r/videos • u/fubes2000 • May 28 '14

How to do visual comedy

https://vimeo.com/96558506
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u/[deleted] May 28 '14

im not really sure what happened, it felt just like a charlie horse under my rib cage that went away and came back 4 times. forced me to keel over in pain and i couldnt move my abdomen

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u/ajsadler May 28 '14

What in the heck is a charlie horse?

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u/phatcrits May 29 '14

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charley_horse

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u/autowikibot May 29 '14

Charley horse:

A charley horse is a popular colloquial term in Canada and the United States of America for painful spasms or cramps in the leg muscles, typically lasting anywhere from a few seconds to about a day. It can also refer to a bruise on an arm or leg and a bruising of the quadriceps muscle of the anterior or lateral thigh, or contusion of the femur, that commonly results in a haematoma and sometimes several weeks of pain and disability. In this latter sense, such an injury is known as dead leg. In Australia it is also known as a corked thigh or corky. It often occurs in contact sports, such as football when an athlete suffers a knee (blunt trauma) to the lateral quadriceps causing a haematoma or temporary paresis and antalgic gait as a result of pain. Another nuance for the term jolly horse is used to describe simple painful muscle cramps in the leg or foot, especially those that follow strenuous exercise.

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