What Is Causing Your Muscle Spasms?
Muscle spasms, also called muscle cramps, muscle twitches, or a pulled muscle, are a painful condition that occurs when muscles contract and tighten repeatedly. Most adults experience occasional muscle spasms, especially after working out, playing sports, or spending a long time on their feet. However, frequent muscle spasms could indicate an underlying health issue. At Cooper Chiropractic Acupuncture, Addiction & Injury Treatment Center, our chiropractor Dr. Stanton Cooper specializes in injury recovery and rehabilitation. He can determine what is causing your muscle spasms and offer chiropractic muscle spasm treatment in Palm Bay, FL.
What Is a Muscle Spasm?
A muscle spasm occurs when your muscle forcefully and involuntarily contracts and will not relax. You can get a muscle spasm in any muscle in your body, including your back, leg, neck, stomach, fingers, and even your tongue. People of any age can experience muscle spasms, and they can happen when you are sleeping, exercising, resting, or walking.
What Causes Muscle Spasms?
There are many different reasons you may experience a muscle spasm. The most common causes of muscle spasms in adults are:
- Dehydration
- Exercise, playing sports, or physical exertion without properly warming up
- Muscle fatigue
- Vitamin or nutrient deficiency
- Electrolyte imbalance
- Overheating or heat exhaustion
- Stress
- Prolonged periods sitting or lying down
- High intensity exercise
- Poor posture
Can You Prevent Muscle Spasms?
Yes, you can prevent some muscle spasms or reduce your risk of muscle spasms by stretching properly before working out, drinking a lot of water, losing weight, wearing comfortable shoes, avoiding a sedentary lifestyle, and making sure you don’t have any vitamin or nutrient deficiencies.
Can a Chiropractor Treat Muscle Spasms?
Dr. Stanton can treat muscle spasms with chiropractic care. He will determine the underlying cause or most likely reason for your muscle spasms, and then design a personalized treatment plan that addresses existing symptoms and reduces your risk of future muscle spasms. He may recommend a combination of chiropractic care, massage therapy, and acupuncture, as well as changes in your diet, home exercises and stretches, posture correction, and workplace ergonomics.
Get Chiropractic Treatment for Muscle Spasms in Palm Bay, FL
Don’t let muscle spasms prevent you from exercising, playing sports, or working. At Cooper Chiropractic Acupuncture, Addition & Injury Treatment Center, Dr. Cooper and his team can determine the underlying cause of your muscle spasms. We will then create a personalized chiropractic treatment plan that alleviates muscle spasms and cramps and reduces pain. Contact our office to request an appointment.
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