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Cramping leg muscle after spinal cord injury.....please advise...?


3 years ago I had a spinal cord injury which left me without the use of my right foot....after a lot of exercise & perseverance it's slowly beginning to get better & I've regained partial use of the foot even though doctors said the injury was permanent....since the accident the muscle running down the back of my upper leg [hamstring] often goes into cramp.....when I attempt to do like butt exercises for example by laying on my back & with knees bent....lift up the lower part of my body my hamstring totally cramps up....it also happens at times while I'm sat at my computer but when I straighten my leg it goes away.....any suggestions please as I really want to get on with more exercises but this damned thing is holding me back slightly.......do you think it needs more stretching? it doesn't happen in my other leg, just the one that was injured......Thanks guys for your help......

I walk quite a lot & cycle too & don't have any problems then....it tends to happen when I bend my leg to either perform an exercise or as I said sit at my computer....although doing squats or lunges don't cause it to crap up...

Go back to the neurosurgeon; only he/she can determine where the location of the problem is in order to give you the right advice.

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