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charlie horses

Lexieberry
Lexieberry Posts: 182 Member
edited November 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Ok I'm back to starting running again after maybe a year off (oops lol) problem is I deal with Charlie horses randomly, and only in my left calve. Jogged for twenty minutes today and I can already feel my calve tensing up. I stretched before and after. Hydrating myself as well, taking multi vitamins.

Any tips to prevent a sudden onset of a cramp? I swear they're debilitating

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  • Nuke_64
    Nuke_64 Posts: 406 Member
    edited May 2015
    Try drinking more water.
  • Lexieberry
    Lexieberry Posts: 182 Member
    chadboyer64 wrote: »
    Try drinking more water.

    I'll up my intake more, I drink around 80 oz a day

  • AJOjr
    AJOjr Posts: 24 Member
    Eating foods high in potassium, like bananas, works for me.
  • 3athlt
    3athlt Posts: 131 Member
    One odd thing I've heard that helps is pickles and pickle juice... no kidding.
  • Lexieberry
    Lexieberry Posts: 182 Member
    Bananas and pickle juice are on my Kroger list today. My son loves bananas anyhow. And I thought I heard of pickle before somewhere, had forgotten.
  • FlushingMeadows
    FlushingMeadows Posts: 3 Member
    Dandelion tea....I used to get these cramps feelings often but since I started drinking dandelion tea, which is high in potassium, not a pee from my left calf!
  • FlushingMeadows
    FlushingMeadows Posts: 3 Member
    *peep* even, not a peep....
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Taking aMagnesium capsule everyday got rid of mine
  • MK24551
    MK24551 Posts: 174 Member
    Bananas work wonders for me! I eat one before I do my walk/run n it helps a lot!
  • Ninkyou
    Ninkyou Posts: 6,666 Member
    Did you go straight from no activity to running? It might be a case of too much too soon. Have you tried walking and then easing into running?

    I got charlie horses all the time with my 1st pregnancy (which is apparently a thing). I tried bananas and upping my potassium, but those didn't work for me. But, it can't hurt to try!
  • Lexieberry
    Lexieberry Posts: 182 Member
    Ninkyou wrote: »
    Did you go straight from no activity to running? It might be a case of too much too soon. Have you tried walking and then easing into running?

    I got charlie horses all the time with my 1st pregnancy (which is apparently a thing). I tried bananas and upping my potassium, but those didn't work for me. But, it can't hurt to try!

    Well I'm always on my feet, they just suck. I warmed up, walked then did a nice pace jog. I just got bananas tonight.
  • Lexieberry
    Lexieberry Posts: 182 Member
    FlushingMeadows wrote: »
    Dandelion tea....I used to get these cramps feelings often but since I started drinking dandelion tea, which is high in potassium, not a pee from my left calf!

    Ooh interesting. I'll look into this tea

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