What exactly is a "Charlie Horse"?!


Question: How do you get them and how do you get rid of them?

And can you get them multiple times in a day?


Answers: How do you get them and how do you get rid of them?

And can you get them multiple times in a day?

A Charlie horse is just a cramp in your leg. If you are getting them multiple times a day, you need to get more potassium in your diet. Try eating a banana everyday.

Cramps in your legs. You can try eating bananas for potassium or drink elecrolyte drinks like Gatorade.

when someone punches your arm and gives you a bruise

leg cramps.

Technically, they are caused by a buildup of Lactic Acid in the muscle tissue and that is the same thing that causes Rigor in a corpse.

The term Charlie Horse comes from horse racing. Back in the 1800's a well known trainer at the time had a horse that did very poorly on the track because it was lame... someone called it "Charlie's Horse" and the name stuck and has come to mean anyone that has a still leg due to leg cramps.





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