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Post by pantherpride91 on Sept 1, 2008 14:22:41 GMT -6
Anyone out there have anything they have found to be effective against cramping?
We have cut the candy that cheerleaders used to give on fridays, we are doing a gatorade/water combo at pratice, and we are doing the same stretching and just as much conditioning/running we have done in the past.
However, the past two weeks we have had kids go down and we look like a massage parlor in the second half. To be honest, it is almost embarassing.
Are there any remedies any of you coaches have used in the past?
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Post by coachbdud on Sept 1, 2008 22:04:18 GMT -6
bananas, the potassium in bananas severely reduces cramps. we try to get bananas for our kids b4 every game.
one thing i have never tried but our OC swears by is pickle juice. A Dr. told him when he used to play and got really bad cramps. Drink basically a shot of pickle juice and you will have no cramps
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Post by superpower on Sept 1, 2008 22:25:24 GMT -6
Proper hydration in advance of the practice or game is very important, but I don't think you can completely avoid the cramping.
I was told this summer that if you pinch the two ridges just above the upper lip and below the nose really hard, it releases the leg cramps. It is some kind of pressure point, supposedly. Has anyone ever heard of this?
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Post by coachcoyote on Sept 1, 2008 23:16:41 GMT -6
Had a player whose Mother was a nurse, and she swore by it. I've seen it work as well as not work. We've used Pedialyte for Infants and it seems to do the trick, also.
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Post by burn on Sept 1, 2008 23:22:15 GMT -6
We swear by pedilayte the night before and at lunch on game day.
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Post by pantherpride91 on Sept 2, 2008 4:51:01 GMT -6
Proper hydration in advance of the practice or game is very important, but I don't think you can completely avoid the cramping. I was told this summer that if you pinch the two ridges just above the upper lip and below the nose really hard, it releases the leg cramps. It is some kind of pressure point, supposedly. Has anyone ever heard of this? Never heard of doing anything like that, but at this point we are willing to try just about anything! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2008 10:21:25 GMT -6
bananas, the potassium in bananas severely reduces cramps. we try to get bananas for our kids b4 every game. one thing i have never tried but our OC swears by is pickle juice. A Dr. told him when he used to play and got really bad cramps. Drink basically a shot of pickle juice and you will have no cramps Coach, we've used pickle juice, the only problem was that it nauseated some of our players, so if you do use it dilute it with water. Pedialyte is good it's what alot of NHL goalies use in their water bottles. |
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Post by coachveer on Sept 2, 2008 10:59:25 GMT -6
"Drink more the day before" They need to drink a gallon of water on Thursday for a 7 pm kickoff on Friday.
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Post by pantherpride91 on Sept 2, 2008 11:30:41 GMT -6
pedialyte is a good idea, though I've only seen older people use it after a severe night of dehydration. I would also take a look at your warm up and stretching routine. We had all kinds of cramp problems early last year, but haven't had any this year. But our form running and active stretch has changed. What did you use before and what are some of the changes that you have gone to? |
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Post by carson101 on Sept 2, 2008 11:34:43 GMT -6
1 cup of pickle juice helps get the water and or gatorade nutrients to the muscles faster so that the kids have plenty of hydration,have them drink it early before practice though or they will spend the practice praying to the grass.
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Post by airman on Sept 2, 2008 15:05:55 GMT -6
make sure they are not drinking energy drinks. those will cramp them up big time.
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Post by coachsky on Sept 2, 2008 22:08:24 GMT -6
Nothing beats proper hydration. 24 hours in advance.
We keep a couple bottles of "mustard water" handy. A couple table spoons of mustard diluted in a quart of warm water. Drink when they start cramps, relieves most leg cramps in 3 to 5 minutes.
Some say it's a wives tale, might be a placebo.
Works for us!
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Post by homeoftheo on Sept 3, 2008 7:49:08 GMT -6
We use Pedialyte and Gatorade, but the best thing we have found is pickle juice.
Also as others have said--proper hydration and not a gallon of water the day of the game...hydrate all week.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2008 19:19:33 GMT -6
I've also heard that in severe cases, you can have the individual take Aspirin, as it thins the blood as well...JUST make sure they aren't allergic 1st.
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Post by carson101 on Sept 4, 2008 0:07:34 GMT -6
It is illegal for coaches to give any meds to players,they will have to get it from their parents if thats the case. A kid OD'd once on tylenol for his headache and died a week later this happened a few years back.
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Post by jlail on Sept 4, 2008 10:08:47 GMT -6
In college during the late 70s-80s we had to eat a tablespoon full of mustard before every game. The funny thing was, our first game the trainer game in the locker room with a huge jar of mustard and 1 spoon. After the third game we graduated to individual packets
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Post by WTR on Sept 4, 2008 10:27:10 GMT -6
We also keep a bottle of mustard with us as well.
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Post by hardkordann on Sept 5, 2008 15:16:34 GMT -6
I'm another one that swears by pickle juice...
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Post by Coach Goodnight on Sept 7, 2008 17:14:25 GMT -6
Also make sure they arent using creatine.... one of the side effects is Dehydration and cramping, so you might want to ask them if they are using it.
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