Health check: why do we get muscle cramps?
- Written by Alan Hayes, Assistant Dean, Western Centre for Health Research and Education, Victoria University
Some people experience cramps frequently after vigorous, high-intensity exercise.from shutterstock.comMany of us know the feeling of a cramp – whether you’ve been struck down on the sports field or woken with a start in excruciating pain in the middle of the night. A cramp is the involuntary contraction of our skeletal muscle, and it...