What is it that causes a lower leg muscle pain, a charley horse?
I have gotten them at times and my leg muscle will get as hard as a rock, after it goes away my leg will be sore. When I would get them was when I would use regular swim fins and start out doing too much without a warm up. One swimmer told me they were from a low sugar level. I have the Zoomer fins also, and have not had a charley horse with them.
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I too get cramp in the arch of my foot and, if it happens, it's always towards the latter stages of a long training session or endurance race e.g. 5km+ whilst swimming front crawl.
.... and what makes it so annoying is that your foot tends to do the most natural thing it can to cancel it out by dorsi-flexing at the ankle - I guess this stretches the affected muscle in the arch of your foot. Of course, this then does nothing to help your progress on front crawl!!!!
If you stop to massage your foot ... the clock doesn't!
A difficult problem to solve.
Alex
I too get cramp in the arch of my foot and, if it happens, it's always towards the latter stages of a long training session or endurance race e.g. 5km+ whilst swimming front crawl.
.... and what makes it so annoying is that your foot tends to do the most natural thing it can to cancel it out by dorsi-flexing at the ankle - I guess this stretches the affected muscle in the arch of your foot. Of course, this then does nothing to help your progress on front crawl!!!!
If you stop to massage your foot ... the clock doesn't!
A difficult problem to solve.
Alex
