Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though many people experience muscle twitching, it's often incorrectly identified as a muscle spasm. While both are involuntary ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A muscle spasm, also known as a cramp, twitch or charley horse, is the sudden and involuntary forced contraction of a muscle.

Hemifacial spasm (HFS) is a rare movement disorder that causes involuntary muscle contractions on one side of the face. It typically starts with painless but annoying twitching around one eye. Over ...

Stiff person syndrome (SPS) causes you to have muscle stiffness and spasms, often triggered by sudden noises or touch. You can use medications like muscle relaxants and anticonvulsants to relieve ...

Lockjaw happens when your jaw muscles tighten up so much that you can't open your mouth properly. Tetanus is a serious bacterial infection that can cause lockjaw and muscle spasms. TMJ disorders can ...

After a stroke, survivors often experience uncontrollable spasms that can twist their arms and hands into perpetual fists. The only treatments are expensive, frequently painful injections of botulinum ...

Singer Celine Dion’s announcement Thursday that she has stiff-person syndrome will shed new light on a rare treatable, but incurable, condition. According to Dr. Duarte Machado of the Chase Family ...

It may start as something we’re all familiar with: tiny spasms around your eyelid. “When you’re tired or stressed and you get fluttering under your eye or eyelid and it’s really annoying,” says Sharon ...