Today I got the worst muscle crap of my entire life.

[Dauphin]

I never get cramp in my calves. I get it cramp in my back thigh muscles quite often though. Several times I've woken up after dreaming I'd be shot in the back of the leg - was just the agonising cramp kicking in.

[Medex]

um.. you just started doing hardcore mountain biking and your complaining of aches and pains.

I always enjoy riding with noobs who think they are in shape.

my solution..ride your bike again and again until your lean mean biking machine.

then when the pain goes away after a few months.. find bigger hills.

[Barnabas]

Riding bikes is bad for your penis, I recommend running instead

[Provost Harrison]

Charles Weber, MS in soil science WTF? this man is not even an MD.

Well, when he realises he's wrong and overdoses on bananas, he'll soil himself

[Provost Harrison]

Wow, you're all such old men. I don't get cramps like this ever. I might get a slight stitch sometimes when running (in my sides) but I got that when I was a kid sometimes too - nothing new there. In fact I seem to have been able to reach the form I had in my early 20s recently in terms of swimming...I just want to trim down a bit.

It's great being immortal

[SlowwHand]

Guess what, cupcake? Most people don't start life with these problems. So buckle up, buttercup.

[Dinner]

um.. you just started doing hardcore mountain biking and your complaining of aches and pains.

I always enjoy riding with noobs who think they are in shape.

my solution..ride your bike again and again until your lean mean biking machine.

then when the pain goes away after a few months.. find bigger hills.

Man, ten years ago I could have buried those punks but now I'm a slightly over weight guy approaching his mid 30's.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Pffft. I ran five miles today, and at 40 I weigh the same as I did at 18.

[Dinner]

Show off.

[ricketyclik]

YES! hyperkalemia can be fatal.

OK, but here's another that says exactly the same thing. You can't do it unless your kidneys aren't properly functional.

The kidneys normally remove excess potassium from the body. Most cases of hyperkalemia are caused by disorders that reduce the kidneys' ability to get rid of potassium.This may result from disorders such as:

Acute kidney failure
Chronic kidney failure
Glomerulonephritis
Obstructive uropathy
Rejection of a kidney transplant

[Tuberski]

Pffft. I ran five miles today, and at 40 I weigh the same as I did at 18.

Ice cream truck wouldn't stop?

ACK!

[Docfeelgood]

OK, but here's another that says exactly the same thing. You can't do it unless your kidneys aren't properly functional.

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/766479-overview

Hyperkalemia results from the following:

* Decreased or impaired potassium excretion - As observed with acute or chronic renal failure2 (most common), potassium-sparing diuretics, urinary obstruction, sickle cell disease, Addison disease, and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
* Additions of potassium into extracellular space - As observed with potassium supplements (eg, PO/IV potassium, salt substitutes), rhabdomyolysis, and hemolysis (eg, blood transfusions, burns, tumor lysis)
* Transmembrane shifts (ie, shifting potassium from the intracellular to extracellular space) - As observed with acidosis and medication effects (eg, acute digitalis toxicity, beta-blockers, succinylcholine)
* Factitious or pseudohyperkalemia - As observed with improper blood collection (eg, ischemic blood draw from venipuncture technique), laboratory error, leukocytosis, and thrombocytosis


Well you may be right, I'm only a nurse.

[pchang]

another treatment

instead of soaking in hot water alone, try adding epsom salts. Magnesium Sulfate does wonders to relax the muscles.

[Docfeelgood]

Man, ten years ago I could have buried those punks but now I'm a slightly over weight guy approaching his mid 30's.

Try almost 50. lol

[Docfeelgood]

Pffft. I ran five miles today, and at 40 I weigh the same as I did at 18.

I pray you don't live a long life with alzheimer's disease.