What Causes Charlie Horses, Or Leg Cramps, To Happen at All

What Causes Charlie Horses, Or Leg Cramps, To Happen at All?

Charley Horses or Leg cramps stem from dehydration, staying inactive during the day, overworking your muscles, exercising in hot, humid conditions, being shot on magnesium or potassium, and spinal cord injury or a pinched nerve, especially around your neck or back.

Why At Night?

Leg crumps moistly strike when you are less active. For most of us, it is only at night that we not very active.

Does It Have to Do with Electrolytes or Your Diet?

As a fitness coach, I can say there is a relationship between Charlie Horses and electrolytes. Taking a diet shot on electrolytes, including magnesium and potassium, can trigger Charlie Horses.

Does It Have to Do with Your Hydration Levels?

The onset of Charlie Horse also has something to do with your hydration levels. Lack of sufficient water in the body can cause muscle spasm.

What Can You Do to Get Them to Go Away?

Charley Horse will mainly attack from your calf or hamstring. To alleviate the muscle spasm, exert your body weight on the leg with Charley Horse and bend your knee.

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Ieva Kubiliute is a psychologist and a sex and relationships advisor and a freelance writer. She's also a consultant to several health and wellness brands. While Ieva specialises in covering wellness topics ranging from fitness and nutrition, to mental wellbeing, sex and relationships and health conditions, she has written across a diverse range of lifestyle topics, including beauty and travel. Career highlights so far include: luxury spa-hopping in Spain and joining an £18k-a-year London gym. Someone’s got to do it! When she’s not typing away at her desk—or interviewing experts and case studies, Ieva winds down with yoga, a good movie and great skincare (affordable of course, there’s little she doesn’t know about budget beauty). Things that bring her endless joy: digital detoxes, oat milk lattes and long country walks (and sometimes jogs).

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