bamamama

My mother in law does that so after a visit I decided to try it too and it does work.

Jan in VA

By any stretch of my imagination, this one makes NO sense to me! Except as a hypnotherapist, I can see it being what we call 'waking hypnosis', or power of suggestion.

Can hardly wait to read any further comments on the reasons this seems to work! :?

Jan in VA

Deb watkins

Soap did not work for me - but the Magnesium tablet 20 min before bed does!

Sue Fish

works great..used it for yrs now for dh's leg cramps

Rose_P

I know one way to test that, though of course the absence of symptoms doesn't prove what made them go away. My husband gets cramps, and if I put the soap near the foot of the bed without mentioning this to him (and if he does not notice the lump and ask questions) it would remove the "hypnosis" possibility. I'll get back in a few months with a report. I think what I'll do is cut the soap thin and put it in a cheesecloth bag under the sheet. I don't think there's much risk he'd change the sheets if I don't ask for his help.

This is one of those ideas that is so flaky that it's hard to imagine anyone would have ever come up with it without some reasonable theory, but stranger things have happened.

Rose_P

Snopes has not been able to debunk it, and I believe they probably tried pretty hard.
http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/legcramp.asp

Doreen

Well, I will try the soap. I get leg cramps all the time and boy do they hurt! I'll let you know if it works for me!

craftybear

my husband is a double transplant recipient (kidney and pancreas from 9/18/1990) and the Dr. told him to eat a banana every morning for breakfast and he does and no more leg cramps

ThreadHead

Does not make sense to me

First thing I would say is Get A New Pair Of Shoes!

eastermarie

I know the banana is loaded with potassium. When the body is low on potassium, it can cause leg cramps.