Cramp .

[Stubby]

As I am getting on now I do suffer with cramp at times . Calf  muscles go like a piece of wood and my foot points strait down like a dancer " on point " Pretty easy fix just stand up and put weight on it making the foot at a right angle to the leg . Hamstrings a little harder with out help but doable . The adductor of the inner thigh is a proper sod . Just don't know how to sort it . I drink plenty of water , eat bananas , and take Calcium, Magnesium and Zinc + vit D . This all in one tab taken morning and evening . I believe its because my tendons are shrinking due to being an old git . Any one else suffer ?

Edited Wednesday at 09:57 by Stubby

[Muddy42]

I get this.  I stretch and lie on a foam roller under the offending body part.  The foam roller hurts like hell if you havn't used it for a while, but it does make a difference.

[AHPP]

Tonic water. If it doesn’t work, persist anyway. 

[peds]

Muscle cramps can sometimes be a lack of various minerals like potassium, magnesium, calcium. 

Foods high in these things could help: banana, avocado, maybe blueberries?  Everyone always recommends blueberries for everything. 

[Stubby]

1 hour ago, peds said:

Muscle cramps can sometimes be a lack of various minerals like potassium, magnesium, calcium. 

Foods high in these things could help: banana, avocado, maybe blueberries?  Everyone always recommends blueberries for everything. 

Thanks peds but I already take all those ( if you check my list ) 🙂

[Stubby]

2 hours ago, AHPP said:

Tonic water. If it doesn’t work, persist anyway. 

Only the Shwepps though . It has the quinine . 

[BillQ]

No, I don't but I do wear slippers and flip flops a lot which extends my calf and achilles as well as exercise. 

Hope you get it sorted soon 👍 

[topchippyles]

29 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Thanks peds but I already take all those ( if you check my list ) 🙂

I quite often get bouts of cramp stubby and my physio recommends more salt intake which i am now doing. By your own admission you are no longer a  spring chicken 😆

Edited Wednesday at 13:08 by topchippyles

[Stubby]

25 minutes ago, topchippyles said:

I quite often get bouts of cramp stubby and my physio recommends more salt intake which i am now doing. By your own admission you are no longer a  spring chicken 😆

Oh yea . I forgot to say I do make sure I have salt . Himalayan Pink salt .

[AHPP]

56 minutes ago, Stubby said:

Only the Shwepps though . It has the quinine . 

 

Didn’t know that.