Greetings and I-wish-you-a-day-free-of-leg-cramps:
I jumped out of bed 15 minutes ago doing the Charley Horse Stomp and remembered that I forgot to thank Ninja, our wee slip of a lad, for his beautiful fogscape. So there ... I'm not hijacking my own thread cuz it's in the title.
Oh, has the above ever happened to you (minus the Ninja-fog part)?
Huh?
CoCo's Got Cramps
A muscle cramp is a sudden, uncontrolled contraction of a muscle. This type of pain is most commonly experienced in the legs, and therefore often called a leg cramp or a "charley horse."
Leg cramps occur when the muscle suddenly and forcefully contracts. The most common muscles to contract in this manner are muscles that cross two joints. These muscles include the calf (crossing the ankle and knee), the hamstring (crossing the knee and hip), and the quadriceps (also crossing the knee and hip).
Leg cramps usually last less than one minute, but may last several minutes before the contraction subsides. In some patients, the leg cramps occur primarily at night, and can awaken the patient from sleep.
http://orthopedics.about.com/cs/sprainsstrains/a/legcramp.htm