[reverett123]

Most of us have experienced curly toes at one time or another. And most have experienced freezing as well. I think that they are from similar sources- electrolyte imbalances. Consider "tetany" for example-

tetany

tetany (tet'unē) [key], condition of mineral imbalance in the body that results in severe muscle spasms. Tetany occurs when the concentration of calcium ions (Ca++) in extracellular fluids such as plasma falls below normal. The nervous system becomes increasingly excitable, and nerves discharge spontaneously, sending impulses to skeletal muscles and causing spasmodic contractions. Mild tetany is characterized by tingling in the fingers, toes, and lips; acute tetany, consisting of severe muscular contractions, tremors, and cramps, can result in death. Abnormally low extracellular calcium ion concentration can result from failure of the parathyroid glands to release parathyroid hormone, the substance responsible for the regulation of calcium concentration in the body; a deficiency in vitamin D, which facilitates calcium ion absorption from the gastrointestinal tract; or alkalosis, an excessively alkaline state of body fluids resulting from persistent vomiting, rapid breathing, or excess activity of the hormone aldosterone. Most forms of tetany can be treated with calcium, vitamin D, and a controlled diet. Muscle tetany is also caused by the pathogenic bacterium Clostridium tetani in the disease tetanus.

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[imark3000]

That is when you are writing in English that I can understand
As of late I started getting a kind of dystonia (contractions in my right leg with associated toes curving and weakness).
You give me the idea that it is caused by magnesium/calcium imbalance as I have been taking a huge doses of magnesium, avoiding diary food tho I take 3000mg of D3.
I would very much appreciate a comment on this.

[imark3000]

I hope I am not straying away from Rick's theme.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/46...esium-muscles/

[reverett123]

Imark-
Thank you fo the kind words. So little attention is paid to the matter of electrolyte balance that it is almost criminal. Pick up the simplest high school text book and you are told that this small handful of a half-dozen common minerals is absolutely essential to the proper functioning of your nerves and muscles. Well, duh! Add in the polyuria and the diuretic effects of many of the meds. Then tack on the questionable absorption of our nutrient intake. Then there are serious questions about our individual needs and so on. And if you do get a doc to test you, there are problems between serum levels and cellular levels not relating to one another. I could go on but it would just make me mad.

If you aren't getting an excess intake from your diet, how do you know that the RDA is enough? And if you are up to the loo a half-dozen times each night, how would you know that you weren't losing critical minerals down that golden stream?

About a year and a little more ago, there came a morning when I could not stand. Bummer! My lovely wife ignored my protests and forced me to take two tablets of cheap potassium gluconate. I felt a surge of power and stood up before the tabs had reached my stomach. My body had somehow sensed what was coming and released its last stores!

There is much to learn here. And anyone experiencing muscle cramps should be getting suspicious and insisting that their docs do so as well.

Originally Posted by imark3000

That is when you are writing in English that I can understand
As of late I started getting a kind of dystonia (contractions in my right leg with associated toes curving and weakness).
You give me the idea that it is caused by magnesium/calcium imbalance as I have been taking a huge doses of magnesium, avoiding diary food tho I take 3000mg of D3.
I would very much appreciate a comment on this.

[lurkingforacure]

Someone once told me that the fastest and most potent source of potassium was simple cream of tartar, found in the baking isle of every store I've ever been in. He said a doctor told him this because he was a prime candidate for heart attack, and that he should tell his family, so that if he ever had a heart attack, someone could put some in some water and drip it down his throat to head off the attack or, once started, shut it down.

Fortunately, he never had cause to try it, but I now keep a bottle of the stuff in my pantry. Who knows if this is true, though, but still, I like to hedge my bets