Muscle spasms

flatblade
flatblade Posts: 224 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I have been on MFP for close to a month. I have done well, drinking 8 cups of water, going well below my calorie suggestion, and upping my exercise. However, for the last week, I have been bothered by muscle spasms--they feel like cramps in my side and back. If I sit for a half hour or so and then get up, I feel like I'm going to break. Then, once I get moving, the spasms disappear. I have been playing golf every day, swimming every other day and yesterday I did a weightlifting ciruit. Am I going too hard? Is it something that will pass? To I need to supplement something? Feedback will be appreciated.

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  • MTBrob
    MTBrob Posts: 513 Member
    Do you think they are really spasms or just over all sore from being worked ?
  • fittocycle
    fittocycle Posts: 827 Member
    Do you think your diet might be a little low on potassium or magnesium? You could try eating a banana each day to help with the potassium. Oranges are also high in potassium. I think most leafy greens are high in magnesium but you could google it to see!
  • WABeachWalker
    WABeachWalker Posts: 133 Member
    I never believed in chiropractic care until I had muscle spasms so bad that my back was locked up with terrible pain. I think that golf tends to work one side of the back harder than the other. Maybe look into chiropractic? I hope you figure this one out. Best wishes for achieving your weight loss and health goals. :smile:
  • flatblade
    flatblade Posts: 224 Member
    That was my thought as well. I have averaged almost two bananas a day, but haven't eaten very many veggies at all. After work, I went swimming (laps for 20 min.) and came home. I haven't had any spasms since getting home and I have been basically sedentary.
  • LishaCole
    LishaCole Posts: 245
    Muscle spasms are often an indication of magnesium deficiency. I used to have terrible spasms, but I haven't had a spasm in months as I am now periodically supplementing with magnesium citrate powder. Check out the "natural calm" website to see if you have any other signs of deficiency, which you probably will because 80% of north americans are lacking magnesium.
  • NCJB
    NCJB Posts: 10
    Make sure you are getting enough protein for your muscles to properly repair themselves too. If you have calories to spare adding a protein shake after a workout wouldn't hurt. You can use whey or soy. (Soy causing testosterone problems in males has been debunked for a few years now.) I like a protein shake+banana combo post-workout.

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