Effective Remedies for Muscle Cramps
Muscle cramps can be excruciating. Although it’s jarring to get a muscle cramp, most of us are used to experiencing these painful spasms from time to time. Like a sledgehammer to your leg or hand, the cramp hits you hard. They are involuntary, painful muscle contractions and usually hit at the end of intense workouts or during endurance events because weary muscles are more prone to them. What are Muscle Cramps? A muscle cramp is an involuntarily contracted muscle that does not relax. When we voluntarily move the muscles of our legs and arms, they contract alternately and relax as we move our limbs. When a muscle contracts in an involuntary fashion, it is in spasm. If the spasm is constrained, it becomes a cramp which in turn causes palpable hardening of the involved muscle and eventually, pain. Muscle cramps can last anywhere from a few seconds to a quarter of an hour or much longer. They are generally harmless but can cause temporary abruption in the movement of the af...