Hi Lisa, further to my previous reply. You might find this strange, but the human body needs 3 things to function, like a petrol car engine. Air, Fuel, Electricity. The human brain & vital organs need these three components to live. Let's start with Air, oxygen is free, it's what we breathe. However, when our lungs become congested whether by COPD or some other cause (air pollution) our oxygen levels in our blood stream become depleted (sats). It causes distress to our bodies especially the brain, which controls our vital functions. Fuel, we are what we eat. Many foodstuffs today contain preservatives/additives/colorants etc, which can affect our bodies in one way or another. Fresh vegetables, fruit, meat etc, prepared from fresh is a good start. A healthy balanced diet does work. I found Greek Natural Yogurt with fresh fruit as a dessert works for me. It is an experimental thing which you must find what works for you or not. It does take a little time, but you body will tell you when you are on the right path. Electricity, that,s how the brain works. It receives & sends signals to our central nervous system. It needs certain elements to maintain this constant multi-billion of messages a second. This comes from what we consume. The nerve endings in our body depend on this. When for some reason, something is missing, then nerve endings tell us (your Charlie Horses). A blood test should reveal what your body is lacking/has too much of. Hope this helps along with many others in our team. Breathe easy all. Love Andy XX

1Whiteknight. my last couple blood test had too high potassium and low calcium. i thought low potassium was the problem but too much can be worse causing kidney problems. get tested before taking too much potassium

I get them a lot.In my legs and feet and hands.The muscles lock up and they are a little painful.Some just come and go away.Others I have to stand up to stop it.
Whether the medications cause them.I don't think so.I think it is more of non use.Your doctor can prescribe a muscle relaxant.That will help you.There are non drug medications.Cyclobenzaprine is one.Also you can try some oils.There are so many different ways to approach this and other aspects of this disease.Also there is an app called Blink health.It greatly reduces the cost of medications and sometimes no need to ise insurance.They also sell a product on Amazon called breathe.It has been shown to help people with COPD.
Hope this answer helped.Good luck and God bless.

My fix for cramping in front of my legs was stretching that muscle a few times before bed. I'm assuming it would work with other parts as well. If it's your calves stretch the calf by placing foot behind you and stretching leg forward. See a demo on YouTube.

Never heard of that saying before. However, it is caused by cramps to lower extremities. Sometimes to hands and fingers too. However, have found the lower the SATS in your bloodstream will cause some of this. Hope this helps XX