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Last night I woke up with this horrible shooting cramp down my right calf. I get those once in a while, but not super often; maybe three times (four counting this) in the last year? If that, but they're still super annoying, and it's weird, because it's always down the one calf, and nowhere else...

The only thing I can think of that I did differently yesterday was some rockclimbing, but even then, it was ~12 hours or so after I was done with that before the cramps started.

I did notice that, earlier, when I stepped down from a bus, the same foot hurt briefly on the instep, but I figured that that that was just from wearing the rock-climbing shows, and contorting my feet, and I honestly still don't know if there's any correlation.

And today, still, the same calf is still really sore, though it's not as painful anymore, and it has been all day; not enough for me to call it "in pain", but really weirdly sore.

Do these cramps feel familiar to anyone? I want to say that they're exercise induced cramps, but it was only in one leg/calf, and it wasn't until hours after I did any exercise, so I'm not sure if that's it.

Is there any way to avoid this ~~that doesn't involve eating bananas~~? Or are bananas the only way to avoid cramps? ~~Does banana bread count~~?

Sorry F!S, this has been bugging me all day, but I can't get into the student health clinic 'til tomorrow, so I figured I'd ask all y'all. :3

I've noticed my muscles cramp really easily for the past few years, just like if I twist wrong or reach for something in the wrong way. I'm fairly sure I'm not potassium-deficient or chronically dehydrated, so I would love an answer too :( Though I would say your residual soreness is just from the muscle cramping itself and should fade off.

Posted this as a reply to someone else, but my friend gave me some "Jason Cooling Minerals & Tea Tree muscle pain therapy" stuff when I woke up last night, and I think it helped?

Huh, I use some shampoo by them that I've been really pleased with. I'll definitely make a note, thanks!

You're welcome! I hope it works for you!

I hear getting electrolytes can help. Or sometimes the problem is a sudden electrolyte dump, and you're body can't handle it. So if you don't usually drink gatorade and you chugged a bunch, don't do that again, but if you've only had water, have maybe a glass of gatorade.

Otherwise, heel stretches?

I might try the gatorade thing, see if that helps; I tend not to drink it, but once in a while (hopefully) won't hurt!

And I'll definitely try the heel stretches before class next week. :)

I'm not sure what kind of cramps those are, and I hope you'll receive adequate treatment at the health center, but I know staying hydrated (i.e. electrolytes, water) is important to avoid cramps.

Also, I got excite when I read cramps because I was having cramps too...but of the TMI variety.

You know, I might be dehydrated, now that I think about it; it's been hard to remember to drink water, now that it's colder... I might have to try that, and see if it helps. |D

I'm sorry about your TMI cramps. :(

It sounds like a Charley Horse to me. But unfortunately, I don't know what to do to prevent them. I get them every once in a while myself and I wake up in debilitating pain from them. :/

I'll look into that; I don't know if I'd know the difference between a charley horse and a regular cramp, lol. |D

It's really frustrating, I wish I could avoid getting them. :I

If it helps, when I woke up last night, my friend gave me some of her "Jason Cooling Minerals & Tea Tree" muscle pain therapy stuff, and I feel like it helped.

DA

Charley Horses (in my experience) have a distinctive tugging sensation, especially those that occur in the middle of the night. I've noticed they can be triggered by improper stretching. I used to get them on an annual basis from when I was 20 to a few months after I turned 27. After that year's Charley Horse, my leg took several hours to recover, and I could barely walk to the bathroom. I ended up hobbling to the orthopedist and found out I had a calf strain. It had probably been the works for several years, so I would keep an eye on your cramps. If hydration and proper stretching don't alleviate them or they're accompanying by a tugging sensation, there might be something more complicated going on.

I honestly don't remember if it felt like it was "tugging" or not, I was too half-asleep still. ^_^;

I'll keep an eye out for that, though, thanks for the heads up!

Enh, I have a couple of times gotten muscle spasms in my trapezius. It's only happened a couple of times, but it was really shitty both times, because my muscle locked up in agony and was stuck like that for DAYS. I couldn't turn my head or anything.

Obviously, the trapezius is not a muscle that gets overworked often. My body was just being a dick, and the only slight help I got was hot showers. A masseuse might've been able to set me right, but I didn't know that at the time.

How in the.... Holy shit, I am so sorry. D: That sounds awful! I hope it hasn't happened again since? ;_;

It was survivable, just really fucking annoying. (And hurt like a MOTHER.)

It thankfully has not happened nearly so badly since, and not for a good year. I still have no idea what set it off; I'm just glad it hasn't happened much since.

I'm glad! That really sounds awful. D:

DA

I get trapezius and sternocleidomastoid pain and cramping a lot, so I feel your pain. D:

Mine's pretty chronic due to equally chronic neck/shoulder tension, and when it's bad it's enough to trigger the most godawful headaches along with the muscle spasms.

My doctor's told me to refer myself for physio, but I've yet to do so because of other issues (mostly the same anxiety/agoraphobia disorder that causes the tension in the first place). I've been trying heat rubs over the past few months though as a preventative measure, which actually seems to be helping. Might be something to try in the unfortunate event that this happens to you again?

Heat rubs, huh? Is that like, rubbing in something like Ben Gay, or a hot pack, or...?

(Because seriously, if it DOES happen again, I would LOVE to know a trick to fix it. It happens so extremely rarely, it's not worth getting physio for.)

Re: (Non-TMI) cramping

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Re: (Non-TMI) cramping

lb_lee - 2015-01-15 04:32 (UTC) - Expand

I invariably get cramps on my foot the day after eating colorful cereals, which sometimes did hurt. Maybe it's a reaction to something you ate?

Off the top of my head, bioflavonoids and vitamin-K are also great for the circulation, but I'm not sure how they influence cramping in particular.

I haven't had any colorful cereals recently, though not for lack of wishing! And I can't think of anything I ate that was out of the ordinary, except maybe pineapple... But I'll keep that in mind, and if this reoccurs I'll check and see if there's any similarities in food intake. :3

And I'll bring those up with the doctor tomorrow, thanks for the tip!

No prob!

My father was having terrible leg cramps. The trainer at his gym told him to drink Gatorade, which Dad credits with making the cramps go away. It's worth a try if you can stand drinking something that smells like cleaning fluid.

I'll try that. Admittedly, I don't particularly like gatorade, but maybe I can find something similar that I like? |D

NA

I am not a nutritionist or anything and everything I know about this comes from random Internet research and my own wild-ass theories. So basically, you shouldn't trust me. But, from everything that I've read, the key point of Gatorade is the concentration of sugar and sodium to water (for reasons having to do with how hydration works in the human body) - everything else is AFAIK mostly just flavor.

So if you're not a fan of Gatorade, you could give a try to just dissolving salt and sugar in water. The ratio should look something like half a teaspoon of salt to four or five teaspoons of sugar to 4 cups of water (you can find much more precise ratios if you poke around, but I don't think precision actually matters much - note that it's probably better to err on the side of being more diluted, not stronger).

Hope this helps!

Re: (Non-TMI) cramping

loracarol - 2015-01-15 23:38 (UTC) - Expand

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