Muscle pain and spasms can be caused by musculoskeletal injuries or nutritional deficiencies, which can have various sub-causes such as playing sports, accidents, infections, or tumors. Severity and type of discomfort should be considered for correct diagnosis. Fractured hip or thighbone can cause severe pain and spasms. Low levels of calcium or magnesium can also be the underlying cause. Aging is not necessarily a common cause, and different people may have different causes for their discomfort.
The most common causes of muscle pain and spasms are musculoskeletal injuries and a nutritional deficiency. These broad categories of causes, however, have “sub-causes.” Injuries and nutritional deficiencies can be caused by playing sports, an accident, loss of blood flow to the muscle, an infection or the presence of a tumor. Muscle pain and cramps can have more than one cause, so common and uncommon causes should be carefully considered to arrive at a correct diagnosis. The severity and type of discomfort sufferers are experiencing, such as mild or severe, local or widespread, should also be considered.
Musculoskeletal injuries, especially a fractured hip or thighbone, almost always cause severe muscle pain and spasms. This results from the sometimes violent contraction of the muscles, which in turn causes the jagged ends of the bone to move and cut and “stab” the surrounding soft tissue. Splinting is done not only to greatly reduce blood loss, but also to stop the pain that can accompany the injury.
Low levels of calcium appear on the list of nutritional deficiencies that could lead a person of any age to experience muscle pain and spasms. What many people don’t realize about nutrient deficiencies is that low levels of a nutrient are not automatically increased by increasing your intake of that nutrient. Problems caused by low calcium levels may have been caused by low vitamin D levels, because you need enough vitamin D for proper calcium absorption. A deficiency of the mineral magnesium can also be the underlying cause of muscle pain and spasms.
Some people believe that aging should be considered a common cause for any type of problem, disorder or disease of the musculoskeletal system. While it is true that the mature population tends to experience health problems of this and every other kind, many mature people do not experience muscle pain and spasms. It should also be remembered that what appears to be a common cause to one person is not necessarily so to another. For example, people who play sports, suffer from an autoimmune disease, have any type of infection or tumor, or have any other condition that restricts blood flow to the muscle might view their lifestyle and health as the ” cause” of the discomfort.
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