Are your calf muscles cramping and causing pain at night?


Leg cramps can happen to anyone but the risk is higher when you get older. — Filepic

“MY calves are constantly cramping at night. Is there any exercise that can stop this?” a reader asked last week.

Muscle cramps or spasms (or sometimes called Charley horse) can occur at any muscle in the body, but often happens in the leg,

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