Muscle Cramps

[ars]

The past week or so, my calf muscles act like they want to cramp once or twice a day. This is just during normal work activity of standing and walking. Usually, I can stretch them and the feeling passes. This morning, both calves cramped at about 4 in the morning and woke me out of a sound sleep. A few minutes of pain and stretching got the knots out. I already do some light stretches before bed. Is there anything I can do to stop these cramps?

[Onsecondthought]

I use to get charlie horses in my calf muscles all the time. Someone told me that I might be low on potassium. Try eating more bananas and see if that helps...

[LandonsBaby]

I would second the potassium. Also maybe try some warm baths or heating pads (if its not so hot in the house you can't stand the thought of it).

[Apple Cheeks]

Originally Posted by Onsecondthought

.....might be low on potassium. Try eating more bananas and see if that helps...

Ditto that.

Also, are you drinking enough water/liquids?

[ars]

Oddly enough, I've had more bananas this week than usual, so it seems I should more potassium that usual. I'm drinking a minimum of 85 ounces of water a day, sometimes more.

I wonder if cold temperatures might have anything to do with it? It's been cooler the past few days (after a 90 degree heat wave last week). Maybe I've been cooling down too quickly after exercise.