I’ve gotten these before but they don’t last long, but…
For more than a week I have been getting an on and off muscle twitch between my glute and ham string, right side – some times lasts a few seconds some times a minute or more. Happens many, many times a day. Does not hurt. But what is up??
i have heard that muscle twitching is related to a lack of Magnesium. You could try taking some supplements.
??? Where DO these rumors come from 
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i actually heard it in a lecture from a Dr. who was speaking on supplements.
I get these all the time, usually from overtraining. I have yet to find a way to make them stop but compression seems to help.
Dave in VA
thanks for the suggestion - but I take a daily suppliment, eat pretty healthy - but I’ll look into it
again thanks
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I thought i was the only one my calves twitch 24\7,no pain i am going to physio to get checked out could be muscle imbalance ie glutes weak calf strong tried the magnesium made no difference will keep you posted
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Get that all the time in my calves. Looks like a horse twitching. I figure, horses are fast, and they twitch… maybe… naaaahh. I work out hard with the hopes of getting faster and all I get are more twitches. Oh well, it’s kinda cool to watch.
i actually heard it in a lecture from a Dr. who was speaking on supplements.
Was he SELLING or pushing the supplements?
Toxic symptoms from increased magnesium intake are not common because the body eliminates excess amounts. Magnesium excess almost always occurs only when magnesium is supplemented as a medication.
Magnesium deficiency is RARE. The symptoms include muscle weakness, fatigue, hyperexcitability, and sleepiness. Deficiency of magnesium can occur in alcoholics or people whose magnesium absorption is decreased due to surgery, burns, or problems with malabsorption (inadequate absorption of nutrients from the intestinal tract). Certain medications or low blood levels of calcium may be associated with magnesium deficiency.
Deficiency symptoms have three categories:
* Early symptoms include irritability, anorexia, fatigue, insomnia, and muscle twitching. Other symptoms include poor memory, apathy, confusion, and reduced ability to learn.
* Moderate deficiency symptoms consist of rapid heartbeat and other cardiovascular changes.
* Severe deficiency of magnesium could lead to tingling, numbness, sustained contraction of the muscles, and hallucinations and delirium.
These are the recommended daily requirements of magnesium:
* Children
o 1-3 years old: 80 milligrams
o 4-8 years old: 130 milligrams
o 9-13 years old: 240 milligrams
o 14-18 years old (boys): 410 milligrams
o 14-18 years old (girls): 360 milligrams
* Adult females: 310 milligrams
* Pregnancy: 360-400 milligrams
* Breastfeeding women: 320-360 milligrams
* Adult males: 400 milligrams
These are the NIH recs just so you know where this comes from.
Vegetarians and carnivores alike in this country, and even third world countries, rarely have a magnesium deficiency. But I’ve got some pills for 'ya…even makes your urine look pretty. If your diet is making you that low in Mg, you will likely have other problems as well.
That is some great information and I appreciate that you went to some trouble to find it and post it. BUT don’t you think that the NIH posts information based on averages? You have to admit that those of us that train hard for triathlons are rarely in the avg. range. AND since Magnesium is an electrolyte AND hard training tends to deminish the electrolyte balance, there is a greater chance than average that an athlete could be deficient in Magnesium. The info. below is also from NIH. It does state that Magnesium is 2nd in abundance only to Potassium-- and certainly you have heard of athletes being low in Potassium?
"About half of the body’s magnesium is found in bone, where it plays a structural role along with calcium, phosphate, and various proteins. In all other tissues, magnesium is among the most abundant of all the electrolytes inside the cell, second only to potassium.
Magnesium is necessary for nearly all biochemical processes, such as the synthesis and use of ATP, the major source of energy for all cells."
Probably fasciculations. Link to a thread on the topic below.
This comes from Magnesium helping with hydration levels.
Sometimes muscle twitches following training is a result of dehydration. Sometimes it is a result of fatigue of the particular muscle fibers in question. You can get one of these in your eye lid from sleep deprivation.
This comes from Magnesium helping with hydration levels.
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TOTALLY was thinking potassium.
Disregard everything I wrote, except the fatigue part, that’s true.
also known as tetanus, sometimes. if it happens in your face, you could be due for a case of Bell’s Palsy. otherwise, relax.
-mike
No trouble at all as I have a vested and particular interest in these things and get asked this question on an almost daily basis in my practice. I have loads of articles/papers about “electrolyte imbalances” - most of which are not very good in the scientific eye (i.e. double blind, placebo controlled, etc.)
Yes, I’ve had cramps and some fasiculations as well, as have most endurance athletes. I usually know why they happen (especially after a killer hard 1/2 IM in the heat). BUT, our diet (as an average American, let alone carefully dialed diets for most of us) is rich in Magnesium, Potassium and Sodium. The original poster even mentioned his/her adequate/good diet AND multi-vitamin usage. Unless you were pretty poor in hydration while training, racing, mag deficit is just not really much of an issue, that is all I’m saying. Lots of people point to “old wives tales” and lore and it just gets perpetuated. The world was flat a lot longer than it was proven round.