balefire88

So, I'm not even sure where to begin this. Over the past month or so. I've been feeling muscles in my calf area just get very very tight at random times. This happens about once a week, and it happens when they whole leg is being all stretched out, and i'm not talking like they're just stratight. They're being extended all out, all the way to my toes, which means it happens when I masturbated a couple times while my girlfriend talked to me dirty on the phone. I didn't tell her that it got tight, she was getting quite horny and masturbating herself, and I didn't want to ruin her mood. It hurt like a bitch though. I've had it once (I think), when i was just lying on my bed reading, which means, at that point, my leg wasn't stretched out to the max, just straightened out and relaxed.

My mom gets these sometimes, and god, please don't think dirty thoughts, she's just lying on the couch watchign tv. She refers to it in her native tongue as "my leg is pulling", and the way to assuage the pain is to rub the area, and the muscle in particular very hard. I've always assumed it happened because my mom is not very active physically, but I guess that's not it. Since I play basketball everday for an hour and a half to 2 hours, and I've not missed playing in the last 2 months, I am in good shape right now. So, now, I'm wondering if its heridetary, if everyone gets it, and why its happening all of a sudden more frequently now, and if it has anything to do with me playing basketball everday?

I just had my annual check up with my doctor a couple weeks ago, and I didn't think of asking him, because it had been a while since it happened. Last night, however, I was talkin to my girl again . Also, I'd want to give my doctor all the information, but I can't exactly tell my "family" doctor that I masturbate =P. Then aganin, maybe I can, I'd just be very embarassed. Maybe I can just describe how my legs are all tightened out for a while, without mentioning the other info. Also, I'm about to head out to college, so I won't see my doctor for quite a few months, and I don't want to go to a different doctor.

Thanks for any information you can give me

**EDITED for all sorts of spelling and grammatical errors (just for you Averett, from all I've read on the forums, you're one of the nicest people here )

Averett

Sounds like a muscle cramp.

So if you're laying on your bed your toes are pointed down and not up? Leg stretched out? Sometimes when I do that my calf will seize up. Hurts like hell. To make it better I just pull my toes up and stretch the leg out.


(And I don't want to sound like a jerk here, but it's so much easier to read when you take the time to use proper capitals and spellings. ani = any and diff = difference. That sort of thing )

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balefire88

If I am cramping, would you know why it happens? The obvious answer being my legs are all stretched out to the maximum, but from other threads I've read on the forum, that happens to many guys when they're masturbating. The last thing I'd want is for my girlfriend to be giving me head or something, and I cramp up in the leg, and jump up howling in pain. That would kill the mood so fast, and I've not seen for three months. What if this happens on the first night back (in a few nights)? Heh, the possiblities are endless for a screwed up situation.

Also, how long does it take for the cramp to go away? My left leg, which usually gets the worse cramps, is still feeling a bit different right now. It doesn't hurt right now, but it still feels a bit tighter than the right, which also had a cramp last night. Just relaxing my leg helps very little, I have to rub the muscle very very hard, and even then it doesn't go away very quickly. *sigh*

Averett

I think the cramp=masturbation link is simply because you're tensing up in the moment.

As far as cramps in general, from what I understand it's from being low in potassium.

How long does it take for them to go away? Depends. I know when I have bad ones the next day my leg is sometimes a bit sore. And I can easily get another cramp if I'm not careful.

When you're with your girl next... Just relax. Make an effort not to tense up your legs

But yes, mention this all to your doctor.


(and thank you for the complement, that's very sweet )

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maleficent

Leg cramps are sometimes caused by a potassium deficiency. Least that's what my doctor has told me. Causes the cramping to happen. I get them if my foot is pointed, especiallywhen laying down... If you keep your foot straight, it's less inclined for it to happen.

Supposedly if you pinch your upper lip, it will loosen the cramp

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apeman

yeah i get the foot one occasionally

runners tend to get calf cramps, i guess because they're sweating a lot and generally disturbing the balance of salts and water in their muscles

if you massage a cramping muscle that helps a little bit

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