What are muscles and their cramps?

<p><strong>#084</strong></p><p>Wait, muscles are biology right? Well they're also chemistry. And guess what, muscle soreness and cramps are also chemistry. And believe it or not, the mystery of muscle soreness is much bigger than you might expect. Check it out!</p><p>Like the show? <a href="http://www.ko-fi.com/chemforyourlife">Buy us a coffee to help keep our show going AND free.</a></p><p><a href="https://transistor.fm/how-to-start-a-podcast/?via=jam">How to start a podcast.</a> &lt;- Check this out if you've got a podcast idea you want to make happen!</p><p><strong>References from this episode</strong></p><ol> <li><a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23614012/">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23614012/</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-causes-leg-cramps/#:~:text=Traditionally%2C%20such%20cramping%20was%20believed,to%20have%20minimal%20scientific%20value.">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-causes-leg-cramps/#:~:text=Traditionally%2C%20such%20cramping%20was%20believed,to%20have%20minimal%20scientific%20value</a></li> <li><a href="https://archivesphysiotherapy.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40945-019-0073-4">https://archivesphysiotherapy.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40945-019-0073-4</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095254620300168?via%3Dihub">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095254620300168?via%3Dihub</a></li> <li><a href="https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/physiologyonline.2002.17.1.17">https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/physiologyonline.2002.17.1.1</a></li> <li><a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsomega.0c03456">https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsomega.0c03456</a></li> <li>Organic chemistry 11th edition Solomons fryhle and Snyder</li> <li>Biochemistry, 4th edition, Garrett and Grisham</li> </ol><p><br></p><p><br>Find us on <a href="http://instagram.com/chemforyourlife">Instagram</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/chemforyourlife">Twitte