Since I've been a young kid, I've dealt with foot cramps. Or, at> least, I call them foot cramps, but it sorta feels like my toes are> crossing over one another, even though they aren't. It happens usually> when I'm just sitting around and move my foot in small, unassuming> movements. It's usually quite painful, but the pain and "cramping"> subside as quickly as they come about.>

Well, I'm having similar issues while I'm swimming. Not always, but> sometimes, when I swim (usually when I'm trying to push pretty hard),> my foot will get a weird sensation, which I guess is best described as> a cramp. While swimming, it's not as much pain as it is discomfort. I> sort of feel like my toes are not completely in line or something. It> never happens when I run or bike, and the cramping sensation goes away> when I stop swimming. I'm a little nervous about it, though, because> the cramping is bad enough that I can't swim really great once it> begins. So I'm obviously nervous about open water swimming when I'm> out in a river or lake somewhere.>

My diet is pretty well balanced, and I eat plenty of potassium (at> least a banana a day, and at least one glass of orange juice, as well).> I don't know what I can do to train this or mitigate the damages> caused by the problem. I've got to think that this cramping happens to> other people, though.>

Any thoughts? Does anyone else have this???