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Calve Muscles

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  • Bigwein5
    Bigwein5 Posts: 5
    I play a huge amount of tennis and have had serious cramping issues. The only thing that solved this was eating a Detour bar about 1/2 hour before exercise, which supplied enough sugar and potassium to eliminate any cramping. The only problem with the bars, are that they are approximately 150 calories.
  • shewdog
    shewdog Posts: 34
    I used to have this problem, I have found though that since doing "Good toes naughty toes" something my mum taught me to do and she has amazing calf muscles. I have done it every night in bed for the last year and not had cramp once, Whereas before I used to wake up with it in the night in agony with calf cramp.

    You basically point your toes down and then back up towards your shins, repeat 15 times :)
  • janlee_001
    janlee_001 Posts: 309 Member
    I used to have this problem, I have found though that since doing "Good toes naughty toes" something my mum taught me to do and she has amazing calf muscles. I have done it every night in bed for the last year and not had cramp once, Whereas before I used to wake up with it in the night in agony with calf cramp.

    You basically point your toes down and then back up towards your shins, repeat 15 times :)
    I will give that a try
  • janlee_001
    janlee_001 Posts: 309 Member
    I play a huge amount of tennis and have had serious cramping issues. The only thing that solved this was eating a Detour bar about 1/2 hour before exercise, which supplied enough sugar and potassium to eliminate any cramping. The only problem with the bars, are that they are approximately 150 calories.

    That is probably a big part of my problem I 'usually' haven't had much sugar or potassium before a workout - I'm going to keep trying ideas.
  • janlee_001
    janlee_001 Posts: 309 Member
    have your potassium checked and especially your calcium. I get severe cramps in my calves even when i'm asleep to the point that it will wake me from a sound sleep. went to the doctor and my calcium was critically low and was put on prescription dose of calcium twice a week.

    I might look into that. Since I started taking thyroid medicine though I cannot take calcium supplements. I did have the calve issues before the thyroid meds.

    Thank you.
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