Leg cramps—often referred to as a charley horse—are painful, involuntary contractions of the muscles in your thigh or calf.

Eating more meat could help prevent agonising nighttime leg cramps, a study claims. Roughly half of all adults will experience such cramps, often referred to as a charley horse, in their lifetime.

Up to 60% of adults get leg ... cramps at night, as do up to 40% of children and teenagers, according to the Cleveland Clinic. Waking up in the middle of the night with cramps in your calves or ...

If you have nocturnal (nighttime) leg cramps, your doctor might prescribe quinine (Qualaquin)-even though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved it for only one purpose: to treat ...

these leg cramps are often experienced during sleep and are characterised by sudden and involuntary muscle contractions, typically affecting the calf muscles but can also occur in the thighs or ...

Vitamin K supplementation significantly reduced the frequency, intensity, and duration of nocturnal leg cramps in older adults. No adverse events related to vitamin K were identified. Researchers ...

these leg cramps are often experienced during sleep and are characterised by sudden and involuntary muscle contractions, typically affecting the calf muscles but can also occur in the thighs or ...