Twitching and Leg Symptoms

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So, I have had a twitch in the undersole of my left foot for about a month now. It let up for a few days but is now back in full force ALONG with constant twitching in my second toe (next to my big toe). My leg has been feeling really weird for the past couple of weeks. Almost like a heavy feeling. I don't know how to tell if there's actual weakness in it or not. Especially how to tell of there's weakness in my twitching toe. It feels like its cramping for sure. I have been trying really hard not to worry myself sick but...I am!! What if the twitch in the undersole migrated to the toe because that WHOLE muscle is dying?? Any advice?
 
Samantha, please remember that twitching is a muscular activity. So twitchy muscles are always sore and tired. it is like involuntary and unwilling workouts ;)clinical weakness means inability to use muscle, not the fact that muscle is easily tired. Unless your foot is not dropping, you're fine. I have quite a cramps in my feet arches due to sitting work and age and flat arch but except that my feet still hold me up :) same should be in your case too :)
 
Samantha -First approach I would take is checking for pinched nerve or spine / athletic induced back injury. Much better news than any of the things you're currently worrying about.I know at least 10 people who have what you have and they either had a slipped disc or something else going on in their spine that just required healing or adjustment.Check on that first.
 
No i wouldnt say it sounds like ALS. ALS and about 9 billion other things cause what you are experiencing. and ALS is so rare .... that's why its extremely unlikely. Are you physically active?Head and neck doesn't address lower spine does it? Depends how far down they went I guess. Pretty much universally leg pain and issues like this - if sports related - are lower spine issues as that directly affects legs downwards. MRI of head and neck effectively eliminates MS though. I'll let others chime in...
 
you know when I was complaining to my psyhiatrist about my ALS fears, she just said - ok, can you stay on your toes even for a while? yes. well, can you jump on your both feet? Yes. On your left/right feet - yes. My dear, said she (she by the way is limpy due to completely cracked spinal disks), you are perfectly healthy GAD person, that's all. ALS is a paralysing disease, not a disease related to pains, twitches, etc. It is a matter of clinical weakness, bu we in BFS all have perceived one. We FEEL our legs are tight, heavy, wobby, jellylike etc. - but we can still walk, run, stand on them. People with ALS FAIL to stand, walk and run (and mostly this is happens more or less out of the blue for them). Hope that can reassure you and give some direction to evaluation of your condition.Just do not jump the whole day! (I am not joking) - many of us are prone ot selftesting (me too), which is extremely harmful to our muscles and tendons.
 
It is also useful to check if you are (or are not) hypermobile person. Hypermobility, or inherent lack of collagene, happens to every one in 5 000 to 10 000 persosn (so it is not rare) and can vary from quite unpleasant to relatively mild deficiences, most of which result in loosy joints, dysplasias, easy bruising, scarring, etc. Flexy joints (including spines) often allow us to entertain our friends during childhood or even have a professional career as 'gum people" but around 40 it is usually a hell of pain on joints, back, etc., and of course easy nerve entrapment. check if yoyu can press your thumb to your wrist, easily move any joint out of its normal position or if you are easily flexing downward from standing upright position. there are totally 9 or 10 signs but usually 4 or 5 is quite enough to get some ortopedic issues like scoliosis, etc.
 
then you are quite enough hypermobile :) and what I can tell you is that 1) there are investigations summarising that hypermobile people are much prone to twitching than regular population 2) they are 10-15 times (according to various sources) are prone to anxiety and depressions.Pregnancy not always causes 'milky peace" (like it was with me when I was pregnant) - some woman become more anxious and more prone to crying and worrying.Please have my hugs and sympathies. Everything would be OK.
 
I dont know how I glossed over the fact that you're pregnant.That is almost always likely the cause.Google these phrases: pregnant pinched nervepregnant muscle twitching footPregnancy is huge on the body. Lower MRI would have been much more intelligent for the doctor to order .... lower spine
 
Samantha, I have a twitch in the side and top of my right foot that has come and gone since my BFS started. In all actuality, it was probably there longer than that. It can vary from a slow, thumping twitch to a fast paced almost vibrating twitch I can see. When it flares up it stays for months at a time. My neurosugeon, along with my pain management specialist said it looks to be a direct result of lower back disc or osteophyte issues putting pressure on the nerves that control that area. I also have the feeling of heaviness in that leg. So many of my problems are in my right leg, and I can't hep but think many of those issues are lumbar spine related. I tell you this for two reasons. One, long term twitching (aka:hotspot) is common in BFS, and having one in your foot is no worse than having one in your arm, back, or anywhere else. The heaviness you describe is also reported frequently. Two, the twitching there could be the result of nerve compression anywhere from the lumbar spine to the foot itself. My right foot twitches are different than my others, something that caused me alarm in the first few months. Now I know they feel and act different because they have a different cause. I hope you are able to relax and treat this no differently than any other twitch. Frances
 

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