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real_squidsPhysically pulling your toes back (towards the heel) usually works for me
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Midnight WolfNow I’m in more pain, angry, and crying (in pain).
I challenge you to simply sit there and watch your toes curl. It actually stops hurting if you can just relax and let it happen.
When I used to swim we’d be told to just swim it off. Calf, foot, right above the knee were all things you could kinda dead leg and use the flip turn to unkink, but now and then you’d get a hamstring cramp and that’s when you just sink and stretch. There is no negotiating with a hamstring cramp.
lime!I too think it’s magnesium, but what I can actually confirm is that I haven’t had this since I started taking multivitamins. Y’all are vitamin deficient.
IheartcheeseYour face is vitamin deficient.
Moreso potassium.
interesting, i used to have a lot of cramps until i started taking specifically magnesium supplements a few years ago. then again, last year i switched out the salt i use for one with more potassium chloride in it so i can’t really do a comparison.
Magnesium is definitely a part of the conversation. It helps neurofunction and muscle signaling, along with cell metabolism. It helps quite a few processes in the body. I wish I remembered more of the processes specifically so I could be more accurate! Most electrolytes have some very important roles, including calcium far beyond building strong bones.
One of many reasons I take multivitamins! Difficult to be too low on most anything that way. … and it supplements my poor diet choices…
How about when abs cramp? Oh how I beg for mercy.
Horrible, first time I got one I wondered if it’s a heart attack, aneurysm or if I got hit by a bullet or something…
I contend tongue is worse
Chaaarliee
Me everytime my calf muscle does anything that is any way unexpected: Please Jesus no, please!
This fixes it instantly every time for me. Ignore everybody else. When you get that cramp start moving our foot in the opposite direction pointing your toes towards your knees and stretch out the back of your ankle. Instant cramp relief everytime.
If you have cramping often like this then maybe dedicate yourself to some hamstring stretches.
LevsgetsoThat’s fair. Everybody’s body is a bit different I suppose. I would totally be doing more stretches in your case though.
I find this happens to me if I panic and do the stretch too quickly. But if I do it at fast but measured pace it works every time.
My dad told be the trick at a time when I was getting night cramps often and it changed my life
Boof magnesium
MinnesotaGoddamno boof sodium
Standing up works every time for me. If I want to remain in bed i try to push the bottom of my foot into the bed as if I were standing on it. It often does the job .
yeah that’s what I do. The method described above you is what causes my cramps sometimes
Yeah I haven’t had good luck with that either.
SigntistAlternatively, start eating properly and solve the problem at its root.
This is how you fix a cramp scuba diving - grab the tips of your fins and pull up. Same effect. Works for me too.
rmukIt would be milligrams of megagrams per day.
DruidFrom the moment I understood the weakness of my carbon, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of magnesium. I aspired to the purity of the blessed Mg.
One day the crude biomass that they call a temple will cramp, and they will beg our kind to save them. But I am already saved.
Not for me unfortunately
yes, have done all the above
I’ve had it all checked and redo it all once a year. No deficiencies.
I think I’m just getting old and walk a lot without enough stretching. If I stretch every day I don’t have the problem .
Yeah foot inner arch begins to scream out of nowhere while relaxing, happens once or twice a year since always. Skips a year sometimes. Thanks for others’ advice that’s been posted.
I only cramp when underhydrated and most people are underhydrated (Drewnowski, 2013).
Make sure we’re all getting enough water before taking further action!
References
Drewnowski, A., Rehm, C.D. & Constant, F. Water and beverage consumption among adults in the United States: cross-sectional study using data from NHANES 2005–2010. BMC Public Health 13, 1068 (2013). doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-1068
Water and beverage consumption among adults in the United States: cross-sectional study using data from NHANES 2005–2010 - BMC Public Health
Background Few studies have examined plain water consumption among US adults. This study evaluated the consumption of plain water (tap and bottled) and total water among US adults by age group (20-50y, 51-70y, and ≥71y), gender, income-to-poverty ratio, and race/ethnicity. Methods Data from up to two non-consecutive 24-hour recalls from the 2005–2006, 2007–2008 and 2009–2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) was used to evaluate usual intake of water and water as a beverage among 15,702 US adults. The contribution of different beverage types (e.g., water as a beverage [tap or bottled], milk [including flavored], 100% fruit juice, soda/soft drinks [regular and diet], fruit drinks, sports/energy drinks, coffee, tea, and alcoholic beverages) to total water and energy intakes was examined. Total water intakes from plain water, beverages, and food were compared to the Adequate Intake (AI) values from the US Dietary Reference Intakes (DRI). Total water volume per 1,000 kcal was also examined. Results Water and other beverages contributed 75-84% of dietary water, with 17-25% provided by water in foods, depending on age. Plain water, from tap or bottled sources, contributed 30-37% of total dietary water. Overall, 56% of drinking water volume was from tap water while bottled water provided 44%. Older adults (≥71y) consumed much less bottled water than younger adults. Non-Hispanic whites consumed the most tap water, whereas Mexican-Americans consumed the most bottled water. Plain water consumption (bottled and tap) tended to be associated with higher incomes. On average, younger adults exceeded or came close to satisfying the DRIs for water. Older men and women failed to meet the Institute of Medicine (IOM) AI values, with a shortfall in daily water intakes of 1218 mL and 603 mL respectively. Eighty-three percent of women and 95% of men ≥71y failed to meet the IOM AI values for water. However, average water volume per 1,000 kcal was 1.2-1.4 L/1,000 kcal for most population sub-groups, higher than suggested levels of 1.0 L/1.000 kcal. Conclusions Water intakes below IOM-recommended levels may be a cause for concern, especially for older adults.
Hydration certainly helps but can also be magnesium deficiency, since it’s a muscle relaxant.
SkunkWorkzor a potassium deficiency.
Zinc, my dude. It’s also good for busting fattttttt nuts