How do you avoid cramp?

July 16, 2007, 06:08:45 PM

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How do you avoid cramp?

Hello, When i train hard I sometimes get cramp. but only in my toes/foot. I never get cramp in any other muscles. Does anyone else suffer from this or know how to avoid it?

To avoid cramp, I just keep myself well hydrated and make sure i take some salt with my food from time to time, but not too much

but i still get toe cramp from time to time

makes me look silly trying to get out the pool with cramp in one foot


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July 19, 2007, 09:03:29 AM

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Re: How do you avoid cramp?

You asked if anyone suffers from it. I get a bit of cramp in my calf muscle. I mainly feel "something" in the muscle while pushing off the wall. I'm told that's a rare place to get cramp. I've had twinges in that muscle while swimming in open water (no push offs), but not full blown cramp.

There are lots of pages on the net about cramp while swimming, though I wouldn't know which are the good ones and which aren't.

http://swimming.about.com/cs/cramps/index.htm
http://www.spma.net/cramp.htm
http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/Boys_Own_Book_of_Outdoor_Sports/swimmingc_hj.html (from a boys book published in 1900, but interesting)


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July 19, 2007, 03:43:26 PM

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Re: How do you avoid cramp?

interesting reading there, i will admit its only when im swimming in a cold pool that i get the cramp in my toes. I think the solution from reading those will be to stretch more, which i need to do anyway!


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July 20, 2007, 12:29:43 AM

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Re: How do you avoid cramp?

The description of cramp in the "Boys own book of outdoor sports" sounds a bit extreme. I would like to think that if I cramped up in open water that I wouldn't lose my ability to think, and would be able to limp back to shore even if in considerable pain.


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July 20, 2007, 03:57:14 PM

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Re: How do you avoid cramp?

I would hope so too. cramping in the open water could be dangerous, best thing to do would be to remain calm until it goes i thin


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July 22, 2007, 07:11:26 PM

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Re: How do you avoid cramp?

Quote from: Brick link=topic=3915.msg3954#msg3954 date=118483220 I'm told that's a rare place to get cramp
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Had an almighty problem with both calfs going at the same time last week.Well warmed up,hydrated,had to pull up into 1st 3 strokes on fly doing 100ims.My calfs seem to be my problem area.Only tother time i get cramp,is when i do backstroke,it always pops up in the instep of my right foot.No probs.with the left.Which is strange due to ligaments in knee & ankle on the left are the ones that are past the used by date.Not nice having cramp.And there seems no one solution to the causes or cures for it.


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July 22, 2007, 07:28:38 PM

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Re: How do you avoid cramp?

it seems that cramp is a mystery to science! I rarely get cramp in my body, only in my feet ( havent had crap since stretching my feet everyday

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for me breaststroke was the worst! 10 or 15m of that midway through a session would garuntee cramp in my wee toes

edit: missed the m in cramp


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July 22, 2007, 08:36:25 PM

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Re: How do you avoid cramp?

Quote from: Fajja on July 22, 2007, 07:28:38 PM

it seems that crap is a mystery to science! I rarely get cramp in my body, only in my feet ( havent had crap since stretching my feet everyday )
for me breaststroke was the worst! 10 or 15m of that midway through a session would garuntee cramp in my wee toes

Need to stop stretching your feet,could be the cause of you not having a Crap.since you started strecthing ya feet.Constipation eh.


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July 22, 2007, 08:40:09 PM

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Re: How do you avoid cramp?

haha oopsee

, thats a bad typo to make


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July 22, 2007, 08:49:37 PM

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Re: How do you avoid cramp?

Quote from: Fajja on July 22, 2007, 08:40:09 PM

haha oopsee , thats a bad typo to make

Funny tho.Sorry for going off topic.But couldnt resist reply.


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July 22, 2007, 08:58:32 PM

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Re: How do you avoid cramp?

no worries

thanks for keeping me right


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July 23, 2007, 09:36:27 PM

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Re: How do you avoid cramp?

if any part of your body goes into cramp stop swimming instantly, if u get it in your thigh bad enough it will snap your femur in 2, and then your fucked, dont try open water swimming in seas, find a lake and practice doing small distances at first, its basically like asking a guy who bench presses 10kg to go against a guy who does 300, major damage and as people have stated it can be very dangerous, also look into learning how to control your body temp, some guy just swam the north pole, he heats his body up by a degree in less than a min and keeps it there


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July 23, 2007, 09:40:39 PM

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Re: How do you avoid cramp?

crieky i'm glad i am not prone to getting cramp in my thigh!

The guy you mention is Lewis Pugh who swam at the north pole


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August 29, 2008, 05:10:08 PM

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Re: How do you avoid cramp?

Just a wee update with what i've been trying. I have done a lot more stretching, drinking plenty of water, and a bit extra salt in my porridge in the morning, that seems to do the trick for me


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April 22, 2009, 03:29:18 AM

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Re: How do you avoid cramp?

Anyone ever gets leg cramps during nights when resting? I usually get those when I've done something really exhausting. Those are extremely painful and can last for over a minute! I've found a way to stop the cramp before the most painful part begins. If I activate a certain muscle in a certain way soon enough, the cramp just dies. But sometimes I sleep a little bit too long and can't stop the cramp in time. It's almost impossible to endure the pain without making any noise so my doggie and roommate are always just wonderin' that what the heck I am doing ahaha


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