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2. Muscle cramps are a pain. These expert-approved tips can help ...

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   “The most reliable way to resolve a muscle cramp quickly is with gentle stretching to help the muscle relax,” says Buchler. Massaging and applying heat or ice to the site of the cramp can help ...

3. A Physical Therapist Shares 6 Stretches to Ease Lower Back Pain

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   Muscles from the mid to upper back, like the lats, erector spinae, and quadratus lumborum stretch all the way down to the low back. Injury in muscles from the back of the legs, like the gluteals ...

4. Should You Use Ice or Heat for Your Back Pain? - AOL

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   Experts explain whether ice or heat for back pain will lead to better relief, and the best time to use each. ... reduce muscle spasms, help with chronic inflammation and decrease stiffness in ...

5. Exercise-associated muscle cramps - Wikipedia

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   Exercise-associated muscle cramps (EAMC) are defined as cramping (painful muscle spasms) during or immediately following exercise. [1] [2] [3] Muscle cramps during exercise are very common, even in elite athletes. EAMC are a common condition that occurs during or after exercise, often during endurance events such as a triathlon or marathon.

6. Cramp - Wikipedia

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   Gentle stretching and massage, putting some pressure on the affected leg by walking or standing, or taking a warm bath or shower may help to end the cramp. [19] If the cramp is in the calf muscle, dorsiflexing the foot (lifting the toes back toward the shins) will stretch the muscle and provide almost immediate relief.

7. Myofascial trigger point - Wikipedia

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   Compression of a trigger point may elicit local tenderness, referred pain, or local twitch response. The local twitch response is not the same as a muscle spasm. This is because a muscle spasm refers to the entire muscle contracting whereas the local twitch response also refers to the entire muscle but only involves a small twitch, no contraction.