Muscle cramps after a day ?

[UpStateRedNeck]

Usually when I lay down on the couch for an hour, after a day outside, especially cold days.  Hamstring and groin (groin mostly after moving a hanger stand).  Throw a blanket on, watch something with the wife..... Then when I get up BAM!  I think it's part dehydration, part "Hey dumbass you stretch after you jog, do it then too!". 

Happen to anybody else?  Any good preventatives?  Damn things tend to linger for a while too.

[GreeneHunter]

Water Water Water !!!

[rob-c]

Teaspoon or 2 of mustard will help when they hit ..

[Swamp_bucks]

Yep happeneds to me also.  But its because when i get working outside or in the woods i always forget to drink enough water.

[greg54]

Try 6-8 ounces of Tonic Water at bedtime, it has small amounts of Quinine and helps relieve muscle cramps.

[rob-c]

Upstate , I know it sounds weird but try it it works. Both wife and i have done it. 

[Jeremy K]

Eat a banana

[Pygmy]

1 hour ago, rob-c said:

Upstate , I know it sounds weird but try it it works. Both wife and i have done it. 

I have taken mustard for cramps MANY times..It has never failed to work...In fact  just this morning about 2:00 AM a cramp in my thigh woke me up...A teaspoon full of French's Mustard and it was gone in less than two minutes..

I have never tried to use it as a preventative  because I don't really care for it, but it sure works as a cure

[Nomad]

Interesting .

so many things hurt on me . Sleep with head on pillow and both arms go,numb, lay on RT side and hip,hurts , lay in fetal position and left knee swells up and I can’t straighten Rt elbow either .

Arthritis in both feet , two bad shoulders, groin hurts ,along with back , and I haven’t even touched on the mental issues .......