i noticed that after swimming for a while, i experience foot cramps. They are sometimes so painful that i have to stop swimming or just end my workout altogether. is there any way to get rid of them. They are really hindering with my workouts.
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I sure do appreciate everyone's answers to this problem. I have found that bananas do help me and even though I have 20 banana tree plants in my yard, their rotation is limited, so I can't get bananas as often as I swim.
Honduras does have some of the products mentioned here, but I live on the island of Roatan and everything has to be shipped in. The primary pain-killer is aspirin. We can get medications for malaria, but Advil type products are never found here. We have one pharmacy on the island and they don't carry ibuproferin or similar products. My sister does send down care packages to me from Texas every 4 months or so and that is how I get the things we need, medically.
But I will start stretching like you all described, and try to get more potassium n my body.
Now that I think of it: when I was training for the Olympic trials, we always took salt tablets. They, from time-to-time irritated my stomach, but I never, ever had cramps of any kind. And because I live in a hot and humid place, I am losing both sodium and potassium from sweating so much thus leading to horrible toe cramps. Hmmmm....
Great advice here.
Donna
I sure do appreciate everyone's answers to this problem. I have found that bananas do help me and even though I have 20 banana tree plants in my yard, their rotation is limited, so I can't get bananas as often as I swim.
Honduras does have some of the products mentioned here, but I live on the island of Roatan and everything has to be shipped in. The primary pain-killer is aspirin. We can get medications for malaria, but Advil type products are never found here. We have one pharmacy on the island and they don't carry ibuproferin or similar products. My sister does send down care packages to me from Texas every 4 months or so and that is how I get the things we need, medically.
But I will start stretching like you all described, and try to get more potassium n my body.
Now that I think of it: when I was training for the Olympic trials, we always took salt tablets. They, from time-to-time irritated my stomach, but I never, ever had cramps of any kind. And because I live in a hot and humid place, I am losing both sodium and potassium from sweating so much thus leading to horrible toe cramps. Hmmmm....
Great advice here.
Donna
