Like many divers, I've had foot cramps here or there throughout my diving career but never really given them much thought and they haven't been bothersome for more than a minute or so. But lately I've been getting severe foot cramps that are trying to ruin my dives.
They happen out of the blue (hehe) and are so bad I have to remove my fin and work very hard to remove the cramp. Often it will take five or more minutes before I can put a fin back on without causing another cramp. The right foot is more likely to seriously cramp up but I've had both feet do it once or twice, too.
I've changed fins, alternated feet as it does seem better in one fin over the other but that's often not enough to relieve the cramp, and tried different foot positions in the fin as much as possible. Nothing really helps.
I eat well, I'm in ok physical shape, I rarely get cramps when I'm not diving.
Yesterday I had a pretty bad one that even made me think of chucking the whole dive and going back to the boat. That's just not acceptable so I'm hoping maybe someone has some ideas
They happen out of the blue (hehe) and are so bad I have to remove my fin and work very hard to remove the cramp. Often it will take five or more minutes before I can put a fin back on without causing another cramp. The right foot is more likely to seriously cramp up but I've had both feet do it once or twice, too.
I've changed fins, alternated feet as it does seem better in one fin over the other but that's often not enough to relieve the cramp, and tried different foot positions in the fin as much as possible. Nothing really helps.
I eat well, I'm in ok physical shape, I rarely get cramps when I'm not diving.
Yesterday I had a pretty bad one that even made me think of chucking the whole dive and going back to the boat. That's just not acceptable so I'm hoping maybe someone has some ideas
