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A Charlie horse is called this because in the old west that muscular part of your leg was called a Charlie. When cowboys would dismount, their legs would chafe and they had to walk very awkwardly. Eventually The Charlie was transformed into The Charlie Horse, named after the cowboys who got these problems.

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