Bad case of the cramps

[mudcow007]

Doctor/ nurse folk of BCF lend me your ears...

Every time I do any sort of strenuous exercise i get a bad case of the cramps, normally worst in my hamstring, occasionally in my quad.

My mrs laughs her tits off as my leg locks up an i'm making noises like ive just been bummed by a killer whale

Anyone else get them?

Someone has recommended salt tablets? thought salt was bad?

[stinkwheel]

Too much salt is bad.

Too little salt. Also bad.

Different people need different amounts of salt when they exercise. There is a huge variation.

Are you doing a good warm-up before this strenuous exercise. And a good warm down after?
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[mudcow007]

Stretching is something I have never done admittingly

Is this because i'm getting old??

[BTTD]

Eat bananas. Good source of potassium, should help.

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[andyscooter]

I suffer every so often

Gets that bad I then limp for a few days as stays like it

This is normally when Ihave walked lots
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[mudcow007]

my last serious bout of t'cramps was on the drive back from walking up Snowdon a few weeks ago.

Then last night after coming back from the gym, sat in mine for about an hour then the tell tale shake of my leg before impending doom of leg spasm, an again this morning sat at my desk

[weasley]

Do you drink plenty? Do you eat a balanced diet? It could be an electrolyte imbalance.

Or teh bad AIDS.
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[stinkwheel]

[Rogerborg]

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[chrisdubya]

[Pjay]

Water!
Cramping is to do with your muscles dehydrating. Salt plays a big part in this, as does water. Keep well hydrated and you should find that your cramps are happening less.

[mudcow007]

cheers all

Will try guzzling water.

I thought I had been drinking enough as i piss like a race horse an its always clear.

[MarkJ]

I always get cramp if I've not drunk much before exercise so good call If I've had a busy day at the office and drunk a load of tea I'm especially susceptible to cramps as I've pissed a load of fluids out during the day.

Electrolyte drinks are supposed to help too but I've never personally tried. Dioralyte is pretty good apparently.

[.Bishbash.]

Another vote for water, my first thought was dehydration. Your body shows you how dehydrated you are by the colour of your pee. lighter the better.
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[JonB]

Everyone always defaults to the diet approach, but in a lot of cases cramp is quite often caused by lack of fitness and/or fatigue.
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[Derivative]

I agree with potential 'lack of fitness'. It might even just be lack of use of specific muscle groups.

I'm neither especially fit not unfit, but whenever I try a different activity I end up as Granddad Derivative the next day, stiff arms, legs, ankles, whatever. It subsides over a week or so as I get used to it.

If I go cycling and then go for a run, the different muscles used are all like "WTF bro".

I'm currently nursing a fucked ankle from skateboarding. I'm probably going to go out this evening anyway and make a twat of myself because it's like well fun innit.

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[Fin]

It's salt / lack of electrolytes, try a bag of ready salted crisps and/or sports drink.

Drinking more water will make it worse, you lose salt through sweat and through pissing (which you do a lot).

I got my first ever bad cramp in my leg last night, leg still hurts a little now.

[techathy]

A few years back I had a problem with cramping of my left arm every time I went past my aerobic threshold for than 10 seconds or so when cycling (WTF?!). Turns out I’d managed to get pocket of lactic acid/toxins trapped in my arm. A deep muscle massage of the left arm cured the problem (& made me throw up about 15 min after the massage was over).