Thursday, September 14, 2006

Leg Pain

leg pain can be due to a muscle cramp (also called a charley horse). Common causes of cramps include:

  • Muscle fatigue or strain from overuse, too much exercise, or holding a muscle in the same position for a long time
  • Dehydration or low amounts of potassium, sodium, calcium, or magnesium in the blood
  • Running for the first time in 12 months in preparation for your first season of cyclocross
  • Medications such as:
    • Diuretics, which can cause you to lose too much fluid or minerals
    • Statins, which lower cholesterol

7 comments:

PAB(a.k.a.CID) said...

you ran?

for how long?

we did our silly walk drills today in the hippie forest.

i think they liked watching....

Lothar Glerbny said...

they are probably blogging about these freaks they saw that were so high they couldn't even walk

Anonymous said...

Leg pain can also mean I suck..........well thats what it means for me at least.

My legs hurt all the time so go figure.

Anyway, I actaully rode for 2 hours pain free, Yeeeeee HAW.

PT is good.

Cleaned up the CX bike and plan to make it to at least a few non local races to play with your dirty dogs.

MS

X Bunny said...

pab was worried that he'd be sore after the cx race on sunday because he hadn't done any running yet

frisbee golf took care of those worries

he is sore already

Lothar Glerbny said...

I made that mistake once with touch football. I could barely walk the next day. It doesn't seem that bad while you're playing!

You know how you go for a bike ride and if it isn't at least an hour it was a waste of time...an hour is too long to run!

X Bunny said...

i have worked up over the last few weeks to 15 minutes

norcalcyclingnews.com said...

they are probably blogging about these freaks they saw that were so high they couldn't even walk

that is funny.