Muscle spasms, referred to as spasticity, occurs when there is abnormal contractions of the muscle involuntarily due to conflicting signals within the body’s nervous system.
Nerve damage, spinal cord injury, or brain damage can cause this muscle pattern disruption.
Spasticity is most common in the legs or arms and has been found to be connected to stroke, brain injury, sclerosis and cerebral palsy.
Spasticity has symptoms of pain, poor posture, joint deformity which can reduce one’s quality of life severely.
The underlying cause of the muscle spasms as well as the stage of the condition should be identified in order to best treat the area.