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Michael Hales

Associate Professor of Health Promotion and Physical Education, Kennesaw State University

<p>Exercise-associated muscle cramps have frustrated athletes, coaches and researchers for decades</p>
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Research suggests sudden muscle cramps may be out of your control

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