Preventing Muscle Cramps | Pro Tip from Jessica Lohr

Our current Featured Guest, Jessica Lohr, is a Solo Artist with Ballet 5:8. Follow along each week as Jessica shares tips on how to care for your body, ballet life hacks, and more. Check out this easy method for preventing muscle cramps!

Jessica Says:

On long show days, I often will start to feel my feet cramping in my pointe shoes, and this is the last thing I want to be worrying about on stage!

A really simple and easy fix I’ve found for this is as simple as packing a banana for the theater. Since they are so high in potassium, bananas are wonderful for muscle cramps and are really simple to pack for on the go. During intermission I have found that eating a banana refuels my energy for the next act and keeps my muscles from feeling depleted. No more cramping feet!