Bad night calf cramp... what to do?

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  • canadianlbs
    canadianlbs Posts: 5,199 Member
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    mmmmm pickle juice. i'm going to have to go buy me some pickles.

    right now i'm in the magnesium camp. i don't take it daily as reading up on what overdose looks like gave me the skriks. but it's exactly where i always let that walk-it-off stomp take me at 3 am - straight to the kitchen for the magnesium tabs.

    it does work, and thank goodness for that. i've had calf cramps off and on all my life, but it's actually frightening when it's your adductors or quads that seem to be trying to tear themselves free.
  • jmarie1025
    jmarie1025 Posts: 114 Member
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    Keep up with your electrolytes. Sodium, sodium, sodium! Drink a glass of broth daily or salted water or salt sticks. Try not to overhydrate. Too much water will actually flush sodium out of your body.

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