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Post by markbrown01 on Oct 18, 2018 5:00:14 GMT -8

Good afternoon and thanks for the welcome. I had disc surgery in 2013, cauda equina surgery in 2017 and more L3 / L4 surgery in June thus year. Straight after the latest surgery I awoke with footdrop, weakness and twitches in my left side. The footdrop has recovered 80 % but the twitches have got worse and are now in my right calf. They are not painful but I'm getting a bit concerned as other parts of my body are now twitching but only randomly. Any advice would be grateful.

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Body twitches Oct 18, 2018 6:31:58 GMT -8

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Post by vintage on Oct 18, 2018 6:31:58 GMT -8

So sorry, markbrown01. I have clonus, a repetitive contraction, in my left stump. But yours doesn’t sound like clonus. There’s no solution for mine,...well, other than some drugs that cause nerve and brain damage, to which I say, “No thanks”. I take kratom to calm my clonus when the kicking interferes with sleep. Nice to meet you.

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Body twitches Oct 18, 2018 12:56:05 GMT -8

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Post by tarabev on Oct 18, 2018 12:56:05 GMT -8

I'm a C5/6 walking quad and Ive had twitches since my accident (20years ago), there have been days that they've been worse in that its a more violent twitch but they havent interfered with normal day to day life, they usually only occur when I'm relaxed. There have been times a twitch has woken me up.
In the months after my accident, I was having spasms...looking back, knowing what I do now, I think those spasms were messages getting back through my spinal cord.

Mark.....keep an eye of the twitches, you dont want them to get worse where they interfere with things you do. I'd be mentioning them to a specialist but ultimately use your own judgement

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Post by markbrown01 on Oct 19, 2018 0:05:52 GMT -8

Thank you all. Straight after my last surgery I developed footdrop and the twitches started straight away. The left calf muscle is smaller than the right one so was just panicking that it's not something more severe. I suppose it will be smaller as that has had nerve damage after all the surgeries.

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Body twitches Oct 19, 2018 6:17:13 GMT -8

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Post by tetra on Oct 19, 2018 6:17:13 GMT -8

Oct 19, 2018 0:05:52 GMT -8 markbrown01 said:

Thank you all. Straight after my last surgery I developed footdrop and the twitches started straight away. The left calf muscle is smaller than the right one so was just panicking that it's not something more severe. I suppose it will be smaller as that has had nerve damage after all the surgeries.

Mark,
You are right it is natural for the muscles on the weaker side to shrink up. My left gluteals are so much smaller than the right my Pants often seem skewed to one side. When I practice walking or do weight lifting I emphasize using the weak side as much as the strong side. It is not easy but, over time, The weaker areas improve. The left foot tires sooner and will drop a bit then but I don't really classify it as foot drop anymore- just as a weakness.

As with other posters I twitch more at rest, but it happens more after I exert myself. I ignore it or change positions..

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Body twitches Oct 20, 2018 4:13:14 GMT -8

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Post by Lαrα on Oct 20, 2018 4:13:14 GMT -8

Actually my left, weakest leg is larger at the calf area than the right leg but this is because of 2 blood clots, the vein is damaged so my leg often swells unless i raise it for a good part of the day. I would otherwise expect it to be thinner because lower down the calf it is.

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