Hey I was wondering what is the difference when having pain? How do you know if it’s a cramp and not just general soreness?
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It’s hard to explain. If you’ve ever torn a muscle, it’s like that but more intense. Plus, it’ll tighten up like you’re actually bending the joint and you have to physically pull it open with the opposite muscle or with your hand or table or whatever else works.
Some muscles hurt much worse when cramped. The large muscles in the back of the leg hurt the most. I refuse to ride in the back of small cars because I can’t stretch out my leg if I get a cramp and based on how much those muscled hurt when they first start cramping, I couldn’t imagine how much it would hurt if the leg was fully bent backward. I once walked the lake placid olympic park and did tubing and bobsledding all day when I was maybe 8 or 9. We stopped at pizza hut and that’s when I had my first experience with major leg muscle cramping. I’d get one in the back of my leg then in the front when I tried to straighten my leg. Then my calf started cramping in the back then the front then it was both legs I had to eat my pizza standing up with tears running down my face from the pain.
I know people who say they’ve never had a cramp and they can’t force a cramp. I can tighten and pretty much make any muscle in my body cramp. I can tighten a bicep, triceps, stomach, forearm and other muscle and get an instant cramp.
If I’ve been doing muscle intensive activities, my muscles will cramp with just the smallest of movement. When I’m sleeping, in my legs especially. I found that taking ibuprofen will significantly lessen the chance of getting sleep cramps after strenuous exercise.
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