muscle spasm

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muscle spasm - a painful and involuntary muscular contraction

symptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

charley horse, charley-horse - a muscular cramp (especially in the thigh or calf) following vigorous exercise

graphospasm, writer's cramp - muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil

blepharospasm - spasm of the eyelid muscle resulting in closure of the eye

crick, kink, rick, wrick - a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

myoclonus - a clonic spasm of a muscle or muscle group

opisthotonos - severe spasm in which the back arches and the head bends back and heels flex toward the back

twitch, twitching, vellication - a sudden muscle spasm; especially one caused by a nervous condition

tenesmus - painful spasm of the anal sphincter along with an urgent desire to defecate without the significant production of feces; associated with irritable bowel syndrome

trismus - prolonged spasm of the jaw muscles

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blepharism
blepharospasm
charley horse
charley-horse
cramp
Crick
cyclobenzaprine
epileptic seizure
Flexeril
graphospasm
kink
myoclonus
myotonia
Opisthotonos
rick
spasm
spasmolysis
tenesmus
trismus

It is believed that a muscle spasm is usually caused by one of three things: a lack of oxygen to the affected muscle which is most likely caused by restricted blood flow to that area; a lack of oxygen due to overwork of that particular muscle; and, thirdly, that the spasm is simply a reflex reaction.

Treating Muscle Spasms in Fibromyalgia by Joe Tacoma / Health care industry community

suffering is optional Severe muscle spasms are where a muscle in the body contracts involuntarily, causing an uncomfortable, and often-painful reaction to the sufferer.

Treating Severe Muscle Spasms by nikitatolstoy / Health, general community

suffering is optional Most people associate muscle spasms and pain with a specific condition or injury, but human beings sometimes form chronic habits that can contribute to these reactions as well.

Muscle Spasms and Pain Repetitive Stress Injury by nikitatolstoy / Business community

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