Foot cramps!!

Journey2Myself
Journey2Myself Posts: 85
edited October 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
Some days I get the WORST foot cramps while working out.. I had it just for a bit yesterday while doing 'ball to the wall' squats and on Monday I had it so bad during kickbox that I had to stop.. it was in both feet and painful.. why does this happen? Anyone know? Or does anyone else get this??

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  • MostlyWater
    MostlyWater Posts: 4,294 Member
    I get them and HATE them.
  • Alacey88
    Alacey88 Posts: 486 Member
    Your shoes could be the wrong fit for what you are doing or they are too broken in to where you need to get some new ones.
  • JustLindaLou
    JustLindaLou Posts: 376 Member
    I too am a foot cramp sufferer... I have heard many reasons for this - dehydration, low potassium, need to stretch... They usually hit me at night. Could be from the shoes I wore that day, not enough water, etc. Usually all I can do is walk them off, barefoot on a hard floor - the cool tiles in my house seem to help. I will get up and drink some water, maybe take an ibuprofen, and pace thru my house a couple times, massage the cramping area. Sometimes they are so painful my foot or leg will be sore to the touch the following day. I would love to hear other's remedies, foot/leg cramps are a plague I would love to be done with!
  • nubian22
    nubian22 Posts: 27
    I also get these but have low arches so I just presumed that this could be the reason.

    Have you got low arches?
  • wey1983
    wey1983 Posts: 109
    I get the same thing! My feet cramp so bad that its like my toes curl. So painful.
  • 38Gigi38
    38Gigi38 Posts: 115 Member
    I get them sometimes as well. My father always used to make me drink pickle juice or salt water, because of sodium deficiency. It could also be a potassium deficiency. Try eating a banana before you work out or drinking some Gator-aid and see if that helps.
  • meg7399
    meg7399 Posts: 672 Member
    Having your shoes tied too tight can also cause problems
  • emily2tx
    emily2tx Posts: 77
    New shoes twice a year at least, if you workout a lot! Then load up on bananas. I used to wake up with the leg cramps. Since I used to not like bananas, I would take a potassium vitamin and it seemed to help. Also, keep up your hydration, it could be that too.
  • Journey2Myself
    Journey2Myself Posts: 85
    i dont get them at night like I did when I was a kid.. it is literally in the middle of my workout. I will try the banana.. even though im not a huge banana fan hahaha.. or maybe i will just buy potassium pills!
  • jdawg1105
    jdawg1105 Posts: 42 Member
    Not sure if my foot cramps were the same that you have, mine was plantar fasciitis. The best thing for me was to have a frozen 20oz bottle of water that I could roll over the bottom of my foot when it was cramping. Another good thing to use is a golf ball that you can roll your feet over.
  • Journey2Myself
    Journey2Myself Posts: 85
    Nope.. mine is just once in a while when I work out.. not all of the time.. so I don't think I have that issue?
  • cPT_Helice
    cPT_Helice Posts: 403
    Coconut water! Not juice or milk but the water! it's a great hydrator and loaded with potassium.
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