batting cramp

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batting cramp

I seem to have an unusual problem that when I bat for any decent amount of time I seem to get cramp in my fingers. It is generally just pins and needles when I bat but once I stop batting they really begin to ache and I generally can't grip a ball for 5-10 mins afterwards. Any idea what could be causing this discomfort?
 
Re: batting cramp

May be a form of dystonic cramp (like writers cramp) or just a 'true' cramp from the activity itself.

To help relieve it, try pushing the hand onto a flat surface (wall/table) to help stretch things out. Rehydrating properly will help (Liz posted a recipe for a quick isotonic drink somewhere on here) as well as making using of supports if needed (2nd grip, wrist support etc).

That's about as much as I know, I'm sure others will be able to fill in the blanks.
 
Re: batting cramp

Here's the drink recipe Liz posted, BTW.

Liz Ward;12774 said:
There are so many products on the market these days, I thought I might explain a few:

Hypertonic drinks contain more glucose than body fluids so absorption from the gut is slow. Most fruit juices and cans of fizzy drink fall into this category.

Hypotonic drinks contain less glucose than body fluids so absorption is faster than water, therefore, rehydration is faster.

Isotonic drinks contain the same amount of glucose as body fluids [approx. 4-8g/100ml] so not only is absorption faster and therefore rehydration but the extra glucose is useful to fuel continued exercise.

To make your own isotonic drink, dilute fruit juice [50/50] with plain water and add a fifth of a teaspoon of sea salt per 1 litre (1 teaspoon per 5 litres). There we go - simple and cheap!!

As I mentioned earlier, fruit juice is hypertonic [approx. 10-12g/100ml] so diluting it as above, produces a good isotonic drink [approx. 5-6g/ml]. Alternatively, you can take some neat orange squash, not the stuff with no added sugar; measure out enough to contain 60g sugar by using the nutrition label and simply dilute in 1 litre of plain water with a fifth of a teaspoon of sea salt.

Do make sure you use unrefined sea salt; table salt is a chemical and has no nutritional value. Unrefined sea salt, on the other hand, contains the minerals lost through sweating such as calcium, sodium, magnesium, potassium, iron, chloride, sulphur, lithium, manganese as well as the trace elements selenium, chromium, phosphorous, zinc and iodine [wow! all in a little crystal!]

A word of warning, contrary to popular belief, Red Bull does not 'give you wings' on the field! Such diuretics, along with coffee, tea, cola etc encourage net water loss from the body.
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Anyone tried it? Can you taste the salt?
 
Re: batting cramp

Hmmmm, looks like a good idea, and cheap as well.

I reckon you should give your hand a stretch, but as a spinner it must be a bit of a problem not being able to grip the ball
 
Re: batting cramp

in the end I just had some fruit juice and lots of water, seemed to help as I battd for an entire half hour without any cramp so it looks like it probablly was dehydration
 
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