Cramping muscles are common, whether they’re associated with exercise or not.
Knowing what causes them can help people avoid them or treat them, but for many people it's not a simple story.
Norman and Tegan talk through some of the theories behind this painful phenomenon, and why magnesium might not be the answer.
References:
- Muscle cramps: A comparison of the two-leading hypothesis
- Influence of Hydration and Electrolyte Supplementation on Incidence and Time to Onset of Exercise-Associated Muscle Cramps
- Magnesium for skeletal muscle cramps - Cochrane Review
- A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study assessing the efficacy of magnesium oxide monohydrate in the treatment of nocturnal leg cramps
- Pickle Juice Intervention for Cirrhotic Cramps Reduction: The PICCLES Randomized Controlled Trial
- Australian Institute of Sport's sports supplement framework: pickle juice
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