Have you ever woken up with a painful leg cramp? Did you have to scootch down to the bottom of the bed to use the foot board, or wake up your spouse to help flex your foot to relieve the pain? Nocturnal leg cramps are characterized by episodes of painful, sudden, intense, involuntary contractions of muscles in the legs, feet and other extremities in the middle of the night. If this describes you, you are not alone. To get straight to the point of the matter, there are a few