CalMac (insomnia, musclecramp & spasm remedy)
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Lori P.Posted
Wed 12 Jan 2011 12:06am
Calmac Original (Powder) 5 oz Calmac™ Original, a worldwide best seller and a long time favorite of our customers, supplies calcium and magnesium in a 3:1 ratio (450 mg calcium and 150 mg magnesium). Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the human body and is concentrated mostly in bones and teeth. Magnesium is essential [...]
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What causes musclecramps during competition?
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Dr. Gabe M.Posted
Wed 01 Oct 2008 8:12pm
If you've ever developed severe musclecramps during long-term exercise, the odds are that you never found out why it happened. Doctors in South Africa studied triathletes and found that most of the time, the musclescramps were not caused by dehydration, thyroid disease, blocked blood flow, nerve damage, or mineral abnormalities of calcium, sodium
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Fighting MuscleCramping
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Lucky V.Posted
Mon 04 May 2009 3:54pm
to anyone working out on a regular basis.
Musclescramps often occur during and after workout but there are several ways to control it. First, let’s have a better understanding of the reasons for this problem, and then, we can focus on preventing and treating musclecramping.
Musclecramps are a natural reaction of the human body normally caused by the lack
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MuscleCramps!
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Dr. Eric R.Posted
Sun 14 Sep 2008 3:05pm1 Commentmuscle soreness, muscle fatigue, and musclecramps.
Musclecramps are often extremely painful and debilitating. I remember struggling with quadriceps cramps more than one time.... The cramps began at mile 42. I remember completing the rest of the ride in fear because a feature of musclecramps poorly appreciated among non-cyclists is that when you do crampRead on »
MuscleCramps from Exercise: Causes and Prevention
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Dr. Gabe M.Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:03pm1 Comment
Exercisers are often told that musclecramps are caused by lack of salt (sodium) or low potassium. However, recent studies show that athletes in endurance events who... exercise-induced musclecramps. The most common cause appears to be muscle damage. Athletes may be able to prevent cramps by slowing down when they feel the muscle pulling
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MuscleCramps in Exercisers
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Dr. Gabe M.Posted
Sat 05 Feb 2011 7:16pmMusclecramps are common during very intense exercise and occur far less often during less-intense training, because the most common cause of musclecramps in exercisers is muscle damage from all-out pressure on the muscles.
Cause: Muscle Damage
The leading theory is that most cases of musclecramps in serious exercisers and athletes are caused
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Most common cause of musclecramps: lack of salt
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Dr. Gabe M.Posted
Tue 26 Aug 2008 4:03pm1 Comment
The most common cause of musclecramps in exercisers is lack of salt, according to a report from the University of Oklahoma. The authors cite studies of tennis... of musclecramps in competitive athletes are caused by an exaggerated "stretch reflex". When you stretch a muscle, it pulls on its tendon. Stretch reflex nerves in that tendon send
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Will Creatine Cause MuscleCramps Or Injury?
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Richard S.Posted
Fri 22 Oct 2010 5:16pm
of creatine will usually and regrettably accept it to be fact.
If an athlete who happens to be using creatine gets a musclecramp they will point the finger at their creatine use, when... players as subjects found that the athletes supplementing with creatine experienced less musclecramps, muscle tightness, muscle strains, dehydration and total injuries. (Mayhew
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Preventing MuscleCramps
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Dr. Gabe M.Posted
Fri 16 Oct 2009 10:00pm2 Comments
Most older textbooks explain that musclecramps are caused by lack of water (dehydration) and lack of salt. However, studies on endurance athletes show that athletes who cramp do not have less body water or sodium than those who do not cramp ( British Journal of Sports Medicine, June 2009). So the current explanation for musclecrampsRead on »
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