Calf cramps: Causes and treatment

Brief overview Description: Calf cramps are sudden, short, involuntary and painful contractions of a muscle part, a whole muscle or a muscle group in the calf. Causes: usually unknown or harmless (e.g., severe muscle tension during exercise, severe water and salt loss due to sweating, etc.). More rarely, calf cramps are signs of a disease … Calf cramps: Causes and treatment