Whether you are running around with your team mates or simply waking up in the morning, you can experience having muscles spasms. It is because muscle spasms are involuntary and usually happen all of a sudden. Muscle spasms or muscle cramps are quick contractions of the muscle and can be painful when experienced.
Muscle spasms are commonly confused with muscle twitch but they are very different in such a way that muscle twitch is a very small movement on the muscle and you may not notice it.
There are basically three types of muscles in your body. They are the ones responsible for all your movements. The cardiac muscle is the muscle found in your heart which main function is to pump blood that will reach your whole body. The skeletal muscles are muscles that supports your bones that functions to move your external body parts like your arms and legs. Smooth muscles are the ones found inside the body, more specifically in the internal organs. Smooth muscles can be found in the lining of your esophagus, intestines and stomachs. They can also be found in the large arteries and in the uterus of women.
Because muscles can be found everywhere in your body, you can also experience spasm anywhere in your body like heart spasm and stomach spasm. So how do you get muscle spasm?
There are several reasons to muscle spasm. However, it also depend upon different factors, the body or part of the body involved as well as the lifestyle of a person and his environment.
You may experience if you overuse your muscles. That is why it is very common for athletes to have muscle cramps due to long hours of training and intense physical activities during a game or performance. Construction workers and jobs that involve lifting heavy equipment can also cause spasm. A hot weather is also a big factor for having muscle spasm.
Spasms can also happen when you over-stretch your muscles and when you put them in a position for a long period of time. Because of this, the muscles in the area being stretched or positioned get exhausted and they lose energy. In return, the muscles which also run out of fluid become hyper excitable creating a forceful and painful muscle contraction. You may experience spasms in both small and large muscle area in your body.
You can experience muscle spasm by doing your everyday tasks as well. Simply sweeping the floor or raking the snow can cause spasm into your neck and shoulder.
If you are doing a new exercise or work out, you can also be prone to having muscles spasms. This is very common to those who starts to work on their abdomen by doing sit ups too much quickly.
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