Toe cramps are spontaneous tonic contractions of muscles that are painful, especially in the middle of the night, and often wake people up in pain for a long time and affect their sleep. So, what exactly causes this condition?
Cold stimulation
Such as winter exercise in a cold environment. Inadequate preparation activities or summer swimming water temperature is low, are likely to cause toe cramps. If you don't sleep well at night and your leg muscles are stimulated by the cold, it may also trigger toe cramps.
Strenuous exercise
When strenuous exercise. The whole body is in a state of tension, the leg muscles contract too fast, the relaxation time is too short, the local metabolites lactic acid increased, muscle contraction and relaxation is difficult to coordinate, it may cause cause toe muscle spasm cramps.
Excessive sweating
Exercise for a long time, a large amount of exercise, sweating, and not timely replenishment of salt, a large loss of body fluid and electrolytes, metabolic waste accumulation, poor local blood circulation in the muscle, also prone to toe cramps.
Excessive fatigue
When long-distance travel, mountain, ascent, calf muscle fatigue is most likely to occur. Because each ascent. Is a foot to support the weight of the whole body, the muscle of this leg to lift the foot required force will be six times the weight of the person, when it fatigues to a certain extent, it will occur calf cramps and toe cramps.
Too much rest
Too much sleep or rest can lead to the accumulation of local acidic metabolites, both of which can cause muscle cramps. Because too much sleep and rest is too long, blood circulation will slow down and carbon dioxide buildup in the body may induce toe cramps to appear.
Calcium deficiency
Calcium ions play an important role in the process of muscle contraction. When the concentration of calcium ions in the blood is too low, the muscles tend to get excited and spasm. Adolescents are growing rapidly and are prone to calcium deficiency, so leg cramps and toe cramps often occur. Pregnant women, on the other hand, often suffer from cramps because of the large amount of calcium needed for fetal development.
