 Hi, I'm Dr. Mokshi Kaul. I'm a senior orthopedic physiotherapist with Manipal Group of Hospitals based out of Kharadipune. Today I'm going to talk to you on a topic that I get asked upon all the time and that is, why does one get muscle cramps at night? So friends, the answer to this question is, there are many reasons why one get muscle cramps at night. Number one comes your muscle fatigability. So there are certain muscles in our body which are very tight and they get fatigued easily. So this is first reason why you land up having cramps at night. Number two is dehydration. So because of dehydration, you don't get the essential minerals in your body like calcium, potassium, magnesium and sometimes the vitamin A deficiency can still result in some sort of spasm and therefore you land up having again muscle cramps in the night. It's also seen a lot of pregnant women, they have muscle cramps which is quite often. So how does one prevent it? So first you can have a proper balanced diet include all the essential nutrients in your diet which will help in overcoming your muscle cramps. Number two comes hydration. Take lots and lots of water. Even if you do it, what is you can do it at night is you can just stretch that muscle. One very common area where a lot of patients have complained they have the muscle cramps is your calf muscle. So just do some ankle plantar flexion, dorsiflexion, try to stretch that muscle and the cramps will go away. So nothing to worry about it if you get muscle cramps at night, this is the answer to it.