Drink more water, that's my solution

I am not a doctor and this is not medical advice!

If this happens to you, it's time to check your electrolytes! Cramping can be a sign of low potassium. Most healthy people should be aiming for 2g+ of potassium per day.

Popularly known food sources of potassium (like banana and avocado) aren't super great in a pinch. Coconut water, or beverages like Electrolit / Pedialyte, do a better job. For your regular dietary intake, there are lots of foods better than banana and avocado at getting you the potassium you need.

This post brought to you by the fucking awful leg cramps I used to get when eating a low carb diet.

Yea calf cramps are bad but have you ever had chin cramps

FYI if you ever get leg cramp, completely straighten your leg, and flex your feet upwards, towards your shin. This will stretch your leg muscles and stop the pain almost immediately.

Used to happen to me quite a few times, esp. when being a kid doing lot of sports. Once I was afraid I would drown when getting leg cramp in the pool, but this method saved me.

You likely have a potassium deficit. I had cramps all the time until I took vitamin supplements that contain potassium. No more cramps.

Of course you can also just eat healthier and get potassium that way. Supplements aren't necessarily the solution for you.

Glad I’m not the only one. This is always a moment of pure terror

I've had ones so severe I thought my tendons were going to snap, waking me up in the middle of the night and I'm screaming and doing sympathy whines pleading for mercy. I have genuine fear of the bed time calf and/or foot cramp.

That use to happen to me a lot, but I haven't felt that pain in a long time. I started doing yoga regularly which helps, but even without doing yoga, a lesson I learned from yoga prevents that situation in other cases. It's about balance, so when you stretch your feet down, don't stretch your feet down toe first, there is no balance there, stretch your legs down heel first, that way the back muscle is being pulled down and the front muscle is being pulled up with your toe, the two counteract each other and you will not get this cramping.

Seek balance in all things friends, including your muscles while you stretch.

I like the feeling of having cramps. Sometimes I'll deliberately over strain my leg muscles to induce cramps in my calf and feet. Idk it hurts but not in a I want this to stop way. I find it fun stretching them out when I get them. The only ones I don't usually like are ones in my neck from yawning because it's weird to have my face contacted

Near death experience

Sackboy ! :D

OMG i am not alone and people have tips here,

I am so exited for part 2 of my life.

When I used to get these, the thing that made them stop immediately was standing up. It seems like the last thing you want to do, but standing up and putting all weight on both legs as soon as I felt one coming always did the trick.

The comments under this post are proof that Lemmings have shit diets without proper electrolytes.

I eat a balanced diet with plenty of fruit and veg, don't smoke, drink moderately (1 drink 3 days a week) work out regularly and still get these. The worst is in yoga, when my feet cramp and I can't do something. Calves in bed close second.

I thought it was from drinking or fasting but there seems no correlation. Age, maybe.

I get those in my thighs a lot

I just had one last week! Ugh just feeling it tighten until my muscles start tearing is the worst... And then I get to explain why I'm limping at work lol

If this happens, push the ball of your feet up. The ball of you feet is the front of your foot connected to the toes, helped me many times.

I get this all the time. Have your foot angle up towards your head. It'll stop the cramps from happening. Picture standing up and trying to balance on your heels you want that kind of bend at the foot/ankle.

Charlie horses are awful. It was hydration for me. When I drink enough water I don't get them