foot cramps while swimming
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trimas posted 1 year ago.
Same here. Its a combination of hydration and fatigue (especially when you're trying to point your toes outward to keep that nice straight line.)
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geochuck posted 1 year ago.
Cramps - an old family remedy. Take an a couple of eggshells (calcium) disolve it in 7 oz. of pure apple cider vinegar, add a tablespoon of honey. Take 2 tablespoons of the mixture a day.
The apple cider vinegar keeps the calcium in liquid form so the muscles get the necessary calcium thus the cramps stop.
I used to buy liquid calcium at the drug store and used this to stop cramps.
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Mike20124 posted 1 year ago.
I get cramps all the time when I swim longer distances (over 2000 meters) as well - in the feet as mentioend and also in the legs. Despite how appetizing the home remedy sounds, I think I'll add calcium supplementation.
Geochuck - As I already take a daily multi, should I just add extra calcium on days I have swim workouts or do you recommend a calcium supplement everyday in addition to the multi (which supplies 200 mg calcium)?
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geochuck posted 1 year ago.
Apple Cider Vinegar and calcium is what really works. When you train it is used in the muscles and helps stop cramping.
http://www.anyvitamins.com/apple-cider-vinegar-info.htm
When I trained race horses I used a lot of both. A drop or two of lugols solution of iodine added to a front runners diet, gave the front runners endurence to finish the race.
Lugols solution of iodine is aquias iodine, don't use churchills iodine. I would have to check to see if the iodine is a banned substance now. I don't think it is.
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sourbubblegum1 posted 1 year ago.
it happened to me sometimes. u need to just stretch ur foot out and take a minute rest. then it should go away. i think its called a charlie horse. :/
After about 1500-2000 yards of swimming my foot occasionally cramps up. It feels as if the foot is trying to clench into a "fist" without me telling it to do so. Anyone else experience this and/or know of a way to remedy it?
thanks