Cramp omg

SCM · 26 Jan 2008 at 20:09

I get cramp now again in my legs usually my calf muscles in bed, i just straighten the affected leg out and make sure toes are pointed straight up as someone has already mentioned in the thread earlier. It isn't that painful to be honest more annoying really.

analog · 26 Jan 2008 at 20:21

Ahah, yeah, i have had it in my leg before while sleeping, got up to try walk it off and fell to the floor lol, just rolled there for a little while until it went away.
I have also had the jaw one after yawning in the middle of a lesson, not fun.

Scort · 26 Jan 2008 at 22:26

I sometimes get complete muscle lock in both legs, started when I was about 15 and seems to happen at random.
Sometimes it starts in one calf, that then triggers off muscles in my thigh, finally the other leg does the same, and can last for several minutes

I think it is called "Charlie horse", sounds silly, but it is the worst physical pain I have ever experienced to date.

Scort.

camels5 · 26 Jan 2008 at 22:32

My 7 year old son wakes up screaming with cramp in the middle of the night every couple of weeks, and has done since he was about 2

Pulse · 26 Jan 2008 at 22:44

these random cramps can also sometimes be associated with "growing pains". i use to get em couple of years ago. would have me in tears of pain, only problem was i was more like to be laughing to my parents thought i was just being a tard when i was actually being a tard in pain

tuftyfella · 26 Jan 2008 at 23:05

camels5 said:
My 7 year old son wakes up screaming with cramp in the middle of the night every couple of weeks, and has done since he was about 2

i used to get that when i was a young'en too, grown out of it now though.

BlackDragon · 27 Jan 2008 at 00:34

Calf cramps are definitely the worst. I've had a few times where I've been woken up by the onset of a calf cramp and it's awful!

.Kencs · 27 Jan 2008 at 01:23

BlackDragon said:
Calf cramps are definitely the worst.

I got to disagree, Joint cramps are defo the worse, there is no way you can walk it off.
I remember coming back from the ice stadium one sunday and a big group of us were sat at the back of the bus when i jumped up all of a sudden in total pain. I thought I wouldnt walk off the bus...defo the worse type of cramp by far

Dreadi · 27 Jan 2008 at 01:28

haha, i always get in my feet them watching films, must be something to do with the way i sit or something

chiggz · 27 Jan 2008 at 02:36

wow, i always thought i was the only one that'd wake up at nights with cramps in BOTH legs! i think it happened mostly when i had been out for football or something and hadnt exercised enough before it. anyway, hardly happens now but a few years ago it was quite common.. so painful yet somehow it can be missed.