As the title says. I go for a 20 minute walk and when I stop moving, I’m not feeling tired or even agitated at all, yet my legs feel like they’re pulsating in different areas, always near the skin. It’s not synchronised with my heartbeat. It stops after a few minutes.
Chat GPT says these are just muscle twitches caused by dehydration or lack of electrolytes. I’m not convinced. Why does it feel almost on the skin and not deeper in the muscles? Why do I feel it after a 20 minute walk that doesn’t make me sweat but I don’t feel it after a 40 minute leg focused workout??? Wouldn’t that be more strenuous on the legs?? Does this thing even have a name?
Thanks
HurkieDrubman ( @pelletbucket@lemm.ee ) 12•6 days agoit’s perfectly normal for muscles to twitch after an exercise, and when you get a muscle twitch like that it usually feels like it’s near the skin. your muscles are having trouble recovering and it’s either because they’ve been overworked, or you’re dehydrated, or you’ve been taking stimulants, or you’ve got low magnesium.
Okay, so you’re saying even though I feel it on my skin and not my muscles is still on my muscles. Fair enough. But then why does it happen only with mild activities like walking but not with something more intense?
HurkieDrubman ( @pelletbucket@lemm.ee ) 6•6 days agolol your skin can’t move without muscles dude.
I never said my skin moved either my dude. It’s a sensation, not a movement
HurkieDrubman ( @pelletbucket@lemm.ee ) 1•6 days agoOkay, so you’re saying even though I feel it on my skin and not my muscles is still on my muscles.
you straight up said you thought it wasn’t your muscles moving.
Yeah, nothing moves, it feels like a pulsation on my skin but nothing is moving. Neither my skin nor my muscles move. I’m trying to understand what causes this sensation. What is point with that quote?
Twinkletoes ( @Twinkletoes@lemm.ee ) 7•6 days agoI know what you’re talking about but I don’t know what it is.
Tiltinyall ( @Tiltinyall@beehaw.org ) 2•5 days agoThe expansion of your muscles due to increased blood flow and I guess shedding heat.
gerryflap ( @gerryflap@feddit.nl ) 2•5 days agoMaybe it’s the same thing I recently had. After running a half marathon in April this year and cycling another 20km from and to the course, I also had some weird muscle cramps when finally taking a rest. It was almost like something was crawling under my skin. My muscles felt like they were cramping together and releasing very quickly and very locally in tiny spots all over my calves. It was such a surreal feeling. Kinda creepy and weird, but at the same time also kinda nice and satisfying.
I think your experience sounds like the benign fasciculation another lemming described. Look for the video link among the comments