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Originally Posted by BirdDancer
Have you been exercising a lot or intensely lately? Maybe with a lot of sweating and/or quick body temperature changes? In conjunction with some mineral depletion? Could what you're experiencing be a form of Charley horse? There are several risk factors.
When I was a young teenager doing ballet intensely, I used to get Charley horses a lot. They could be extremely painful, at times. I would literally feel the muscle spasm. It was not within my control. They are most common in the legs - thighs or shin muscles.
If you think they could possibly be Charley horses, let me know. I remember how I used to go about easing them, especially ones that lasted more than a second. The only reason this popped up in my head was because of your mention of exercise. I could be totally wrong mentioning this.
Add on: I only now just noticed Christina's post. We're both thinking the same thing. Consider googling Charley horse.
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Hi BirdDancer,
I've been doing yoga 1-2x weekly. Some of the poses/sequences require some leg strength where perhaps a nerve could potentially get irritated in the leg/thigh area. The exercise isn't super intense though, but looking back, it is possible that it could have played a role in the spasms.
I looked up Charley horse, and I think I would get those at night when I was young. The difference though, is that those used to be very painful for me. This is a little different. What I am experiencing now isn't painful, it's just bothersome, but I am experiencing this almost constantly. Is it possibly it is still a Charley horse, even if there's no pain...just uncontrollable spasms and twitching? I just took some ibuprofen. Maybe that could at least relieve it a little bit.