A "Charley Horse" is an uncontrolled muscle contraction and can be very painful.
Any muscle can develop contractions but "Charley horse" most often occur in the calf of the leg or the foot. Over use, muscle strain or remaining in one position for a lenght of time can produce one. Tough workouts during the day often result in cramping later when you are in bed relaxing. Dehydration creating an imbalance of sodium and potassium is often the culprit.
Prevention:
Stretch before and after exercise.
Drink lots of water during exercise.
Try one of the "sports drinks" when the muscles are sore.
Do not "flex your toes" when relaxing as this often sets the cramp in motion.
"It hurts, help!"
Massage the muscle hard! Deep rub to relax cramp.
Apply a cold pack.
Apply a heat pack.
Alternate between hot and cold.
Stretch the muscle, "walk it off" Hard to do but effective.
Take a hot bath.
After a few charley horses a month you should probably start searching for an answer to why you are having them. A lot of charley horses are a lack of Potassium which is found in Bananas. Also i found that if you stretch your calf or foot (or what ever else) during the pain, (even though it hurts) it is much better.
Horses don´t have chestnuts, it is a couler. horses do have chestnuts on the inside of their legs, it is the traces of an old toe from prehistoric times when horses were more like dogs. it is said that the chestnut fuses the horses legs together inside the womb and it breaks during birth, im not sure if that is correct though. These grow sometimes, and have to be cut down a little bit. If not, they will interfere with the horse's movement. They are parts of old bone from there prehistoric times they used to be toes
Charley Horse
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I use to get Charley horses quite often in my legs and feet and what has help me the most is a bar of soap (open naturally) in my bed between the sheets. My Charles horses cramps have diminish at least 75% of the time. Don`t ask me why it helps but I did read once that for some reason it does help. This was in a Doctor newspaper column.
Horses are quadrupeds, so they have 4 legs.
After a few charley horses a month you should probably start searching for an answer to why you are having them. A lot of charley horses are a lack of Potassium which is found in Bananas. Also i found that if you stretch your calf or foot (or what ever else) during the pain, (even though it hurts) it is much better.
horses.....
All horses have the chestnuts on the inside of the legs.
If all were horses there would be 428 legs. The shortfall of 36 legs represents 18 chickens so there are 89 horses.
Horses are mammals/animals with four legs.
The length of the horses legs will vary according to the horses overall height.
28 horses multiplied by 4 legs each horse equal 112 legs 28 * 4 = 112
Yes horses move with there legs . If they brake a leg or twist it then they can't move at all.
Yes, hypothyroidism can cause charley horses. Some other causes of leg cramps include not drinking enough water, low blood sugar, overworking your muscles, and alcoholism. There are also medications that can cause leg cramping.
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