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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
“Toes to noes!” Stretching your foot upward helps prevent it.
This is the way.
Oh God, thank you so much for this
you basically just want to stretch whichever muscle is seizing up. if it’s your calf you want to pull on your toes.
That can trigger the muscle to contract even more, making the cramp worse. The thing to do is to contract the muscle group opposite of the muscle that is contracting, which forces the cramping muscle to relax. So for a calf cramp, try to raise your foot using the muscles on your shin.
You just gave the same advice.
No, I gave different advice. Contracting your shin muscles doesn’t relieve the calf cramp because it stretches the calf muscle. Contracting your shin muscles sends a signal to your calf muscles to relax. This is how your body prevents opposing muscle groups from contracting at the same time.
I usually just try and relax it before the cramp hits critical mass. Stretching is always a “it’s stuck” response
it happens to me so infrequently that i don’t usually catch on to what’s happening until it’s too late 😅.
basically ruins my whole week every time. makes me paranoid it’ll happen again any second. then it doesn’t. then i forget. then i relax. then it gets me…
…drink some water folks.
WE ARE CHARLIE HORSE!
It’s a liopleurodon! A magical liopleurodon!
BLUE UNICORN
Hey, Charlie. Hey Charlie, wake up!PINK UNICORN
Yeah Charlie. You silly sleepy-head, wake up.(Charlie wakes up and looks at the two)
CHARLIE THE UNICORN {Groans}
Oh God, you guys, this had better be pretty freaking important. Is the meadow on fire?BLUE UNICORN
No Charlie. We found a map, to Candy Mountain. Candy Mountain, Charlie.PINK UNICORN
Yeah, Charlie, we're going to Candy Mountain. Come with us, Charlie.BLUE UNICORN
Yeah Charlie, it'll be an adventure. We're going on an adventure, Charlie.CHARLIE THE UNICORN
Yeah, Candy Mountain, right. I'm just gonna, you know, (puts his head down and closes his eyes) go back to sleep now.(Blue unicorn flips onto Charlie’s back and starts bouncing on him)
BLUE UNICORN {Jumping onto Charlie’s back}
Noooo, Charlie. You have to come with us to Candy Mountain.PINK UNICORN
Yeah, Charlie, Candy Mountain. It's a land of sweets and joy...and joyness.CHARLIE THE UNICORN
Please stop bouncing on me.BLUE UNICORN {Still jumping up and down on Charlie}
Candy Mountain Charlie.PINK UNICORN
Yeah! Candy Mountain!CHARLIE THE UNICORN
Alright, fine! I'll come with you to Candy Mountain.
Charlie’s not been around for a long time… Since I tripled my magnesium bisglycinate dose (spread out through the day), along with other minerals.
You’re dehydrated
Is that what that means? I never knew and just grunted at the pain.
Ya, apparently “dehydrated” is some new word for “thirsty”.
And now “thirsty” means something totally different.
yes
Stand up as fast as possible and put your weight on that leg.
Now I’m in more pain, angry, and crying (in pain).
Physically pulling your toes back (up and towards the heel) usually works for me
Yeah usually stretching my calf as I feel it happening works. Otherwise I feel it all day.
I feel seen.
That’s not just me?!? I have to IMMEDIATELY jump out of bed and stand up and rub my calf or the pain is going to intense.
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.
The best way to take care of an unwanted Charlie is to shoot it in the neck.
I used to suffer from them regularly as a kid. Just drink water. Thats it, nothing magica… maybe it’s the magnesium as another poster said. But honestly I have never had one since I changed my life and joined the hydro homies.
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.
