Just recently, and only when I am swimming around in an indoor pool (once a week), my foot starts to 'charley horse' right in the arch. It is pretty painful, and after having done a bit of research but finding clear answers as to why this is happening, I do believe it is my 'flexor hallucis longus' that is causing me grief. It feels like this tendon is contracting in my foot (both right and left). You can feel the ridge that it creates in the arch when this happens, and rubbing it does NOT help. To get it to go away, I had to either get out of the pool and walk on it or place my palm on the ball of my big toe and gently press down to stretch out the tendon. The second week that it happened was worse than the first, and probably occured about 3-4 times in an hour and forty five minutes of being in the pool. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

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