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Charley Horse
worst.one.evah!
had to get up out of bed. and did you realize--no one knows the cause . . . OR the cure! fuggit. 
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06-21-2008, 09:11 AM
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We have to go back, Kate!
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What's a charley horse?
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06-21-2008, 09:42 AM
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It's a painful upper leg muscle cramp. I wake up with lower leg muscle cramps sometimes. Most painful thing ever.
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06-21-2008, 11:22 AM
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usually calf muscle, actually. Sometimes I get twinges--but THIS was more than a twinge.
Suggestions for prevention are: hydration, stretching, and taking your vitamins. phooey!
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06-21-2008, 12:56 PM
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Oh. Yeah that's what I sometimes get. Horrible.
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06-21-2008, 01:06 PM
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Try pulling back on your toes (with your hand). That sometimes helps.
Go try it right now. P.S. Isn't Charley Horse a cousin of Crazy Horse? |
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06-21-2008, 01:25 PM
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Come on, cat.
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Eat more bananas.
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06-21-2008, 01:51 PM
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dar512 is now Pete Zicato
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06-21-2008, 03:07 PM
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I wake up with my calf muscle locked into fully-flexed position. I have to manually work my foot back and forth to loosen it up. Hurts really bad. On those nights, I probably drank a lot of free beer; so I may be dehydrayted, too.
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06-21-2008, 04:36 PM
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LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz
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06-21-2008, 05:35 PM
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They are very common when you're pregnant. There are lots of different causes for different people (like jinx said, a potassium deficiency can cause it too,) but the cause during pregnancy is almost always a calcium deficiency. Taking a calcium supplement right before bed completely cured it for me. (And on nights when I forgot to take it, I woke up with vicious calf cramps, without fail.) Might be worth a try, since women need all the calcium they can get anyway.
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06-21-2008, 07:51 PM
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that's the first thing I did (when I was able to walk); drink a gulp of my "Bone Health" Emergen-C.
Will try. go away, horsey!
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Yes I have craps also. The potassium stops mine. Some folks use to take quinine, before they stopped selling OTC.
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06-21-2008, 11:37 PM
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Re: Quinine, what about tonic water? Is there not enough of it in there?
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06-22-2008, 12:03 AM
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buster -- you have craps? I think that's another malady altogether . . .
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