Training

Cramp prevention xxxxxx

Goals: To prevent the onset of night cramps or cramps induced by effort, in particular in the calf muscles.
The cramp phenomenon is delayed, or even prevented completely. The violence of the cramps is also limited.

Benefits of electrostimulation Electrostimulation develops the blood capillary network of the exposed muscles. This improves irrigation and oxygenation.

Explanation and protocol: During prolonged physical effort, it is fairly common for muscular cramps to occur in a long distance runner and cramps most frequently affect the calf or thigh muscles. Although benign, these sudden, intense and involuntary contractions are painful and more often than not compromise achievement of the hoped-for performance. Heat and dehydration are factors which greatly increase the risk of cramps appearing and this generally occurs at the end of a competition or in the hours which follow. Some runners are more likely than others to suffer from cramp and it can be beneficial in this case to adopt a preventive measure aimed at developing the network of fine blood vessels which feed the most exposed muscles. The Cramp prevention programme achieves this objective, which encourages the many biochemical changes induced by prolonged effort and thus reduces the risk of muscular cramps. The example below concerns prevention of calf muscle cramps, but can be applied easily for the front (quadriceps) or rear (hamstring) muscles of the thighs, simply by changing the choice of treatment area and by adopting appropriate electrode positions.