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NickA 
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 Topic: Cramp whilst racing/sailingPosted: 23 May 14 at 5:28pm |
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Used to get chronic post-hiking cramp in legs, though never whilst sailing.
My preventative cure is a) drink lots of water, b) eat lots of salted peanuts soon after sailing. Seems to work
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catmandoo
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Posted: 20 May 14 at 12:37pm |
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Or gin !!!!!
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Dougal
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Posted: 19 May 14 at 2:18pm |
It's got to be worth a go. Stick the banana and some ice in a blender and add the tonic water. For a bit of class you could even add a sparkler and a little pink umbrella.
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What could possibly go wrong?
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catmandoo
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Posted: 19 May 14 at 1:55pm |
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worst i had was loch ness monster race , after trapezing full length of loch ness in full on 5 to 6 , came back in for fly back down , both legs went into spasm calfs and thighs , agony for next 25 miles down hill in very fruity conditions , only relief was when capsizing near end though cramp , fatigue caused by it and impaired mobility were causes of capsizes , all within 2 miles of finish !!!!!
i would be very intrested in a cure .
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iGRF
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Posted: 19 May 14 at 12:17pm |
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So what are we looking at here then Dougal, Banana& Tonic? I'll try anything once..
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Dougal
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Posted: 19 May 14 at 11:25am |
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Isn't there quinine in tonic water that makes it good for malaria. Apparently it is possible to drink tonic water without gin but personally I have never tried it.
I can tell you re-hydrating with white wine doesn't work very well.
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iGRF
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Posted: 19 May 14 at 10:03am |
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Bananas? That's a new one on me as a suggestion for cramp, I've always been a great believer in digestion issues when travelling and the need for a daily banana, I shall equip the EPS with a bunch from now on..
As to being a finely tuned athlete and or my competitive days which have been long since gone, we never had any of this sort of advice, other than carb loading and I used to use a lucozade derivative called 'dynamo' back in the water ski racing days. The phrase 'Sports nutritionist' or psychologist never really occurred back in the seventies. Edited by iGRF - 19 May 14 at 10:07am |
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NickM
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Posted: 18 May 14 at 11:48pm |
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I used to get cramp in the back leg when clamped into windsurfing straps and a doctor friend suggested taking an aspirin to thin the blood before going on the water. Seemed to help a bit. Rehydration salt in a water bottle is good too.
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winging it
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Posted: 17 May 14 at 8:49pm |
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Which is why you will see tennis players on TV eating so many bananas. Stretching the cramped musxle can be dangerous. The muscle has contracted really tightly, and stretching can tear the muscle fibre. Better to massage the cramp away if you can.
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the same, but different...
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Daniel Holman
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Posted: 17 May 14 at 7:47pm |
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Cramps can generally be attributed to hydration issues, cold and fatigue. More fluid, more salts (both sodium and potassium - the former from table salt, the latter from bananas) A posh rehydration beverage will have that all sorted, so then its just keeping warm.
Suspect stretching won't do any harm either. |
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