Muscle Twitching? Why You Should Feel Good About Twitching Muscles

Muscle twitching is quite a popular topic, but not one you'll hear a lot about at the water cooler. In cyberspace, twitching muscles are discussed quite prominently, because muscle twitching, though extremely common, is also a symptom of one of the most feared fatal diseases: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). But twitching muscles don't mean you have ALS, any more than a little gas means you have colon cancer.

Unfortunately, once a person gets into the "I think I might have ALS" groove, the anxiety over this can become chronic -- unless the person learns to see muscle twitching for what it really is: just tired muscles working their issues out. Anyone with a lot of muscle twitching will tell you that movement almost always stops the twitching. Perhaps this is because when a muscle is forced to work, it's not relaxed enough to twitch.

And anyone who twitches a lot will tell you that most muscle twitching occurs while in a relaxed state. This is maybe because a relaxed, sedated muscle can "feel free" to twitch all it wants. The reason why there is a certain percentage of people out there who obsess about the possibility of having ALS is because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time: They googled those keywords: muscle twitching. Googling these words will bring up links to ALS, but also multiple sclerosis, a few other neurological disorders, and Lyme disease.

Yesterday I put my legs through a punishing weight routine at the gym.

They were sore today; delayed onset muscle soreness. But I used my treadmill today, running on top of the soreness. My hamstrings were aching and stiff, and I took to sitting at the computer for an extended time. Lo and behold, the twitching began in my hamstring muscles. But I must say, it felt GOOD ! It was almost like tiny fingers were giving me a nice massage.