EXERCISE-associated muscle cramps affect almost all endurance athletes at some point, preventing them from performing at their best, or sometimes from performing at all.Despite being so common, these cramps are little understood, and treatments with supplements designed to alleviate the condition have largely been ineffective. Athletes continue to cramp, and no one has been able to help them.Scientific breakthroughs published in medical and scientific journals have shed new light on the misunderstood phenomenon. Until now, it was commonly supposed to be caused by electrolyte depletion and dehydration, despite the fact that adequately hydrated athletes with sufficient concentrations of electrolytes in their systems cramp frequently.In the past decade, however, several researchers have uncovered an alternative neuromuscular explanation for exercise-associated muscle cramps. Certain motor neurons trigger the cramping action in response to stressed muscles.The cure, therefore, would nee...
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