Muscle Cramp - How to reverse it
My colleague told me that he has a knee problem on one leg and now his whole leg is suffering from great pain due to a muscle cramp while sleeping. This is no good! So, I thought I would blog here to let all of you know how I normally reverse the onset of cramp.
Muscle cramp on the leg can happens anytime during my sleep. It seldom happens but if it does, your leg will suffer for the next 2-3 days.
To reverse muscle cramp on the leg, the solution is very simple: Jump out of your bed immediately and stand upright. That is all! You will find that the cramp will stop immediately and everything will go back to normal. Do you have anything better? Please share.
My other friend said, "just sit up and hold the toes of the affected leg and pull the foot of forward. Actually when you stand upright, this is what happen also - your foot is forced toward you.
How about the knee problem? Don't sit in your office chair for too long. Stand up and walk around every 30 minutes. Make sure that the chair is properly adjusted. To me, knee problem is caused by insufficient blood supply to the knee. Work in your garden or do mountain climbing often. Sweat a lot. Brisk walking is a nonsense exercise as it will damage the knee caps in the long run! I don't believe this. Ok, this is my personal view. Let me hear yours.
1 comment:
your freind may hv to think about possible arthritis in his knee. symptons sound familiar. as you hv said, exercise plays a big role in controlling cramp & is also true for arthritic joints. when calves, etc., badly affected then is good to try get circulation going again. sometimes may require some painfull kneading.
must also consider diet. is he forgetful of eating meals on a regular basis? the body's muscles can often cramp-up, even though is only moderate execise, when the tank is running low.
for arthritis try get yr freind to supplement his/her diet with fish oils, high in omega 3/6. may take up to a month before inflamed condition relents, but is a good natural remedy.
high intensity work-outs, as you hv suggested, with mountain climbing, can often bring short intense bouts of cramp in toes, calves or fingers when rock climbing. again diet should be inclusive of the emergency rations carried, ie. lots water & some salted peanuts, to try neautralise that acidic build-up in the affected muscles. yr long term diet, lots of veges, etc, will affect greatly how the body responds.
is i disagree your view that brisk walking is nonsense.. i believe that any walking, slow or fast, is probably the best exercise any of us can do, with multiple benefits.
i hope this may help.
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