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[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah I have always found that standing up stops the cramp better than anything else. I heard it was like handing over the controls to your central (or maybe peripheral?) nervous system and letting that higher authority override the cramp by deciding that maintaining your balance while standing up is a higher priority. Then you can safely stretch and get hydrated after that.

I have jumped out of bed in a panic many times and it has worked every time.

[–] ExtremeUnicorn@feddit.org 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Jumping" out of bed from lying is not too healthy as far as I know.

[–] topherclay@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Neither is whatever state we are letting our bodies be in that is causing enough leg cramps to necessitate a contingency protocol.

[–] ExtremeUnicorn@feddit.org 0 points 1 day ago

Well, no, but what I meant was you can get a brain aneurism and die from getting up too fast, you wouldn’t have to worry about your leg cramps anymore, either way.