Muscle Spasms

[Ghetto]

I get cramps every so often. I play on a tournament softball team, ride dirt bikes and play paint ball. Usually the cramps come after a long day of softball( I usually get the cramps after I have gone to sleep in the late night-ealry morning following the tournament), The summers here in south alabama are nuts so playing in 100 deg heat is killer. Lots of fluids including water and gatorade seem to lessen the frequency. I also take a multivitamin that seems to help. Also I have found that stretching helps alot. After a nasty hamstring pull a few seasons ago I stretch before every softball game even jog the length of the field a few times.

[Battlewear]

Usually 15 minutes is all a cramp will last in most cases...

Yea the base of it is over in 15, but normally I can feel it for the rest of the day and it is kind of like an earth quake, I get aftershocks for days afterwards..

The other thing I think of is that of all the cramps I have had, they are ALL in the right calf.. Very odd if you ask me..

But what do I really know..

[kosmo]

I get cramps all the time. Bananas do help, but thats more preventative. I get a lot of them in the arch of my feet, my hamstrings, and my calves. Stretching better is a big part of it. If it becomes a serious problem, I reccomend yoga. Trust me, it helps. Plus, chicks just dig what a flexible guy can do.. uh... around the house... fixing things... that are broken and need fixing... like lights.

Edit: Just read mangos quality post. Good stuff. Almost all my cramps happen while I sleep, though Id never though of myself as an athlete who trains heavily...

P.S. Another issue added to my ticket. Cramps will be prohibited upon my reaching office. Offenders will be punished with mandatory massages from hot swedish women, and repeat offenders will be sentenced to time at a maximum security swedish chick filled spa.

KoSMo For President