Do you wake up in the middle of the night with the excruciating pain of a charley horse? These agonizing leg cramps are quite common, and Dr. Larry Santora describes the causes of this tortuous pain and the various ways to prevent a charley horse. Some of these simple remedies are quite surprising.Dr. Santora is medical director of the Orange County Heart Institute and host of "Health Matters with Dr. Larry Santora" television series, which airs weekly on PBS OC. Produced by Chapman University's Panther Productions, the series is sponsored by St. Joseph Health, St. Joseph Hospital, Biotronik, Churm Media, The Widdicombe Family, Medtronic, Weaver Health Solutions and Abbott Vascular.
