This fixes it instantly every time for me. Ignore everybody else. When you get that cramp start moving your foot in the opposite direction pointing your toes towards your knee and stretch out the back of your ankle. Instant cramp relief everytime.
If you have cramping often like this then maybe dedicate yourself to some hamstring stretches.
I only cramp when underhydrated and most people are underhydrated (Drewnowski, 2013).
Make sure we're all getting enough water before taking further action!
References
Drewnowski, A., Rehm, C.D. & Constant, F. Water and beverage consumption among adults in the United States: cross-sectional study using data from NHANES 2005–2010. BMC Public Health13, 1068 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-1068
I too think it's magnesium, but what I can actually confirm is that I haven't had this since I started taking multivitamins. Y'all are vitamin deficient.
From the moment I understood the weakness of my carbon, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of magnesium. I aspired to the purity of the blessed Mg. Their kind cling to their flesh, as if it will not cramp and fail them.
When I used to swim we'd be told to just swim it off. Calf, foot, right above the knee were all things you could kinda dead leg and use the flip turn to unkink, but now and then you'd get a hamstring cramp and that's when you just sink and stretch. There is no negotiating with a hamstring cramp.
I used to suffer from them regularly as a kid. Just drink water. Thats it, nothing magica... maybe it's the magnesium as another poster said. But honestly I have never had one since I changed my life and joined the hydro homies.
Yeah foot inner arch begins to scream out of nowhere while relaxing, happens once or twice a year since always. Skips a year sometimes. Thanks for others' advice that's been posted.
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