IAM RUNNING ABOUT 2 MILE A DAY DRINKING ABOUT 1/2 A GALLON OF WATER A DAY, BUT WHILE IAM RUNNING MY CALFS FELL LIKE THERE GOING TO BLOW OUT THE SIDE OF MY LEGS! WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT THIS?
2007-10-01 05:06:50 · 3 answers · asked by FULTZ 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
Drinking ordinary water will not hydrate your body. You have to drink mineral water to put back into the body all of the minerals you are losing when running.
Calf muscles are the first place your body targets when you are dehydrated. Drink lots of water! I recommend purified water and Mineral Water mixed 50/50. The Mineral Water is going to put back into the muscles the minerals they are losing on a daily basis. You must drink beyond your thirst to get the benefits of hydration.
I suggest that adults and children drink 40 ounces of water per 100 pounds of body weight every day. Realize that exercise, ambient temperature, and state of health affect the water needs of your body.
In the evening take a hot bath with 2c. of dissolved Epsom salts and soak for 30 minutes. Afterwards, if you have something shaped like a cylinder and made out of hard material (think of a large rolling pin you would use for pizza dough or something) place it under your leg and push down and roll it back and forth...this should massage the spasms out of your leg. It will hurt while you're doing it, but more so the type of pain that actually feels good, in the long run. Afterwards massage an analgesic cream into the area. You will start feeling better very quickly.
Take 500mg of calcium and magnesium every evening. This will help stop the cramping.
2007-10-01 05:42:00 · answer #1 · answered by Cherokee Billie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make certain you're stretching appropriately earlier than AND after your workout routines and that you're preserving your frame hydrated. If you lack in some of the 3 or extra, it could actually purpose extreme affliction. Shin Splint are yet another affliction however targeted close the entrance, now not deep within the muscle tissues. If the affliction does not subside or upgrade in a weeks time, I'd see a health care provider.
2016-09-05 13:37:45 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
report this to ur trainer he might help you /..........
2007-10-01 05:11:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋