anyone ever get crampy muscle pain in left arm when running?
451081
Yeah I have. But I get blood clots periodically, so I know that that pain is from a blood clot blocking the oxygen flow to my heart.\nI hope you don't have the same problem I do!
690351
I used to get those all the time, and when I looked into it, I was told that it was due to dehydration. Your body sweats when you jog, and if you're like most people, you aren't properly hydrated to begin with, so when you start to sweat, then you lose that much more water, thus cramping. What also helped for me was to take deeper breaths, and breath through your mouth; your body is starving for oxygen when you exert yourself, so breathing through your nose doesn't help. That just worsens the problem; so breath through your mouth. The best way to tell if your taking deep breaths is if you feel your belly move out. If breathing is part of the problem, then keep in mind once the cramping starts, it won't go away just like that; it'll take time for your body to get used to more oxygen and recover from the lack thereof.
318860
I have the same problem. I went to my doctor and he said that I have bursitis of the knee. I also have tendinitis. I run Cross Country and Track for my high school and I didn't want to stop running so he told me that as long as I'm careful I can keep running. There are special braces I guess you would call them available at Academy. There's also a link on line where you can find them. I also take glucosamine chondroitin which really helps to rebuild joints. I hope this helps you out. Let me know how you feel.
691287
No. Running or any type of exercise will do nothing to extend your period. It actually will help your cramps be less painful.
584682
Leg cramps could also be caused by a sodium or potassium imbalance. Try drinking Gatorade or eating a bannana and make sure that if you increase your water intake you also increase your sodium and potassium intake as well.
651536
Running is the best. Running will move the lactic acid in your arm, which causes the pain, out of your arm.
1117208
Oh, I run both! I'm #1 in my conference. I could make a training schedule for you but I don't know your goals or how long you've been running. So email me and I'll be glad to help. Be sure to always drink alot of water. And do some jumps after about a 20 min. run. That will make your legs strong. And STRECH!! Do abs. Running, beleive it or not, has a big effect on your running.Don't drink water within 30 min. of a run or eat anything for an hour before either. This will prevent you from getting side cramps, witch are so painful they caused me to drop out of a race once, and make me lose a race I was winning and I ended up falling and losing 19 places within 800 meters to the finsh line. It sucked! So email me, I'd love to help! dollars_xc@yahoo.com
1015551
If your leggs are cramping you might need to get your potassium checked..low potassium causes cramps in the leggs.
259298
sry no idea sudden stomoch ache appears when u r runnin n u drink water
1025253
It is hurting because you have a cramp in the muscle??\n Eat a banana.
848261
Stretching before may help. Start slow and work your speed up.  Then slow down gradually don't stop suddenly. Be certain you are getting sufficient water and potassium. My sister used to get terrible muscle cramps in her back and legs till her doctor told her to eat more bananas or take potassium supplements. The cramps went away!!!
1109980
Left what? ARM? you should see a Doctor!
735166
Sounds like nerve damage, possibly a pinched nerve, Don't fool around with waiting and seeing, my sister did permanent nerve damage this way partly due to a dread of the Dr. & partly due to a high pain tolerance.\nTake the same good care of this as you would for a young child in your care.\nBest wishes on this.Also, if it's the left arm, this is a classic sign of heart attack, often with no other symptoms. You seriously need the support of a Dr., please don't wait until you regret it.
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eat a banana! muscles cramp like that because of low potassium, so drink some gatorade or eat a banana!
421004
Same thing happen to me it started to swell and caused me alot of pain in my left knee. I did permanent damage to it. I pulled the muscles and did a bunch of damage behind the knee cap. It hasn't been the same now, if I do anything to strenuous it flares up. I have to take vitamins now just for my knee, and yeah it sucks, but its not worth the pain. In other words your joint is stressed out.
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A heating pad works wonders. Something warm will help ease your muscle cramping.
76862
Sounds like you need a DR.,opinion not a bunch of strangers on a computer.I know someone with the same prob. except it's the whole left arm and hand.I guessed a nerve pinched off or maybe poor circulation, but hey I'm no DR.