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Here's a video that has a few ideas which may or may not be applicable to your friend's issue:

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I have Loona Lovegood here, dealing with leg cramps. They usually come on in her sleep or at bedtime, which I attribute to her muscles growing as she reaches maturity. Once she had had one, more usually follow during the night, making going to sleep very difficult. Especially during basketball and track seasons! I have recommended a routine of ankle braces, stretching before and after practices, as well as daily pickles in her diet, and comfrey oil topically. When a cramp is experienced, she says she is strictly obedient to these prescriptions. In the off-season, she may totally forget all of them... until they are needed again.
To get the full story, check out this 4 minute video we made of her: https://youtu.be/zYOUIFwe7oY

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Note: The internet tells me that shin splints are pain that occurs in the absence of cramping muscles.

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Herb gets muscle cramps, bad. The cramps will be gone for a while and then they come back and last for a couple of days. He had a bad cramp one night in the back of his calf so he tried pulling the cramp out by pulling his toes up. He dislocated his ankle!

He asked what I would recommend to help ease them and their frequency.

Bananas for potassium
Haymaker's punch for electrolytes (I got the recipe from permies)
Pickle juice for sodium and potassium
Cramp bark tincture for muscle spams
Hops tincture as a nervine
I also recommended drinking more on days where he is more active (there seems to be a pattern)

What he did:
He really likes combining hops and cramp bark, says it works better than cramp bark alone.
Ate bananas
Drank the haymaker's punch
Ate some pickles

The tinctures provided immediate relief. The food and hydration helped him only have muscle cramps for 2 days instead of 4 or 5.

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