Muscle Spasms

[ArmaniMark]

Last night my right lat was having a muscle spasm, where it would just keep on twitching. It was going on for a while, about an hour or so on and off...

I've gotten spasms in other body parts as well, but I was wondering what this means, if it means anything at all. It doesn't hurt or anything but I'm just curious what causes this.

 

[jerkbox]

get em all the time.....especially in my legs.....keeps me up at night sometimes.


not sure what causes it

 

[Liftbig]

i get them in my legs sometimes too.

 

[ArmaniMark]

yea i get them in my quads and my deltoids as well...

don't know if i ever felt them in arms or chest though....

 

[SofaGeorge]

I get them often... they usually seem to be a sign I've depleted electrolytes.

 

[Jordaz]

I get them often... they usually seem to be a sign I've depleted electrolytes.

Yep, drink more Gatorade.

 

[ArmaniMark]

Wouldn't water do the same thing and have less carbs than gatorade???

 

[jeremys]

yup. lats, biceps, mostly abs

 

[collegiateLifter]

Wouldn't water do the same thing and have less carbs than gatorade???

you need some minerals inthere with the water....

 

[mrzap]

Better than having a kung fu dream and wake up doing a roundhouse kick into the wall

<guilty>

 

[ffknight84]

Better than having a kung fu dream and wake up doing a roundhouse kick into the wall

<guilty>

that's a new one...

get some electrolytes in ya bro, i had em in my quads and hammys one time, went to strecth one, the other would spaz up

 

[mrzap]

I used to get them in my triceps. I think adding a multivitamin helped. Electrolytes are also important.

 

[endpoint]

magnesium, and electrolytes and water

 

[collegiateLifter]

magnesium, and electrolytes and water

sodium, pottasium and some magnessium are the big 3

 

[pwr_machine]

I'm just curious what causes this.

Some things were posted recently on a post entitled "sliding fillament theory" in which a muscle contraction was described. One explanation for a muscle cramp or spasm could be extensive damage to the muscle that causes Ca 2+ leakage, in turn, causing an involuntary contraction.