This week, Dr. Mallika says she's seen a number of patients complaining of charley horses, or pain and muscle spasms in the ...

Carrie Jean Robinette, 46, of San Diego, has always had a lot of health issues, but she didn’t think she had a serious ...

As traffic in the UAE has increased in recent years, doctors are noticing a rise in complaints of calf spasms and foot pain, ...

Muscle spasms are most common in the legs. In some cases, severe charley horses may result in muscle soreness that lasts anywhere from a few hours to a day. Keep reading to learn more about the ...

If you’ve ever been jolted awake at night by a leg cramp, you know how painful they can be. The tight, knotted feeling in ...

Three medications have spasticity reduction as their primary indication: baclofen (Lioresal ®), dantrolene (Dantrium ®), and tizanidine (Zanaflex ®). These drugs represent the mainstays of ...

with one leg often more affected than the other, leading to a stiff walking gait and a hunched over posture, it noted. Patients also develop muscle spasms, which can be triggered by common sounds ...

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Tonic spasms: You go to stand or move your body and get painful muscle contractions in your arms or legs. These spasms usually last 60 to 90 seconds. Nerve hyperexcitability: Your facial nerve may ...

Insufficient levels of vitamin D impair calcium absorption (leading to muscle cramps); ensuring adequate sunlight exposure or supplementation could mitigate the occurrence of nighttime leg cramps.

Contrary to hopes and plans, the Atlanta Braves are not starting lefty ace Chris Sale in the second game of their Monday doubleheader against the Mets because of back spasms. Instead, the Braves ...

Alvarez exited with back spasms in the top of the seventh of an ugly 8-4 loss to the Brewers at American Family Field on Friday. On a night Francisco Lindor made his return from back discomfort ...