Does Ms Cause Muscle Spasms?
Many People with Multiple Sclerosis Have Stiff Muscles and Spasms, a Condition Called Spasticity. It Happens Mostly in the Muscles of the Legs and Arms, and It...
Many people with multiple sclerosis have stiff muscles and spasms, a condition called spasticity. It happens mostly in the muscles of the legs and arms, and it may keep you from moving your limbs freely.
What do MS spasms feel like?
It is one of the more common symptoms of MS. Spasticity may be as mild as the feeling of tightness of muscles or may be so severe as to produce painful, uncontrollable spasms of extremities, usually of the legs. Spasticity may also produce feelings of pain or tightness in and around joints, and can cause low back pain.
Do you get muscle spasms with MS?
Muscle stiffness and spasms are common MS symptoms, and are often described as 'spasticity'. Muscle spasms or stiffness can affect between 40% and 80% of people with MS at some time. For most people, these are occasional symptoms.
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