The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) AirNow map shows air quality in the “moderate” to “unhealthy” range across several counties as of 3 a.m. ET – including Josephine and Curry counties in ...

Leg cramps are painful and debilitating. They can stop you in your tracks during a busy day or wake you from a restful sleep.

Living an active life comes with rewards, but the price tag often includes aching legs, swollen ankles, and persistent discomfort. Now, breakthrough solutions are changing how people manage these ...

Q: You’ve written about nighttime leg cramps in the past. Since I have some experience with that, I’ll share my favorite approach. I have tried pickles or pickle juice to ease leg cramps, but that’s ...

If you’ve ever been jolted awake by sudden pain in your calf or thigh, you know how uncomfortable leg cramps can be. These involuntary muscle contractions can strike anytime—during sleep, after ...

Nocturnal leg cramps (NLC) are common, painful, but usually not serious occurrences. They are the involuntary contractions of leg muscles that happen during sleep. It feels like a spasm and they ...

Ever been sound asleep, only to be startled awake by a stabbing pain in your calf or hamstring? These sudden, intense muscle spasms are better known as charley horses. And they happen to up to 60% of ...

Stretching or applying heat or ice can help relieve a muscular cramp. For more persistent cramps, such as menstrual cramps, over-the-counter (OTC) pain relief may help. Cramps are involuntary ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. To Readers • A recent discussion of nighttime leg cramps brought an avalanche of readers' remedies, as it always does. I can't ...

When sciatica strikes, it can feel like it comes out of nowhere. One day, life moves normally; the next, sharp, radiating pain shoots from the lower back do ...

When a blood clot develops in the leg, doctors refer to it as deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Deep veins carry blood back to the heart from the extremities. DVT may cause pain, warmth, and tenderness.