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Performing one or several stretches which elongate the muscles in the affected area should help to provide quick relief. Stand up straight, and then get into a lunging position, with your back leg being the one experiencing the charley horse. Straighten out your back leg while keeping your front leg bent.
1 Charley horses in the upper leg are mainly caused by activities like running or jumping. 2  Some of the spasms occur because of the irritation of the nerve that connects to a muscle. 3  The most common type of Charley horse, found in the calf region, is often the result of kicking while swimming. In most of the cases, Charlie horses are the late responses of overstraining a muscle during exercise, or otherwise. 2  Charley horse might be the result of an electrolyte or mineral imbalance in the body. 3  In some of the cases, Charlie horses have been found to be a signal of the onset of a vascular disease.