Comment on My friend Charlie is back....

Xenny@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Levsgetso@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I once tried it and got a second more agonising cramp

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  • Xenny@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    That’s fair. Everybody’s body is a bit different I suppose. I would totally be doing more stretches in your case though.

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    • Levsgetso@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah, I’ve neglected physical health too much recently

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    • MML@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      So like one a day?

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  • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I find this happens to me if I panic and do the stretch too quickly. But if I do it at fast but measured pace it works every time.

    My dad told be the trick at a time when I was getting night cramps often and it changed my life

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    • Levsgetso@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It could be that. I did it very slowly so idk, at least I woke up

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• phenomdeez@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Boof magnesium

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  • Remorhaz@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Quinine, there’s still some tonic waters that have it, and even in the very low dose that they use it’ll work preventatively for a few weeks

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    no boof sodium

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• realitista@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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 .

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  • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    yeah that’s what I do. The method described above you is what causes my cramps sometimes

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    • realitista@lemmus.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah I haven’t had good luck with that either.

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• Flaco_waton@feddit.cl ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  This is how you fix a cramp scuba diving - grab the tips of your fins and pull up. Same effect. Works for me too.

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  • wewbull@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    …and learn better finning technique.

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• SorryQuick@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Alternatively, start eating properly and solve the problem at its root.

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• Furbag@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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.

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• Signtist@bookwyr.me ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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.

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• ieGod@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Foam rolling + active release works better than pure stretching IMO. Also be sure to get your micronutrients in.

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