Thesaurus / cramp
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The residents of Çatalhöyük appear to have copied the cramped passages of natural caves.
AN ANCIENT SITE WITH HUMAN SKULLS ON DISPLAY - ISSUE 89: THE DARK SIDEJO MARCHANTSEPTEMBER 2, 2020NAUTILUSInstead, a rival theory blaming cramps on “altered neuromuscular control” first proposed in the 1990s by Martin Schwellnus, a sports physician at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, has been gaining support.
THE ENDURING MYSTERY OF MUSCLE CRAMPSALEX HUTCHINSONSEPTEMBER 1, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINESchwellnus himself warned that muscle cramps are a complex phenomenon with many different contributing factors, so we shouldn’t expect a simple solution.
THE ENDURING MYSTERY OF MUSCLE CRAMPSALEX HUTCHINSONSEPTEMBER 1, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEWhat we’re left with is a search for factors we can control that might influence cramp risk.
THE ENDURING MYSTERY OF MUSCLE CRAMPSALEX HUTCHINSONSEPTEMBER 1, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEThis punctures the idea that cramps are a punishment for bad pacing.
THE ENDURING MYSTERY OF MUSCLE CRAMPSALEX HUTCHINSONSEPTEMBER 1, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEAny discussion of muscle cramps needs to start by revisiting retired baseball infielder Munenori Kawasaki’s detailed explanation of how he avoided a repeat of the cramp that had hobbled him the previous day.
THE ENDURING MYSTERY OF MUSCLE CRAMPSALEX HUTCHINSONSEPTEMBER 1, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEMadame Ratignolle begged Robert to accompany her to the house; she complained of cramp in her limbs and stiffness of the joints.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINJack nodded with a strange, twisted little smile, as if he were suffering from cramp in the legs.
WITH EDGED TOOLSHENRY SETON MERRIMAN“Ah, my dear, you careless young people make jokes of things that would fret us old ones to fiddle-strings,” reproved Mrs. Cramp.
JOHNNY LUDLOW, FOURTH SERIESMRS. HENRY WOODThe darkness and chill began to tell upon me, and an agonising cramp contracted my legs.
YORKSHIRE ODDITIES, INCIDENTS AND STRANGE EVENTSS. BARING-GOULDWORDS RELATED TO CRAMP
- balk
- block
- choke off
- confound
- corner
- crab
- cramp
- cramp one's style
- crimp
- cut off
- dead-end
- defeat
- foil
- give the runaround
- hang fire
- hang-up
- hold off
- hold up
- impede
- mystify
- nonplus
- obstruct
- pigeonhole
- prevent
- put on back burner
- put on hold
- puzzle
- shelve
- snooker
- stall
- stonewall
- stump
- throw a monkey wrench into
- thwart
- balks
- blocks
- chokes off
- confounds
- corners
- crabs
- cramps
- cramps one's style
- crimps
- cuts off
- dead-ends
- defeats
- foils
- gives the run around
- hangs fire
- hangs up
- holds off
- holds up
- impedes
- mystifies
- nonpluses
- obstructs
- pigeonholes
- prevents
- puts on back burner
- puts on hold
- puzzles
- shelves
- snookers
- stalls
- stonewalls
- stumps
- throws a monkey wrench into
- thwarts
- baffle
- balk
- beat
- bilk
- check
- circumvent
- confuse
- counter
- cramp
- cross
- curb
- dash
- dead-end
- defeat
- disappoint
- ditch
- dodge
- duck
- foil
- foul up
- frustrate
- give the slip
- hinder
- hold up
- impede
- obstruct
- oppose
- outwit
- pit
- play off
- prevent
- queer
- restrain
- ruin
- stop
- stymie
- take down
- take the wind out of (one's) sails
- trammel
- upset
- upset the apple cart
- baffles
- balks
- beats
- bilks
- checks
- circumvents
- confuses
- counters
- crabs
- cramps
- crimps
- crosses
- curbs
- dashes
- defeats
- disappoints
- ditches
- dodges
- double-crosses
- ducks
- foils
- foul up
- frustrates
- gives the slip
- holds up
- impedes
- louses up
- matches
- obstructs
- opposes
- outwits
- pits
- plays off
- prevents
- queers
- restrains
- ruins
- scotches
- skins
- snafus
- stymies
- takes down
- takes wind out of
- trammels
- upsets
- abate
- abolish
- abrogate
- annihilate
- annul
- break
- bring down
- bring to naught
- cancel
- cramp
- craze
- crimp
- decimate
- defeat
- demolish
- destroy
- have
- impoverish
- injure
- make waves
- mar
- negate
- neutralize
- offset
- outfox
- outmaneuver
- outsmart
- overreach
- overthrow
- overturn
- quash
- queer
- raze
- reverse
- ruin
- screw up
- shatter
- skin
- smash
- spoil
- stymie
- subvert
- unbuild
- undermine
- unsettle
- upset
- vitiate
- wipe out
- wrack
- wreck
- afflict
- agitate
- ail
- bewilder
- bug
- confound
- cramp
- craze
- debilitate
- derange
- discombobulate
- discompose
- disconcert
- dismay
- disquiet
- distract
- distress
- disturb
- egg on
- fire up
- flip
- flip out
- floor
- flurry
- fluster
- get to
- give a hard time
- grieve
- incapacitate
- indispose
- key up
- lay up
- make a scene
- make waves
- perturb
- pick on
- pother
- psych
- rattle
- rock the boat
- ruffle
- sicken
- spook
- stir up
- throw off balance
- turn
- turn on
- unhinge
- unnerve
- unsettle
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