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Leg, foot night cramps are pretty common in adults

By Jill U. Adams, Special to The Washington Post
Published: September 4, 2017, 6:02am

Have you ever been awakened in the middle of the night because your calf is in a painful cramp? When it happens to me, I have to swing my leg to the floor to stretch the cramp out. After one cramp, I’m usually doomed to several more the same night, in the same muscle or down in my foot.

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