Lift toes and feet, kick heels out as hard as you can. Hold.
Doesn’t always stop it, but can help considerably if you start before it fully fires off.
I read this tip years ago in a similar social media comment on a similar meme.
It really works, this trick basically changed my life. Highly recommend.
With all muscle cramps. Do what feels counterintuitive.
The muscle contracts/tightens. Stretching it hurts more, but it is what must be done.
For when someone reading this has a hamstring cramp… You might wanna figure out that stretch ahead of time. It’s a bit heftier than the calf muscle and puts up a better fight.
Up your magnesium game.
Or salt.
Or potassium.
Or water.
Magnesium specifically is utilized for muscle relaxation. Potassium is used for muscle contraction.
Yes, but cramps can also be caused by a lack of electrolytes and dehydration.
Or polonium.
It’s been months since I had a leg cramp, but recently-ish i did have a tongue (between the chin and the neck) cramp which was pretty weird.
Those don’t even really hurt, there more of just annoying for a while.
When you are having a really big yawn and feel the bottom of your mouth tense up. Those are the absolute worst cramps. Especially when you’re with someone else who thinks you’re choking or having a seizure or something. And you can’t tell them it’s fine and it’s just a cramp, since you can’t open your mouth.
The fucking worst! I find throwing my head back like I’m trying to break my own neck usually fixes the issue
I get these weekly while doing nothing. It’s a side effect of neck radiation cancer treatment. First time was painful as hell. Now I have learned to just sit in it and chill and it passes quicker that way
UUUUUAAAAAAAAARRGGHHHHH
You need more electrolytes.
Eat more bananas
Do you have any idea how expensive that is?
It’s one banana, Micheal, how much could it cost? $10?
Fairly cheap, thanks to banana-cia.
Just be careful if you have kidney issues. Electrolytes can be VERY dangerous if their levels build up
But it’s what plants crave.
So you’re saying if I ingest enough electrolytes I won’t need to eat veggies because they will invade my intestines of their own volition to get to the electrolyte treasures hidden within?
Yea it’s called gut flora. You understand correctly.
Magnesium and stretching helped me
Calcium in the morning and Magnesium after dinner for me.
Make sure it’s magnesium biglycinate in the evening.
Mg citrate in the morning, if needed.
It’s what plants crave
Immediately get out of bed and stand up straight, works faster than trying to flex\stretch it out
Yeah I have always found that standing up stops the cramp better than anything else. I heard it was like handing over the controls to your central (or maybe peripheral?) nervous system and letting that higher authority override the cramp by deciding that maintaining your balance while standing up is a higher priority. Then you can safely stretch and get hydrated after that.
I have jumped out of bed in a panic many times and it has worked every time.
“Jumping” out of bed from lying is not too healthy as far as I know.
Neither is whatever state we are letting our bodies be in that is causing enough leg cramps to necessitate a contingency protocol.
Bro I just watched my calve during a cramp a few weeks ago. It was so gnarly, like legit rippling, like something else was under my skin.
Have they figured out why you get cramps nowadays? I have heard many explanations but none seems to be backed scientifically.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeletal_muscle_cramp
To prevent them, like most things; eat a healthy balanced diet with lots of vegetables, and exercise.
But if that’s too much effort, drink some electrolytes.
Magnesium. (prevents, not causes)
I’ve also heard that tonic water with quinine will stop cramping pretty much right away, though I haven’t tried it personally.
Thank you. I can always use an excuse for a gin and tonic.
I also get it in my toes now.
I had it happen in my thigh not long ago… that was weird
I’ve had it happen on the bottoms of my feet and even my jaw. That was a fun one.
Oh I hate that, but the only solution for me is to equally strongly point my foot towards my head.
The only cramps I ever get is period cramps I don’t understand random body parts cramping that seems like it shouldn’t be happening?
Are you still in your 20s?
You probably drink an adequate amount of water
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Uhhh…
Drink some water?
