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Generally the cause of cramp is not having enough salt in your diet.
Wiki User
∙ 12y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoThe most common cause is dehydration combined with overuse of that muscle (e.g. repeated interval running or long-distance running).
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What happens to the muscle when experiencing a cramp?
When a muscle cramp occurs, the muscle contracts forcibly and involuntarily and doesn't relax for the time the cramp lasts. The cramp can last from few seconds up to few minutes.
A muscle cramp is likely due to a lack of?
A muscle cramp is likely due to a lack of
What is the lump on your leg or muscle during cramp?
When you experience a leg or muscle cramp, it is because the muscle has constricted or tightened up. The lump you are referring to is the muscle itself that has tightened up. When your muscle relaxes, the cramp goes away.
Another word for a painful contraction of a muscle?
A painful contraction of a muscle is a cramp or charley horse.
What should you do when you get A muscle cramp?
Stop doing whatever activity triggered the cramp, Gently stretch and massage the cramping muscle, holding it in stretched position until the cramp stops, and Apply heat to tense/tight muscles, or cold to sore/tender muscles.
What is a painful contraction of a muscle called?
Often it is called a cramp.
A painful contraction of a muscle?
A spasm or cramp
When a muscle contracts and will not relax?
Such a painful muscle contraction is commonly known as cramp.
What happens to muscle if you tighten it?
after a long period of exercise a muscle can cramp
What has to relax to a resting state after muscle contraction?
a cramp
How do you loosen up a muscle after a cramp?
I recommend massage.
Do you get cramps on knee?
Any muscle in your body can cramp
