Originally Posted by hobkirk

Last night my left quad started to cramp - once at my desk (10 PM), once just after going to bed (12 M).

1. Straighten leg ASAP. Cramps in any of the big muscles of my legs always scares me!
2. I want to stand up and stretch it out, but I have to be careful, because my right quad is feeling twitchy. But I get myself into a standing position with some effort.
3. I bend over (doesn't seem to do much) and eventually I manage to raise the leg high enough to rest my left heel on the cushion of a low chair. Now I can bend a little and it seems to stretch out.

So, apart from the terror that my muscles were about to kill me, everything worked out fine.

But it sure would be nice to find some better solution. Any helpful ideas?

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• FWIW, age (67) might be an issue but I think I remember this happening when I was younger (I used to be a runner). And I spent yesterday roaming a park ("German Car Day"), not cycling (although I walked a LOT more than normal). And only 20 miles the day before. I.e., this probably wasn't caused by cycling. But usually it is.