Any Dancers out there?

neenee03 · May 2009

I do jazz and tap and I am going to continue until our recital which is June 20 and I will be 21.5 weeks. Last night in class I was getting some leg crampage, I was drinking and drinking lots of wter but I was wondering if anybody else had this happen? I am a bigger girl too but....I have been exercising since last may and have lost 67 lbs. I have only put on lik4 lbs this pregnancy so far. Any suggestions as to helping with leg cramps or more like just muscles tightening in your legs while exercising or dancing?

mrsmel · May 2009

water and pottaium are the way to go. try having a banana before each class.

4realyo · May 2009

Im not a dancer, but always heard that leg cramps could be caused from lack of potassium and that is helpful to eat a banana before or after working out to help avoid this.

btrflymeg · May 2009

Eat some bananas. Bananas usually help with cramping muscles. I am a dancer, not dancing currently, but I am coaching colorguard at a local high school. This summer, I'm sure I will be pretty active when it comes to our tryouts next week and then our choreography camp. Water and bananas are my suggestions. Good luck and hope you feel better!

MadameFancyPants · May 2009

I'm a ballet teacher! I've been trying to dance with my students as much as possible, but I'm finding that I get dizzy easily when it comes to turns and jumps. Luckily, we are in the thick of recital so I'm just dancing with the girls during warmup then sitting to watch them rehearse.

My suggestion is to eat lots of bananas to get the potasstium. I used to get terrible cramps in my legs when I was in highschool and the bananas really helped! Plus, lots of stretching!

A S-ski · May 2009

I read something the other day about a lack of calcium also contributing to cramps so make sure you are getting plenty of that in addition to the water and potassium.