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Does sleeping with a bar if soap at night b y your feet help with leg cramps?

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No: This is a myth. No proof or evidence it is helpful.

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I have always had issues with cramp in legs and jaw, even fingers at times. this stems from childhood to present day. Recently if I Take a bath, I cannot sleep once in bed due to severe cramp pain in legs and feet. though the bath was hours pre bed?

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I've had a leg cramps for a month now and the last two weeks it has made my foot be asleep it's hard to walk it hurts so bad that I have to sit for ye?

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I'm sick of not being able to sleep due to restless leg syndrome please help what can I do? The bar of soap and warm baths nor stretching helps.

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What do you suggest if I have been getting pain in my feet and hands also leg cramps at night and when i'm sometimes up?

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