Pregnancy often causes imbalances in blood chemistry, and can also cause circulation problems in the legs. Either can cause muscle cramps. You should speak with your obstetrician or midwife about diet and possible supplements. Do not take them on your own. You can improve the circulation by walking at least a mile a day. We realize you probably don't feel like it, but it's better than a blood clot.
A VERY BAD CRAMP!!
A Charlie horse is a muscle cramp
Charlie horse pain refers to a cramp and or spasm in the leg muscles. These pains can last for anywhere between seconds and a full day. There can be many causes of Charlie horse pains including dehydration and lack of calcium or potassium.
A "charlie horse" is a slang term for a muscle spasm or cramp. These can occur in muscles from a variety of causes, from blunt injury trauma to physiopathological reflex arcs from overuse, electrolyte imbalances, or even nutritional deficiencies.
A painful contraction of a muscle is a cramp or charley horse.
all you have to do to charlie horse somebody is to punch them really hard in the thigh. P.S.-when i say hard i mean HARD!
There has been much speculation about how to do this in medical circles. For some, the addition of iron supplements will help. For others, a bit of magnesium supplements will ease the discomfort, and for a third group potassium will do the trick. So, try eating spinach, okra, or live and chase it with bananas, watermelon, or cantaloupe. All are high in the above nutrients and might prevent the muscle cramps known as charley horse. And, you know, that sounds like a really tasty dinner!
Chief Charlie Horse was created on 1956-05-07.
There really is no EXACT size, but they are usually about the size of a normal horse foal.
The duration of The Charlie Horse Music Pizza is 1800.0 seconds.
Charley Horse
The Charlie Horse Music Pizza ended on 1999-05-30.