I'm asking this question on behalf of a friend who is desperately seeking advice. Over the past year and a half he has been suffering from strange leg cramps after getting himself into excellent shape. Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated. We are in Socal if you have any doc/sports medicine advice.
"It seems to be very rare, and is this: three times in the past year and a half, I have gotten in excellent, race-winning shape, training hard and doing everything right (certainly not overtraining, I know what that feels like). Then I take 1-3 days off from riding and my muscles start to "cramp up" and are unusable for 2-3 weeks, during which time it is difficult to walk at some points. As I said, this only happens following periods where I've been very fit."
"It seems to be very rare, and is this: three times in the past year and a half, I have gotten in excellent, race-winning shape, training hard and doing everything right (certainly not overtraining, I know what that feels like). Then I take 1-3 days off from riding and my muscles start to "cramp up" and are unusable for 2-3 weeks, during which time it is difficult to walk at some points. As I said, this only happens following periods where I've been very fit."