Stand up as fast as possible and put your weight on that leg.
Physically pulling your toes back (up and towards the heel) usually works for me
Yeah usually stretching my calf as I feel it happening works. Otherwise I feel it all day.
This fixes it instantly every time for me. Ignore everybody else. When you get that cramp start moving your foot in the opposite direction pointing your toes towards your knee and stretch out the back of your ankle. Instant cramp relief everytime.
If you have cramping often like this then maybe dedicate yourself to some hamstring stretches.
I once tried it and got a second more agonising cramp
That's fair. Everybody's body is a bit different I suppose. I would totally be doing more stretches in your case though.
Yeah, I’ve neglected physical health too much recently
Boof magnesium
Standing up works every time for me. If I want to remain in bed i try to push the bottom of my foot into the bed as if I were standing on it. It often does the job .
This is how you fix a cramp scuba diving - grab the tips of your fins and pull up. Same effect. Works for me too.
Similar trick I learned, just get out of bed and stand up on it. It'll go away in ~10 seconds and then you can hop back into bed. Works pretty much every time.
This trick has become a reflex for me, to the point where I barely even wake up when I get a Charlie horse in the middle of the night, since I start flexing my foot automatically when I feel it coming on.
I challenge you to simply sit there and watch your toes curl. It actually stops hurting if you can just relax and let it happen.
That's not just me?!? I have to IMMEDIATELY jump out of bed and stand up and rub my calf or the pain is going to intense.
I used to suffer from them regularly as a kid. Just drink water. Thats it, nothing magica... maybe it's the magnesium as another poster said. But honestly I have never had one since I changed my life and joined the hydro homies.
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Please stop bouncing on me.
BLUE UNICORN {Still jumping up and down on Charlie}
Candy Mountain Charlie.
PINK UNICORN
Yeah! Candy Mountain!
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Alright, fine! I'll come with you to Candy Mountain."Toes to noes!" Stretching your foot upward helps prevent it.
Oh God, thank you so much for this
you basically just want to stretch whichever muscle is seizing up. if it's your calf you want to pull on your toes.
That can trigger the muscle to contract even more, making the cramp worse. The thing to do is to contract the muscle group opposite of the muscle that is contracting, which forces the cramping muscle to relax. So for a calf cramp, try to raise your foot using the muscles on your shin.
You just gave the same advice.
No, I gave different advice. Contracting your shin muscles doesn't relieve the calf cramp because it stretches the calf muscle. Contracting your shin muscles sends a signal to your calf muscles to relax. This is how your body prevents opposing muscle groups from contracting at the same time.
You need a little Magnesium
I need a big magnesium
I wouldn't take more than 600mg at once
Of course you wouldn't, coward. That's how you unlock wolverine skeleton.
I can never remember if it’s magnesium or potassium.
Stretching helps. Try to touch your toes every morning. If you can't reach them, ask someone else to touch your toes for you.
OMG. Genius life hack. Never even thought of having someone else touch my toes.
You're dehydrated
Is that what that means? I never knew and just grunted at the pain.
yes
Ya, apparently “dehydrated” is some new word for “thirsty”.
And now “thirsty” means something totally different.
I only cramp when underhydrated and most people are underhydrated (Drewnowski, 2013).
Make sure we're all getting enough water before taking further action!
References
Drewnowski, A., Rehm, C.D. & Constant, F. Water and beverage consumption among adults in the United States: cross-sectional study using data from NHANES 2005–2010. BMC Public Health 13, 1068 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-1068
.....drink some water folks.
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