Why is it called “CRITCH” and not “DRAW”?
A cramp is a sudden, severe muscle spasm that causes severe pain in a muscle, usually a cold or overworked muscle. But why is this condition called “cramp” and not “cat cramps”, “shrinkage” or any other animal. If you do not know the reason, please immediately refer to the following useful knowledge.
According to various sources, this is attributed to the homophones of “rat” and “muscle” in some languages. As follows:
In Greek, “mus” means both “rat” (rat, souris) and “muscle” (muscle).
– In French, the muscle of a goat, sheep, deer, or deer is called “rat” (souris).
– In Russian, the word “muscle” is also derived from “rat”.
– In Latin, the word “muscle” is “musculus”, which is derived from the word “mus”, which means “rat”.
In addition, there are some interesting definitions of muscle cramps Vietnamese dictionary by Le Van Duc as follows: “Cramps: Cramps”.
A cramp is a sudden muscle spasm that causes severe pain in the muscle. (Illustrated image)
In fact, “cramp” also refers to muscle contraction, similar to the word “cramp”. However, this word is commonly used in the South. According to local people, “tump” is an aquatic species that lives in swamps.
Southerners have a habit of using animals to create humorous sayings such as: drowning is called “ha Ba procession”; Healthy people call it “a tiger carcass that can’t eat for three days”,… In the past, people had to wade a lot to find crabs, catch snails, and work in the fields. While wading in the water, if the muscles were tense, they would blame it on… the animal broke its leg. From there formed the way of saying “cramp”.
In a nutshell, “cramp” is a parody of Western origin, based on the homonym of “rat” and “muscle”. In the South, this phenomenon is also known as “cramp”.
For the uninitiated, cramps occur at night, usually as sudden contractions or tightening of muscles in the calf muscles. Cramps can sometimes occur in the thighs or feet and usually come while sleeping or just waking up. However, you may also experience cramps in the following muscle groups: Abdominal wall, hands, arms.
When you have a cramp, you often feel aching, even very painful, and you are not able to move that muscle for a while. Many people still think this is just a common phenomenon, so they pay little attention. However, it can affect life (occurs in viscera such as heart, brain) if it is not known to prevent and handle promptly.
At present, the mechanism that causes cramps is still unknown. But according to researchers, cramps can come from the following causes: Excessive exercise; due to lack of calcium, magnesium and potassium; due to aging of the nervous, muscular or vascular systems; overactivity of the neuromuscular systems; dehydration, electrolyte imbalance; stress, anxiety; signs of a pathology; often occurs in pregnant women.
When you have a cramp, you can take measures: Exercise or walk gently; massage the cramp area; apply stretching exercises to the legs; a warm bath relaxes the body; avoid stress; use hot packs for muscle cramps, provide enough water for the body every day; Exercise regularly and warm up well before training, eat lots of vegetables in the main meals, …
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