Leg cramps

**Miscue** · 10-09-2002, 07:15 PM

Yeah... water helps... something about reducing amount of sodium or something.

Stretch it out really good... stretch it some more... and sharply hit it with something over and over... or beat on it with your fist. Get's your body's natural pain killers/endorphins to kick in, massages/relaxes muscle.

I used to get muscle cramps ALL the time all over. I used to roll a bowling ball over my foot after I got tired of beating on it.

**oldsoldier** · 10-09-2002, 08:20 PM

Hey, try this. It will take a few days, but it helps. Every day, eat at least one banana. The potassium in it helps, or something. When I used to run alot, I ate one right after running, then one at night. Never got leg cramps. Good luck.

**FactsOfLife** · 10-09-2002, 08:26 PM

yep bananas are great for staving off cramps. My wife thinks I'm part chimpanzee, I eat so many bananas...

**MagMan5446** · 10-09-2002, 08:35 PM

Bananas are awesome. Eat them.

**shartley** · 10-10-2002, 02:25 AM

Cramps Thread:

Leg Cramps!?!?!?! - Automags.Org Online Forums

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48598

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**Collegeboy** · 10-10-2002, 05:59 AM

I don't know if you have heard this or not, but getting in a daily ritural of drinking pickle juice helps prevent cramps. Ask many pro and college football players and what not, alot of them will drink a jar of juice either everyday or a day before and the day of a game.

**Wc Keep** · 10-10-2002, 09:55 AM

and if your too disgusted to drink pickle juice you can drink gatorade. does the same thing, replaces lost electrolites, but tastes better. the hamstring muscle is a very delicate muscle when it comes to cramping too. i used to cramp up bad when we would do sprinting followed by punting. work them out in the off season and always drink plenty of fluids that arent diaretics.

**Mango** · 10-10-2002, 02:54 PM

Ok: I did a 5 page paper on muscle cramps for my Excercise Phys class in college, this website is by far the BEST report on muscle cramping I have found. READ THIS PAGE, don't be lazy, read it, you will be wiser if you do!!!

THE TRUTH BEHIND MUSCLE CRAMPS!

**TecnoRobo** · 10-10-2002, 05:50 PM

shartley i hope you werent indicating i needed to do a search

cuz if you did...
i'll cry...
im a wimp, so what

bananas eh? yuck :-P
cant stand the things

**Wc Keep** · 10-10-2002, 08:13 PM

did you show that site to thordic yet???

**shartley** · 10-10-2002, 08:18 PM

Originally posted by TecnoRobo
shartley i hope you werent indicating i needed to do a search

cuz if you did...
i'll cry...
im a wimp, so what

bananas eh? yuck :-P
cant stand the things

Actually no, I was not indicating that you should have used the Search Feature. I just remember most things posted on AO, and that thread was rather large and full of good information.

But, doing a search is never a BAD idea..

Bananas.... can't say as I like them much myself. Well, not raw. I LOVE them as banana bread and other foods containing them (such as fruit salad, etc.). Just never cared for them alone.

**Thordic** · 10-11-2002, 06:57 AM

Wc Keep, my cramps are incurable

Thats a cool article, though. My dad does Vitamin E Process R&D as the main part of his job

He's a chemical engineer. I get all free vitamins I want

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