 Poster: A snowHead
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Woke up this morning and stretched before getting up - bad cramp in my right calf muscle, which is now quite sore. Made for a slower cycle into work (51mins fro ~15miles) and I've still got to cycle home.
Question is, any reason fro the cramp and any way to stop it happening in the future? In the past month I've done a couple of long (1hr) rollerski races in hot conditions and I've been cycling and rollerskiing a fair bit in between races, but apart from the races I've not done a lot diferent to normal.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Slight dehydration and electrolyte loss? Chew a calcium antacid.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I think its a build up of lactic acid in the muscles isn't it? I find if I wake I sometimes I can tell if my calf is about to cramp and can sometimes stop it from happening by 'thinking' the muscle to relax and flexing the toes towards my tummy.
More water as comprex, says is probably a good idea - I haven't heard of chewing a calcium antacid before, but it makes sense if it is an acid build up.
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| Megamum wrote: |
| I haven't heard of chewing a calcium antacid before, but it makes sense if it is an acid build up. |
Not meant for acid build up so much as for replacement of electrolytes other than those in table salt.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Isn't gin and tonic meant to be good for cramp 
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eng_ch, try stretching the calf muscles regularly during the day. Just a thought.
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laundryman, oh I do, I do, but thanks for the thought. CEM sent me some good calf stretching exercises last season
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The real killer though, is the cramp I get at the base of a toe with no warning: absolute flossing agony, that is - and when it happens it can last up to half an hour 
