How to express this: "The vein dislocated"

Tom · Wed Jul 04, 2007 13:03 pm *How to express this: "The vein dislocated"*

Hi

I have been thinking of asking this question for quite some time now--but, believe me, could not muster up the courage to do so. Sometimes it happens that while swimming or sleeping we get an extremely sharp (strenuous?) pain in the middle of our calf—as if the vein their dislocated. I hope someone of you have experienced that! I would really like to know how I can express that in formal English.

Mister Micawber · Wed Jul 04, 2007 13:21 pm *How to express this: "The vein dislocated"*

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Veins do not dislocate, to the best of my knowledge; it sound to me as if you have a muscle cramp. However, this is a language forum, not a medical forum.
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Tom · Wed Jul 04, 2007 13:27 pm *How to express this: "The vein dislocated"*

Mister Micawber · Wed Jul 04, 2007 13:46 pm *How to express this: "The vein dislocated"*

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Yes, both sound fine. I would probably use 'got' instead of 'had' in #1.
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Yankee · Wed Jul 04, 2007 17:50 pm *How to express this: "The vein dislocated"*

Hi Tom

You might be interested in this Wikipedia article (especially the second paragraph):
Charley Horse

PS
No, you should not say 'a strenuous pain'. The word 'sharp' is fine.
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