Re: Tightness in lower legs, especially early morning when I get up

[Guest guest]

Hi Bernie,

Instead of trying to directly treat MS-related symptoms, I think your wisest

course of action would be to employ a comprehensive approach that includes a

diet low in saturated fat (like the Best Bet Diet), exercise, detoxification, a

low stress lifestyle, food supplements, glyconutrients, Low Dose Naltrexone

(LDN), and a host of other things that some MSers have found very helpful.

For more information, visit

http://tinyurl.com/advice-to-msers

All the best,

Dudley Delany

http://profiles.yahoo.com/dudley_delany

[Guest guest]

Just a thought cause worked well for me, horse chestnut vitamins and MSM

vitamins, I got them at vitamin world, it took about 3 weeks to kick in but I

wouldn't go without now.

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Tightness in lower legs, especially early morning when I get

up

I've been having tightness feeling in the lower legs, esp. calves during the

night and early morning.

Is this related to a metabolic issue? or abnormal? Its been more lately than

before.

It seems to get somewhat better as the day progresses, but happens again every

morning.

I also have some stiffness in the ankles and feet.

Bernie

[Guest guest]

Hi Bernie,

I get exactly the same. I also get cramp in my legs when I first get up.

The BBD hasn't helped that at all, although in all other respects it is good.

(The only thing on Dudley's list that I haven't tried is LDN.)

In the summer I take spirulina which stops me getting leg cramps when swimming

and it does seem to help the night-time tightness a bit.

Magnesium, calcium and turmeric help a bit too.

Getting up and putting my weight on my legs, and Tiger Balm also sometimes help.

I have noticed it is worse when the weather is cold or damp which is probably

why you have been getting it more lately.

Janet

To: mscured

From: berniew1@...

Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:07:44 -0500

Subject: Tightness in lower legs, especially early morning when I get

up

I've been having tightness feeling in the lower legs, esp. calves during the

night and early morning.

Is this related to a metabolic issue? or abnormal? Its been more lately than

before.

It seems to get somewhat better as the day progresses, but happens again every

morning.

I also have some stiffness in the ankles and feet.

Bernie

[Guest guest]

I think it's a metabolic issue. Since you are anabolic, parasympathetic

dominant, get some help with the types of food that will stimulate your

sympathetic autonomic nervous system. Find out what your oxidation rate is,

mine's slow.

I'm catabolic and that means that I have more energy during the day. You are

more energetic at night. Parasympathetics should not take magnesium

supplements, they make you too alkaline. It might also help you to eat before

going to bed so that you get the nutrients that you need during the night.

I ordered the Kelley metabolic test to find out more about the correct

diet for me. I also have Wolcott's book. Wolcott was a student of

Kelley's.

Kelley put his own cancer into remission and the same diet did not help his

wife. He did research and discovered that not all people have the same

metabolic type and there are subclasses that further individualize nutritional

needs. Much of his research was based on discoveries by Dr. Beard who

developed this theory at the turn of the 20th century.

Dr. Kelley also discovered that his legs ached for a long time after his cancer

tumor was gone. He attributes this to minerals leaching from tissues that are

necessary in other areas.

I ordered the book from this site for a fraction of what it sells for new. There

is a wealth of information on this site. Dr. , who is

mentioned here, is who I contacted for assistance based on a

nutritionist/friend's advice.

http://www.drkelley.info/articles/archive.php?artid=320

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> I've been having tightness feeling in the lower legs, esp. calves during the

night and early morning.