My friend is pregnant and lately she has been suffering from really bad leg cramps. What causes this to happen during pregnancy and what can be done to help alleviate the pain?

In a recent survey conducted by NoLegCramps.com, 74% of research participants said leg cramps are “preventable.”

But different groups feel differently about leg cram prevention. Those that say they frequently have leg cramps were twice as unlikely to agree with that assertion (no surprise there). Female leg cramp sufferers are more than 2x as likely as their male counterparts to say leg cramps cannot be prevented. One reason for that seems to be the prevalence of leg cramps and charley horses during pregnancy. We’re going to be doing a study on that, so stay tuned.

What do you think? Have you been able to prevent your own leg cramps? Go to our Share Section and give us your best ideas for leg cramp prevention.