lately i have been getting muscle spams i dont know why. is it because i play football after school? my muscle is growing? can someone tell me why people get them?
thanks
If you are doing a lot of exercising and you are sweating a lot, you may be suffering from mild hyponatremia. Basically its an electrolyte imbalance caused by any combination of the following:
1) Drinking too much water (causes you to dilute the electrolytes in your system)
2) Excessive exercise (causes you to sweat out the electrolytes)
3) Not eating a healthy diet (causes you not to have enough electrolytes in the first place).
I deal with Sports Medicine stuff all the time since I have to take care of Marines and they are constantly doing stupid things to themselves...
The best way to combat the effects are:
1) Staying well hydrated. Water is the best
pre-hydration fluid and for re-hydration I use a mixture of 1/2 water, 1/2 Gatorade, and 1/2 7-up. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif Gatorade has too many electrolytes by itself so you dilute it with water and you add the 7-up to give yo a little extra sugar.
2) For extended work outs, eat some Saltine crackers or get some of those power-gel packs. This will keep the electrolytes flowing...
3) Post workout eat a banana or two as a snack for some natural potassium.
4) Since your still in your growing years, take a multivitamin, Flintstones or whatever.
Hope this helps...