I'm just about one year into swimming since stopping after college thirty years ago. I always retained great leg strength though biking but seven years ago I developed very bad sciatica at disc L5-S1, and pain down my left leg was excruciating. Three years ago I had a 2nd surgery and finally began recovery. The problem that remains is a tendency (actually more of a certainty) of getting bad cramps in my left calf and both arches in my feet. The chiropractors we get at big swim meets all say any nerve damage would be healed by now and I simply need to strengthen my calf muscle. Using fins will guarantee a cramp in seconds and actually so will a pull-buoy.
Anybody else every had this dilemma?
I heard someone mention recently that drinking half a glass of tonic water before swimming totally took care of his foot/leg cramping problems. I haven't tried this myself because I haven't had much trouble with cramping lately, and I've never heard this solution before - but it sounds pretty simple to test out.:anim_coffee:
I heard someone mention recently that drinking half a glass of tonic water before swimming totally took care of his foot/leg cramping problems. I haven't tried this myself because I haven't had much trouble with cramping lately, and I've never heard this solution before - but it sounds pretty simple to test out.:anim_coffee:
