Why?

[HeathDavisSpeed]

A place to ask all those unfathomable questions...

So, sometimes at night I get cramp in my calves. This in itself isn't particularly unusual, just annoying. At the time it wakes me up. Pretty much, I remember nothing else during the night.

Why is it that I always have a clear memory of part of my mind thinking "how's about a nice leg stretch" and whilst starting to stretch my legs, another part of my brain is positively shouting, "No, don't do it. You know what happens when you do!" By which time it's too late and the cramp has struck.

I find this to be somewhat peculiar.

 

[Fusion]

Same thing happened to me two nights ago. The commination of pain and disorientation from the sleep is the worst feeling ever. One of the hardest part of being a human IMO.

 

[Burgey]

One of the hardest part of being a human IMO.

Would have thought the Spanish Flu pandemic might have been up there tbh, but I guess you're right.

 

[fredfertang]

A place to ask all those unfathomable questions...

So, sometimes at night I get cramp in my calves. This in itself isn't particularly unusual, just annoying. At the time it wakes me up. Pretty much, I remember nothing else during the night.

Why is it that I always have a clear memory of part of my mind thinking "how's about a nice leg stretch" and whilst starting to stretch my legs, another part of my brain is positively shouting, "No, don't do it. You know what happens when you do!" By which time it's too late and the cramp has struck.

I find this to be somewhat peculiar.

It's the onset of middle age mate - downhill all the way from now on

 

[flibbertyjibber]

It's the onset of middle age mate - downhill all the way from now on

Wait for the sciatica.

 

[Smudge]

How many times do I have to try to tell you
That I'm sorry for the things I've done

 

[Pothas]

Awaiting the gout myself, runs in the family.

 

[GIMH]

Have suffered with cramps on my calves since late teens. Always the night after a heavy night.

 

[cpr]

How many times do I have to try to tell you
That I'm sorry for the things I've done

You absolute ****. This was the only reason I opened the thread and now you've taken it away from me....

 

[Smudge]

You absolute ****. This was the only reason I opened the thread and now you've taken it away from me....

It's my absolute pleasure.



. . . do birds suddenly appear, every time you are near?

Fun fact: If Mama Cass from Mamas and the Papas had given Karen Carpenter her ham sandwich, there's a chance they'd both still be alive today.

 

[Athlai]

I've experienced that sort of cramp maybe once every year or two and it is the absolute pits.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

It's not the cramp itself that's the issue, though it is quite literally a pain. Why am I aware of the approach of the cramp in advance? Has the cramp already happened, but the mind hasn't fully registered it yet?

 

[GIMH]

It's not the cramp itself that's the issue, though it is quite literally a pain. Why am I aware of the approach of the cramp in advance? Has the cramp already happened, but the mind hasn't fully registered it yet?

I don't know but I do know on occasion I've felt it coming and straightened my leg and managed to avoid it

It's the worst pain when it strikes

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I don't know but I do know on occasion I've felt it coming and straightened my leg and managed to avoid it

It's the worst pain when it strikes

Na, ball in box while batting is worse.

 

[sledger]

...does it always rain on me?

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Why? MCA

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Pain is all in the mind.

 

[Athlai]

Pain is all in the mind.

Yeah in these areas

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

I have gotten serious calf cramps since I was a teen as well, recently started drinking some berocca once a week to keep up my magnesium levels and so far so good.

 

[Ausage]

Awaiting the gout myself, runs in the family.

I had a bout of the stuff when I was in my early 20s. I had two massive meals (mostly steak/pasta) throughout the day followed by a huge beer based bender. Lasted for several days and it was a **** of an ailment. Felt like I was being stabbed with needles from the inside out. It was absolute pure agony.