Charley horse

The Horse Kiss ( also deer, shank, Schenkler, in Bavaria Boandl, in Franconia Knöck, in South Tyrol Ross bite in Austria 's guy, railway workers or Tschekapuff ) colloquially referred to a bruise usually on the thigh. The dead leg is caused by the external blunt trauma to the body surface (impact, impact, impact), here the iliotibial tract, the lateral thigh. The bruise it comes to destruction of tissue, without the overlying skin is injured. Since the tight fascia of the lateral thigh yields to the pressure of a hematoma limited, bruises in this area are particularly painful. The acute care usually takes place after the PECH schema: Rest, Ice ( cooling), compression (for example, pressure bandage ), elevation.

The Pferdekuss arises primarily when moving sports especially football and handball, if the knee is rammed against the outside of the opponent's thigh. Severe forms of horse kiss can lead to compartment syndrome and in extreme cases require surgery ( fasciotomy ).

Originally should probably have been eponymous triggered by the hooves of horses escaping circular visible hematoma.