Night time muscle spasms?

[WorldWanderer]

Odd one but maybe someone else gets it too.
I often find i wake up in the night, sometimes several times a night fully tense, every muscle is tight, even my jaw, so much so I've cracked a tooth!
Anyone else?

 

[Friday]

Countless times.

 

[Charbella]

Mine tends to be central to a location. Generally my legs and feet but sometimes elsewhere. I fly out of bed and have to walk around until the muscle spasm, shin splint, or Charlie horse gets worked out. All that while on a high dose of a muscle relaxer. A rough therapy session tends to make it much worse.

 

[Freddyt]

Odd one but maybe someone else gets it too.
I often find i wake up in the night, sometimes several times a night fully tense, every muscle is tight, even my jaw, so much so I've cracked a tooth!
Anyone else?

Last time I had fillings replaced my dentist commented to his assistant that people with PTSD frequently "pop" filings out during nightmares.

I also had full on muscle spasms and cramps - usually in my low back and legs, and occasionally as back spasms. Pickle juice helps them - but then again because of Addisons disease - retaining enough salt can be an issue from the start. But it can be especially bad if I have nightmares - all that sweat carries salt away with it.

 

[Shaylee]

Odd one but maybe someone else gets it too.
I often find i wake up in the night, sometimes several times a night fully tense, every muscle is tight, even my jaw, so much so I've cracked a tooth!
Anyone else?

Not spasms but most definitely so tense I have to tell myself to relax my muscles. Even have had sore leg or arm muscles in the morning like I did when I was maxing weights…. My jaw clenching is not only at night but in the day too. I found some weird jaw stretching/relaxation things to do and bought some night guards that I wear even in the day sometimes.

 

[WorldWanderer]

Not spasms but most definitely so tense I have to tell myself to relax my muscles. Even have had sore leg or arm muscles in the morning like I did when I was maxing weights…. My jaw clenching is not only at night but in the day too. I found some weird jaw stretching/relaxation things to do and bought some night guards that I wear even in the day sometimes.

I've been online and bought some teeth guards for the night, thank you for the tip!

 

[Shaylee]

I've been online and bought some teeth guards for the night, thank you for the tip!

You’re welcome
I do recommend the stretching especially in the morning and before sleeping.

The ones that works best for me is to open your mouth as wide as you can up and down and then open sideways at the same time as far as you can and hold for about 15 seconds.

Next open your mouth again as far as you can up and down, while holding your mouth open touch your tongue to the back of your front teeth (may have to very slightly close your mouth to reach) and with your tongue on the back of your front teeth try to open your mouth even wider. And then hold for about 15 seconds or so.

you look crazy doing them but for me, especially in the mornings and right before bed, it has helped my clenching during the day.

 

[WorldWanderer]

You’re welcome
I do recommend the stretching especially in the morning and before sleeping.

The ones that works best for me is to open your mouth as wide as you can up and down and then open sideways at the same time as far as you can and hold for about 15 seconds.

Next open your mouth again as far as you can up and down, while holding your mouth open touch your tongue to the back of your front teeth (may have to very slightly close your mouth to reach) and with your tongue on the back of your front teeth try to open your mouth even wider. And then hold for about 15 seconds or so.

you look crazy doing them but for me, especially in the mornings and right before bed, it has helped my clenching during the day.

Thankyou