(I've got computer problems which has prevented me from replying earlier and may result in half a reply, too)

Healing Through Trigger Point Therapy: A Guide to Fibromyalgia, Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction by Devin J. Starlanyl, John Sharkey and Amanda Williams (30 Aug 2013) p19 has a section on muscle twitching that is really interesting and explains it.

Every now and then someone posts about experiencing twitching and it seems to be a less common symptom but one that still happens. I can't remember any specific advice on management of them, sorry. I might try a search back later if I can fix the computer.

What springs to mind for me when I read about your twitches is to use heat over the whole area to try and encourage relaxation. I say this because every now and then I've been plagued with truly evil headaches that no amount of extra pills seem to quieten and I've had a seemingly miraculous cure using a hot patch over my right shoulder.

i'd copy the section from the book but the screen's dying on my

I get twitching that doesn't start spontaneously. It is more like if I start moving a certain muscle group my muscles continue to twitch after I have stopped telling them to. It typically only lasts a few seconds. Not sure if that made sense! It is concerning to me but none of the docs I have told think anything of it.

I also usually twitch like crazy when I get acupuncture. Once it lasted almost the whole session and was pretty much my entire upper body. It was very uncomfortable. I was moving like I was getting electrocuted!

Back again. The section mentioned in the above book is:

"Fascia contains protein that contracts (Schleip et al. 2005). In low back fascia, there can be a thousand times more contractile protein that in surrounding muscles. Myofascia may form contractures slowly, a few sarcomeres at a time, even over the course of years, causing worsening stiffness as we age. Sometimes TrPs twitch. Patients might be able to feel or see that happening, as the muscle seems to jump visibly. Every time a TrP twitches, over 30 irritating biochemicals are released into your body (Shah and Gilliams 2008). These twitches can occur whenever you get successful treatment, and can be visible to the care provider. These biochemicals include nerve toxins, and acidify the surrounding area. When many TrPs twitch, or a few TrPs twitch a lot, patients can feel extremely toxic, with exhaustion, nausea, fatigue, and/or extra achiness. It takes time for these toxins to be processed and eliminated, so they need to be patient patients. Better the toxins are on their way out, rather than being stored within the tissues."

There's an additional paragraph about TrPs shortening muscles and (skipping over most of the section) "Tissues close to the TrPs develop a serious energy deficit. Because of increased tissue tension, which can itself cause pain, they get less oxygen. This worsens the energy crisis around the TrP, and adds to fatigue."

" exhaustion, nausea, fatigue, and/or extra achiness" That is the story of my life right now. Why do I wake up every morning feeling like I have been beat up?

No, estranged, I have never experienced strong muscle twitches, except around my eyes sometimes. I think now those are related to TrPs in my face.

Many Thanks Pumpkin and chimerical , crazyanimallady for your exhaustive feedback
The twitching i experienced last week has subsided a bit..
looks to me like Nerve root irritation higher up in the cervical exit foramen, coz i have wasting in my arm muscles !
Lets wait and watch..

come on other members , Do post regularly , lets make this MPS group an active contributory forum..

and do post a line in my MUSCLE RELAXANT thread , I am doing bit if a research :)

My leg muscles twitched when my pelvis was sheared and torqued upward on the right side. Eventually, the muscles in my legs started twitching and then contracted from the strain. This process took place over a period of five years until an osteopath found the problem and corrected it. Trigger point injections finally released the contracted muscles. Unfortunately, my legs muscles had been strained for so long that they still develop TrPs when overused and then contract. I am hoping to break this cycle with Hanna Somatics.

My whole body twitches when I go to sleep from my head to my toes. Especially in my arms/hands and legs/feet. According to my partner it happens all night long even when I am sleeping. It is something that happen to me even during the day at times. I have not had any docs help me with this. They just don't know what to do for it. I hope you are able to find answers and if you do please come back and share them with us as I have been looking for a long time.

I have Cerebral Palsy but no one could tell until I was 38! I have pretty bad muscle spasms that freak me out now.I would think that CP would cause MPS- my body has been adjusting to toe walking all my life.