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The dreaded charlie horse

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nightscraper
Posts: 198 - Karma: 9
last night i was awoken to a particularly bad charlie horse

do you know of any ways to stop one once it has started?
Apr 22 2009 6:58PM
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Billek
Posts: 5665 - Karma: 98
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Apr 22 2009 7:08PM
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SkierX
Posts: 16253 - Karma: 538
Not much to do once it starts, but you can prevent them pretty easily by staying hydrated.
Apr 22 2009 7:16PM
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andrew.
Posts: 2349 - Karma: 165
my mom got one so bad during grade school, she passed out in the middle of the pledge of allegiance.
Apr 22 2009 7:18PM
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natedogg789435
Posts: 1177 - Karma: 9
as soon as you feel it coming on stand straight up. works
Apr 22 2009 8:05PM
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geet
Posts: 2436 - Karma: 6
use ur hands and force blood back towards the heart by grabbign ur leg squeezing and pullign towards ur heart
Apr 22 2009 8:10PM
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