Cramping and Stiffness

On Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 9:32:57 AM UTC-5, Robert Seccombe wrote:
raxy recently commented, "I once developed cramp in flight. It was extremely painful since I could not move in a way to relieve it."

I have been planning on asking what methods are used to avoid and deal with stiffness and cramping while flying in such close quarters.

It used to be all I had to do was get up and walk to the back for a short time; now looking forward to doing some cross country soaring with a bit of a hip problem it's a concern.

After 5 or 6 hours I often develop cramps in my legs. I take a couple of these pills and the cramps stop for the next couple of hours. The pills are "Hyland's Leg Cramps". They can be found at Walmart, Walgreens, etc., etc.. They are usually in the supplement section.

They do seem to work.

Dan Reagan

On Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 3:18:57 PM UTC-8, Dan Reagan wrote:
On Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 9:32:57 AM UTC-5, Robert Seccombe wrote:
raxy recently commented, "I once developed cramp in flight. It was extremely painful since I could not move in a way to relieve it."

I have been planning on asking what methods are used to avoid and deal with stiffness and cramping while flying in such close quarters.

It used to be all I had to do was get up and walk to the back for a short time; now looking forward to doing some cross country soaring with a bit of a hip problem it's a concern.

After 5 or 6 hours I often develop cramps in my legs. I take a couple of these pills and the cramps stop for the next couple of hours. The pills are "Hyland's Leg Cramps". They can be found at Walmart, Walgreens, etc., etc. They are usually in the supplement section.

They do seem to work.

Dan Reagan

On Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 3:18:57 PM UTC-8, Dan Reagan wrote:
On Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 9:32:57 AM UTC-5, Robert Seccombe wrote:
raxy recently commented, "I once developed cramp in flight. It was extremely painful since I could not move in a way to relieve it."

I have been planning on asking what methods are used to avoid and deal with stiffness and cramping while flying in such close quarters.

It used to be all I had to do was get up and walk to the back for a short time; now looking forward to doing some cross country soaring with a bit of a hip problem it's a concern.

After 5 or 6 hours I often develop cramps in my legs. I take a couple of these pills and the cramps stop for the next couple of hours. The pills are "Hyland's Leg Cramps". They can be found at Walmart, Walgreens, etc., etc. They are usually in the supplement section.

They do seem to work.

Dan Reagan

Many of my flight during the summer are 6-7 hours; some even longer. I always eat a banana that morning and drink lots of pedialyte/water mixed 50/50 while flying. Pedialyte has all if not more of the good stuff as Gatorade, and not nearly the sugar.

On Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 3:18:57 PM UTC-8, Dan Reagan wrote:
The pills are "Hyland's Leg Cramps".
They do seem to work.

"Seem" is the operative word, since they're homeopathic, so just sugar pills with zero active ingredients.

Here's a current science-based discussion of homeopathy: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/fda...hy-regulation/

5Z

Tums can be very effective for relieving cramps. I always used to carry a roll when I did multi-hour bike rides or other endurance events.

Matt

Power aid zero. It has electrolytes but no sugar. I normally drink 3 quarts over a 4 hour flight. No more cramps since I started doing this. It’s a whopping 78 cents per quart. And yes, you have to have a good relief system in your glider.