What can I do to treat a charlie horse?!


Question: What can I do to treat a charlie horse!?
Last night I woke up with a severe pain and cramping in my calve (a charlie horse)!. Now it is sore and hard to walk on! I don't want to go to school!. Is there anything I can do to treat it!?Www@Answer-Health@Com


Answers:
What is the best way to make a leg cramp go away!?
Usually instinct takes over when a leg cramp strikes, and you massage and stretch the sore muscle!. This is a perfect instinct and often solves the problem!. The best steps are:

o Massage the cramped muscle
o Stretch the muscle (gently!)
o Take a hot shower or bath to warm and relax the muscle Www@Answer-Health@Com

Ice it and stretch gently!. Use a heating pad to relax the muscle!. You can also use creams such as icyhot!. It will eventually go away within a couple days!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

you might rub your leg down with pain releaving ointment and see that helps!. you can buy pill in the drug stores that stops cramps!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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