s2/e21 Muscle Cramps (What We Do & Don't Know) with Coach Elisabeth
The Running Explained Podcast
The Theory of Muscle Cramping
The theory is that it's not the calcium. Calcium dumps out, gets pumpd back in, dumps out,gets pumped back in and this happens faster than you can even think that it's happening. In situations where sodium is offered alongside proper amounts of hydration, cramping seems to occur less often. The nero motor theory actually doesn't, doesn't start inside the cell. It starts outside the cell. Through a century of research that backs up the that what we know about when cramping is more likely to occur.
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