What is muscle cramp?

A muscle cramp is a sudden, involuntary contraction or tightening of one or more muscles. Sometimes called a charley horse, a muscle cramp can be very painful.

Most of the muscle cramp we experience is usually:

Cramps that have no clear cause, which tend to occur when the muscle is relaxed (typically at night)
Cramps that occur during or after exercise

What should we do?

Prevention

The best way to deal with muscle cramps is to prevent them from happening in the first place by:

I)-Do stretching before, after exercise and even before bed

II)-Drink plenty of water

III)-Have supplement like potassium, magnesium if these electrolytes are low in your body or foods rich in potassium like banana, etc.

Ways to relieve it

1.Roll on ball

2. Foam Roller relief

3. Stretching exercises

Prepared by:

Chin Zing Choan

Your Physio Alam Damai

Edited by:

Teh Qi Shun