muscle cramps, but it’s unclear how much they help. Muscle cramps are involuntary muscle contractions or spasms that are common after exercise and can be ...

WHEN one of my friends wanted to sign a cheque recently, and the two fingers to hold the pen couldn’t do the job, and a doctor suggested he may have had a partial stroke, he had to embark on serious ...