Twitching Thumb: Help!

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LaurentHCH

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what the hell is this: all the muscles around my thumb are twitching, inside of the hand AND upper side of the hand....any experience with this thumb-moving twitching in the palm and upper side of the hand? maybe my thumb just wants to go hitch-hiking...but now, my WHOLE left hand is twitching....I AM SCARED AGAIN NOW;-(
 
when you say your entire left hand is twitching do you mean at the same time? My hands will twitch too sometimes palm, thumb and other fingers and back of hand. Have you been using your hands alot lately? Did you get emg of hands and arms yet?
 
the hand twitches just started recently, i had two emg (nov 08+jan 09) also in the (upper) arm, both of which came out clean except for fasciculations. I went climbing yesterday, the twitching in the palm between thumb and index finger and on the upper side (around thumb and index finger) simultaniously started a few hours later. Scares me like hell...
 
I would try to look at it like this:You have had two clean EMGs and you don't report any weakness so it is not the worst you fear. However, there is something going on with your nerves that is not understood but will almost certainly not disable you. I have had a constant contraction (muscle going in an out in a very extreme way) on the palm side of my left hand below the pinkie for almost a year now. When I look at both hands and the the muscle is in the noncontraction state, the muscle looks identical to that on the right. So whatever it is doing apparently does not erode the muscle. Maybe it is actually getting a little workout since you would think the muscle on my left hand would be smaller than on the right since I'm right handed. Also, lots of people have nonstop twitching for years with no other problems (remember the bfs study) and almost all the common non life threatening neurological issues you read about say the hands and feet are the most effected by these things.Krackersones
 
you probably have tight muscles... try massaging your upper back, upper arms, forearms and check for knots. Allow your arms to rest a day or two.
 
Tatsu,When I say constant contraction I mean it is squeezing in and out constantly. Whenever I look at it, you can see it squeeze in within a couple of seconds. It comes in handy (no pun intended) to show new doctors or remind old doctors that these nerve/muscle issues I complain about are not imagined. I can show them my hand quickly and they see the problem within seconds. This muscle is involuntary so I could not be faking it (I was actually accused of this early on). This contraction actually has a name that I learned about from a post by Swift_TaySwift20 who also suffers the same thing. The contraction is called a palmaris brevis spasm. There is a link to a picture of it on a University of Washington website. Apparently, enough cases have been seen that a few articles are written about it saying it is benign. In the cases written about, this is the only symptom the person had. For me it is one of many. I take it from the articles that this muscle or the nerve that activates it is easily irritated or damaged by whatever effects nerves in general. Also the muscle is so small that it is very easy to notice a problem with it. Fortunately, I don't feel the contraction at all and it does not interfere in any way with function. If I did not have the other symptoms I may have never noticed it.Krackersones
 
Dear Laurent, I hope the twitching has stopped now. I read you were climbing. There it is, you overused your arm and hand. It happens to me, if I play a lot soccer or do other sport, the muscles that are used the most twitch very much. You have been cleared up by the clinic with the most experience in Swiss. You are fine and you will be. There will always be peaks and then calm downs, so do not worry to much. Do you have mostly twitching in hands and arms?
 
thanks for your kind answers guys! very much appreciate this!my hand is still moving, now with a permanently moving midfinger......overuse could be, yes....but if i go jogging, play soccer (what i do in a team very actively), go mountainbiking or even in the gym, the fascics are less......so the theory of overuse is not 100 percent matching in my case......
 

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