Foot surgery would probably be the best answer (feet are REALLY messed up from being put on pointe at age 8). My knees are messed up too (chondromalacia of the patella) so I only do low impact.. exercise bike with interval training programs and weights. I swim sometimes too. I do know that if the water is cold, my feet cramp very quickly. When I swam laps in the 90 degree pool when in Austin, no cramps at all.
I know they are cramps because my toes go into strange positions and I can't even manually move them. Definitely cramps. It's primarily at night, while sleeping, not while exercising, except when I'm swimming in cold water.
It also happens, with less frequency, when I don't exercise at all. It will be almost every night when I'm working out regularly.
I'm not going to let it keep me from working out.
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