Last night I jumped out of bed screaming in the middle of the night with a bad cramp in my calf. It hurt like hell so I tried to stand up and put tension on it to make it stop... that is what I heard. Anyway what causes cramps to happen in the middle of the night while sleeping and more important what stops them from happening??
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10-25-2007, 05:23 AM #1
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I got a cramp in my calf while sleeping
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10-25-2007, 05:49 AM #2
Drink more water????
http://www.disabled-world.com/artman...e-cramps.shtml
Hope this helpsHuH?
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10-25-2007, 08:26 AM #3
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10-25-2007, 10:12 AM #7
These happen to me as well. I have been told to stay still and hold your nose and breathe deeply through your mouth. Believe it or not, this seems to work very well and the pain eases. The calf is usually sore the rest of the day but I'll take that anyday over the excrutiating pain of the cramp. Bill
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10-25-2007, 10:41 AM #8
The cramps happen at night because in your sleep you over stretch your legs and the muscle reacts by continuing the extension of the muscle. While you are awake you are consious of the response so you do not over stretch to cause a cramp.
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10-25-2007, 11:17 AM #9
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I am with PROT on this one. I had the same thing happen to me on a few occasions. My situation was that I drink around 2 to 3 gallons of water a day. With that much water I was depleting my body of electrolytes and minerals. It kind of feels like your muscle it being buckled and is very painful. Nothing like waking up in the middle of the night from a dead sleep with your calf locking up. I usually make sure to drink a 32 oz Gatorade every day and that seems to have made it go away.
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10-25-2007, 11:42 AM #10
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10-25-2007, 12:40 PM #13
Yep, the Banana a day is a good preventative but if you do happen to have a calf cramp there is an easy fix. Most of the time it forces the foot down as though you are standing on your toes. If you have a foot board or bed post at the foot of the bed then place the ball of your foot against the bed post or foot board and force the foot towards the calf oposite of the way the cramp is moving the foot. It will eas the pain and stop the cramp. If there is no bed post or foot board then use the other foot to force the offending foot against the direction of the cramp. I get them often when I train in Krav Maga as it is alot of foot work and have learned to deal with them when they happen.
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10-25-2007, 01:03 PM #14
I used to get them frequently, but ONLY when I had been drinking HARD the night before.
Definitley a hydration issue for me."When we were children, we used to think that when we grew up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability, to be alive is to be vulnerable." Madeleine L'Engle
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10-25-2007, 01:03 PM #15
you just gotta stop sleeping, no sleep - no cramps
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10-25-2007, 02:56 PM #19
yes on the potassium. Can't think of a much more crippling excruciating pain. Try getting a cramp in each calf! Best thing is to get the h*** out of bed as FAST as you can and stand up & try to move around even if you're holding onto the wall.
They say pain is the body's way of telling us something is wrong; but c'MON! the body must think we're total dimwits.
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10-25-2007, 02:59 PM #20
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10-25-2007, 04:29 PM #21
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All of these foods are high in potassium, eat some of the ones that will fit in your diet and youll see the cramps go away
Apples, Apricots, Bananas, Brazil Nuts, Brown Rice, Cantaloupe, Figs, Honeydew, Kiwi, Legumes, Lima beans, Milk, Oranges, Orange Juice, Peaches, Potatoes, Prunes, Rasins, Roasted Peanuts with skin, Spinach, Squash, Vegetable Juices, Wheat Bread, White Rice, Winter Squash, Yogurt
Tomatoes, milk products, avocados, meats, potato, celery
Carrots, broccoli, rasins, prunes, watermelon,
Fish: Cod, flounder, sardines, salmon, poultry: chicken, turkey are high potassium foods.
Hamburger, grains such as bran and wheat.
Artichoke, Asparagus, Broccoli, Cabbage, Corn, Dates, Green Beans, Green Peppers, Iceburg
Letttuce, Kidney Beans, Onions, Papayas, Parsley, Pumpkin, Peas, Romaine Lettuce, Strawberries, Sweet Potato, Tomato. Note that potassium is found in the skin of many vegetables.
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11-05-2007, 02:02 PM #27
I used to suffer with these a lot, as the guys said tho dehydration is the main factor.
My Doc gave me the best cure for this EVER! if it happens in the middle of the night hop to a cold floor and put the painful legs' foot right down on it. This shocks the muscle into relaxing and problem is sorted!!!
The pain may last a little longer, but in by no means feels like they are ripping apart. Hope that helps you guys when ya get one in future!PSN:RuggerIrish
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11-05-2007, 02:06 PM #28
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11-05-2007, 03:04 PM #29
memories
I played football in high school. I remember the night after a game, about 2 am I woke up with the worse hamstring cramp of all time. I couldn't move. I started to scream and no one in my family heard me. I grabbed my phone and called my friend and told him to call back a.s.a.p.... a few moment later he called back and I waited for someone else to pick up the phone then I got on it and had them come to my room with an ice pack and to help me straighten my leg.
That's how I picture Hell... an eternity of hamstring cramps.
But in agreement, I believe I was dehydrated and I pounded a bottle of Gatorade to get me through the night.
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11-05-2007, 03:05 PM #30
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