Should you rub a muscle cramp? Or leave it alone to "run it's painful course?"!!?
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You stretch it by trying to touch your shin with your toes.
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1) stomach cramps can be too much water prior to running...try not drink anything 2 hours prior to working out.  If it is a side cramp...you may be breathing incorrectly...chest breathing can cause a side stitch....one good excercise for diaphram breathing is to lay on your back and put a text book on your stomach...then breath for five minutes while moving the book up and down.  Its harder then you would imagine\n2) the best muscle building supplement on the market is creatine ...probably the only muscle supplement worth the money  Add creatine with whey protein is a good combo.\n3) running two miles either total or split up burns the same amount of calories, but running all two miles at a time can burn more fat as the longer duration of cardio will deplete the glycogen stores in your muscles and force your body to start turning fat into energy.I think the magic time is 30 minutes to really have the body start targeting fat
267645
whenever i get a leg cramp. if i stretch it out, it tends to feel better. if that doesn't work, try something to make you body relax, aspirin, warm milk, you get the idea.
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I agree with all the other answers. I used to get horrible cramps, the kind that made me want to passout, I found that Tylenol menstrual/Midol or any pain reliever, doing some light jogging, and a heating pad after my jog worked really well. Even though exercising seems like the last thing you want to do, getting those muscles working helps loosen them up so that you don't have that "cramping" feeling. That's why as another person suggested "orgasms" help because they cause the muscles in your uterus to move and loosen or uncramp. Good luck!
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A heating pad works wonders. Something warm will help ease your muscle cramping.
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Evening primrose oil capsules! Get them in your pharmacy!#\nSeriously they are a godsend. They lighten the flow and take away the cramps. Honestly!! Try them out!\nPs - yes its normal to bleed more when active.
999187
Wasn't running but was hiking and felt a weird twinge in my leg, I thought that I should stop and rest and massage or stretch but the I thought "No, this isn't a good spot and I've only got 2 more miles to go." Hurt to walk or stand for next 3 days.\n\nFeel free to laugh.
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no. you should not. i have a friend that had one she was in so much pain she couldn't hardly walk. she didn't know thats what she had before it was to late. it ended up bursting. the dr. told her she couldn't work out for 2 mon. you should see your dr
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Oddly enough our old gym teachers were right - sit ups help most with cramps it seems.  Of course this suggestion is most often met with disbelief (and sometimes hostility).\n\nMy grandmother always told me to put a pillow on my stomach to keep it warm.
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You can go to a doc.  and have it either frozen off or burned off.  In either case, that will hurt like hell at first, be uncomforatable for awhile, then feel better later.
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From my own experience and a couple friends' experiences, it does hurt quite a bit (imagine your worst menstrual cramps tripled), but the pain only lasts a couple days. The first period or two afterwards can also be pretty bad. My friends and I found that all we needed for the pain was a higher dosage of ibuprofen (600-800 mg instead of the usual 200 mg dose we'd take for cramps). Other painkillers like Vicodin and Lortab might also do the trick, but I'd be surprised if you needed anything that serious.
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I would suggest either a great pain pill...or dish out the $ and go get it yanked
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Hey I am extremely sorry :(\nI know sometimes it's just the worst pain EVER. Plus u have another condition going on.....really sorry to hear.\n\nFor the cramps, try having some hot tea....that always helps me feel a lot better. Or soup. Take 2 tablets of the painkiller u usually take, instead of one. Sometimes, 1 doesn't do it. But do read instructions before you do that. \n\nTry thinking about ur favorite things that bring a smile to ur face...and just wait it out.....the pain will go away. \n\nI am sorry again :( \nHope u feel better real soon.
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EXERCISE IF DONE PROPERLY SHOULD NOT CAUSE PAIN. YOU CAN WORK YOUR BODY HARD BUT NOT TO THE POINT OF PAIN.
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good one...keep them comin but don't hurt urself...u might get as hand/finger cramp...hahhahah
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There's a pressure point in Chinese reflexology that helps.  To locate it, start with your inside ankle.  Feel just below it and towards your calf (away from the shin).  There's a little indent in your foot there.  If you feel the indent and then feel up your calf muscle on the inside, you will notice a slight groove along the bottom edge of your calf muscle.  This is the point to massage.  \n\nRub up and down from the side of your ankle until halfway up your calf.  Do it on both legs.  This can not only help relieve cramps, but also minimize their occurence.  I have used this point when I've been doubled over in agony.  Rubbing these areas relieved the pain almost immediately and helped the cramps to pass in a few minutes.
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Depends on why they are sore.\n\nYou can work through the IDOMS (Induced Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness or Syndrome... one of the two) that you get about a day after you've exercise a new muscle group. Take it easy though so you don't tear anything. Jogging is a good way to get rid of these (get some blood going through em!)