Serious health question

[Hooahguy]

So last night I woke up with my left calf muscle in extreme pain. I think I woke up screaming, it was so bad. I massaged my calf for a few minutes and it mostly went away and I went back to sleep, but anyone have any idea what this could be? I think its a Charley Horse but Im not sure.

[rajpoot]

Sounds like an ordinary muscle cramp. Nothing to worry about IMO.

Edit:
Or like you said, Charley Horse

[Fragony]

Perfectly normal don't worry. I get them in my feet sometimes, it hurts and goes away just as fast

[Hooahguy]

Ok good. Just wanted to make sure that it wouldnt lead to anything more serious.

[Fragony]

Ok good. Just wanted to make sure that it wouldnt lead to anything more serious.

This why they advice you to be careful with alcohol at the beach, can you imagine why you won't be able to swim back if your muscless cramp on you ;)

Don't worry, anyway

[Kralizec]

It happens, don't worry about it. And yeah it's pretty darn painful.

[drone]

I used to get those all the time, not a happy way to be woken up in the middle of the night. Potassium is your friend.

[CountArach]

Yeah sounds like just a cramp to me. Drink some water before bed. I sometimes get them after a night out drinking, so I assume it is something to do with dehydration.

[Montmorency]

I get those in my neck, jaw, and fingers sometimes.

Don't resist: it makes the pain worse.

[Fragony]

I get those in my neck, jaw, and fingers sometimes.

Don't resist: it makes the pain worse.

That is what they call migraines, take a pinch of seasalt every day, it will go away.

[Montmorency]

That is what they call migraines, take a pinch of seasalt every day, it will go away.

I also get 'em in the arches of my feet. I'm not so sure that's what "migraine" means...

[Fragony]

I also get 'em in the arches of my feet. I'm not so sure that's what "migraine" means...

If you have pain in your neck and jaw you probably have it, and there is a very simple cure for it

[Major Robert Dump]

If numbeness happened below the pain then u need to worry

This thread has the same name as some of my previous threads, and I am disappointed at the "serious" health question you impose.

[Hooahguy]

If numbeness happened below the pain then u need to worry

This thread has the same name as some of my previous threads, and I am disappointed at the "serious" health question you impose.

No numbness.
I put it as serious because I feel that if something is that painful that I wake up screaming in agony, its serious.

[classical_hero]

Ok good. Just wanted to make sure that it wouldnt lead to anything more serious.

You really listened to them? It simply means that your leg will fall off soon. I saw it happen to a friend fo mine, it changed his life forever.

[rajpoot]

I am disappointed at the "serious" health question you impose.

IKR.
I always open these threads expecting something a little more.........seeeerious.

Edit:
But I guess people keep quiet about that kind of stuff....

[Fragony]

No numbness.
I put it as serious because I feel that if something is that painful that I wake up screaming in agony, its serious.

It just hurts a bit grow up.

@Monty i forgot to say, it hurts in your feet because all nerves end there. You got migraines.

[Montmorency]

You've got the wrong idea, Fragony.

If I'm walking around or stretching my foot, and get a pain in the arch of my foot, it's a cramp.

If I yawn too wide and my jaw and neck hurt, it's a cramp.

If I carry too heavy a load and my hand starts spasming, it's a cramp.

[Hooahguy]

You really listened to them? It simply means that your leg will fall off soon. I saw it happen to a friend fo mine, it changed his life forever.

Hold on lemme call 911.

[Fragony]

You've got the wrong idea, Fragony.

If I'm walking around or stretching my foot, and get a pain in the arch of my foot, it's a cramp.

If I yawn too wide and my jaw and neck hurt, it's a cramp.

If I carry too heavy a load and my hand starts spasming, it's a cramp.

Edit I screwed up

[Major Robert Dump]

Actually, my threads were not serious
What I was getting at is that I thought I got necroed, then when I saw it was hooah, I thought it would be a joke

[Chaotix]

You've got the wrong idea, Fragony.

If I'm walking around or stretching my foot, and get a pain in the arch of my foot, it's a cramp.

If I yawn too wide and my jaw and neck hurt, it's a cramp.

If I carry too heavy a load and my hand starts spasming, it's a cramp.

I get the same thing.

Definitely not a migraine, that's a type of headache that feels like pulsing pain in your temples, to hear people describe it.

It's just muscle spasms in your jaw and foot, as you suspected. If you touch the arch of your foot or under your jaw when it happens, you can actually feel that the muscle is in the wrong place.

[quadalpha]

22 replies and no one suggested asking a doctor?

[rajpoot]

22 replies and no one suggested asking a doctor?

That would've been such a normal answer.
And obviously Hooah has more faith in the diagnosis of Org experts or he would've gone to a doctor in the first place.

[Hooahguy]

22 replies and no one suggested asking a doctor?

True, but they would have told me to "come in to check up on it" and that would cost me money.

[quadalpha]

True, but they would have told me to "come in to check up on it" and that would cost me money.

Ah, America. [stuff that belongs in backroom]

[Kadagar_AV]

I haven't read anything but OP, but:

Dehydration, combined with a higher use of the legs will lead to this...

I have no idea how many nights during the ski seasons, after a looong afterski, I have woken up writhing in pain from my calf... So I for one recognize it at once. I have no idea why it is the calfs that always get the rough end of the deal, but, well... It seems to be :)

It stopped when I got better at drinking some water before bed, after heavy drinking :)

PS: Hurts like ****, so I get why you are concerned... Breaking my leg was LESS painful!!

[Hooahguy]

I haven't read anything but OP, but:

Dehydration, combined with a higher use of the legs will lead to this...

I dont think dehydration is a factor considering how much water I drink. My urine is pretty clear. Unless thats not a good measure of hydration?

[Kadagar_AV]

I dont think dehydration is a factor considering how much water I drink. My urine is pretty clear. Unless thats not a good measure of hydration?

It only happened once though? That day, had you been drinking alcohol? A more than normal amount of coffee? Been to the sauna? Had hot and steamy sex?

Dehydration doesn't have to build up under a long time... It's enough being dehydrated around just that time when it, well, happened...

[Hooahguy]

Uh, none of the above, but we did spend 2 hours in the sun marching around in ROTC in insane heat, so that might be it. Though I drank a ton of water.