What is muscle spasm
Muscle spasm is a contraction of a sudden and involuntary in one or more of the muscles of the body muscle and is often in skeletal muscle (the muscle responsible for moving the bones of the skeleton and control in place and make up most of the muscles of the body), and be accompanied severe pain appears during the practice of physical activity or during rest and cause difficulty in the practice of physical activity. Symptoms of muscle spasm: One of the most common symptoms of muscle spasm is severe and sudden pain in the infected or near muscle muscle and be a companion to contraction of the muscle, in some cases, where the great convulsion may cause discomfort has muscle tissue rigid and prominent appear under the skin in tests . Causes muscle cramps: muscle spasms caused by multiple reasons, including: 1. Excessive use of muscle or stay in the same position for a long time, which leads to muscle fatigue and dryness and loss of energy, which in turn leads to muscle contraction strongly. This kind of convulsions usually happens to athletes who exercise or physical activity in hot conditions of construction workers, usually causes the constricting in the large skeletal muscles that effort. 2. Other causes muscle spasm is doing physical activities or exercises unusual and unexpectedly, Kaelchenj stomach muscles when someone is doing stomach exercises dramatically. 3. The lack of mineral salts in the body and dehydration is one of the other reasons that lead to muscle spasm, especially potassium, magnesium and calcium deficiency. 4. a strong and sudden twist in the muscle, or not to take the correct position during physical movement or doing a particular activity. 5. The side effects of some medications. Prevention and treatment: The prevention of muscle spasm is the most important way to protect him and the prompt treatment if it occurs lead to relieve the accompanying pain and increase the speed of his recovery, the following are some measures that can help prevent muscle cramping: 1. drinking quantity Almtaloah of water which differ in different age, sex, weight, temperature and physical activity, health status, as it should drink the amount of water before, during and after exercise, where are advised to drink about two cups and a half hour before to two hours of exercise, Cuba, one by one-third to half an hour of the start workout, Cuba, one every twenty minutes during exercise and about a cup after your workout duration of no more than thirty minutes. 2. do exercises warm-up and stretching before and after exercise as it is creating the muscle to do the workout sports. 3. Drink a sufficient quantity of salt and eat food in a balanced manner. As for for the treatment of muscle spasm is as follows: 1. You should check with your doctor if the muscle spasm happens during the night, or if the pain was too severe. 2.alrahh for a period in the event of a cramping until its removal and the use of cold water or snow and do exercises immediately after the incidence of vasospasm prolongation. 3. Drink painkillers and the use of muscle relaxants and anti-inflammatories after reviewing a doctor.