If this happens, push the ball of your feet up. The ball of you feet is the front of your foot connected to the toes, helped me many times.
I hate these. Pointing my toes as far up/back as possible (stretching the calf) usually causes them to stop for me.
Same here. If I’m still too groggy to act fast enough, I instantly regret it.
I eat a balanced diet with plenty of fruit and veg, don’t smoke, drink moderately (1 drink 3 days a week) work out regularly and still get these. The worst is in yoga, when my feet cramp and I can’t do something. Calves in bed close second.
I thought it was from drinking or fasting but there seems no correlation. Age, maybe.
Could be magnesium deficiency.
I did try taking magnesium- a few times over the years, but it gives me migraines. Like if I take it I wake up the next morning with a migraine. Which is considerably more painful than a leg cramp. Could look for foods with more of it, though, I guess. Good idea anyway, that is plausible.
Apparently the link between magnesium deficiency and cramps is shaky.
magnesium supplementation compared to placebo for treating idiopathic rest cramps […] Did not significantly reduce cramp frequency measured in terms
The comments under this post are proof that Lemmings have shit diets without proper electrolytes.
fr fr I feel like maybe the occasional banana might prevent this…?
Monkey never cramp.
Ate shit on an ebike a lil under 30.
The Charlie’s horse the night after was fucking BRUTAL!
Wear a helmet lol.
Glad I’m not the only one. This is always a moment of pure terror
When I used to get these, the thing that made them stop immediately was standing up. It seems like the last thing you want to do, but standing up and putting all weight on both legs as soon as I felt one coming always did the trick.
I don’t get those. Is it like a genetic thing or has bro not eaten a banana and also something with some magnesium in it for over 3 months?
Near death experience
Sackboy ! :D
I miss LBP
Me too :(
Or when you twist or stretch too suddenly and feel a little something go snap in your lower back, that’s when you know yer gonna be using Advil for at least a couple of days.
I’ve had ones so severe I thought my tendons were going to snap, waking me up in the middle of the night and I’m screaming and doing sympathy whines pleading for mercy. I have genuine fear of the bed time calf and/or foot cramp.
I’ve had a couple like that. My wife went and got some salt and told and told me to eat a pinch of it. It works I swear I could feel it start to relax in less than minute.
Bend your toes toward your face. Hop put of bed and plant your toes on the ground if you have to, then lean forward, push hard. That stretch will instantly unwind the muscle.
Your brain is going to tell you that’s the last thing it wants to do. Ignore it. Stretch.
There, your life is changed.
Since I stopped alcohol and smoking I haven’t had a single cramp. It’s only weed nowadays
I used to have all sorts of pains, vertigos and morning numbness when I was heavily drinking twice a week and smoking. It’s such a poison
Drink more water, that’s my solution
I feel like drinking any more water mill make me become a solution
But on a serious note if you are drinking lots of water but it’s coming out as clear piss and you still feel dehydrated you need more
waterelectrolytesAlso space your drinking out, chugging too much in a small amount of time can kill you from water toxicity or the brain swelling
Edit: corrected dangerous advice to proper advice
Or just drink a bunch of vodka. That will help you piss.
Also maybe talk to your doctor. Chugging a lot of water constantly and still being thirsty is a potentially a sign of diabetes.
It’s got what cramps crave
Countering those movements helps me
