Stretching before sleep reduces the frequency and severity of nocturnal leg cramps in older adults

Magnesium is the eleventh most abundant element by mass in the human body. The adult body content is 25 g distributed in the skeleton and soft tissues. The chemical is essential in manipulating important biological polyphosphate such as ATP, DNA, and RNA and in functioning enzymes(a).
Stretching before sleep reduces the frequency and severity of nocturnal leg cramps in older adults
According to the study by the Hanze University of Applied Sciences, in the study of nighty adults aged over 55 years with nocturnal leg cramps who were not being treated with quinine, with the experimental group performed stretches of the calf and hamstring muscles nightly, immediately before going to sleep, for six weeks. The control group performed no specific stretching exercises. Both groups continued other usual activities, showed that nightly stretching before going to sleep reduces the frequency and severity of nocturnal leg cramps in older adults(8).
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(a) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium    
(8) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22341378