The spasticity Multiple Sclerosis patients report to doctors ranges from mild stiffness in muscles to uncontrollable spasms. The experience of muscle spasticity MS patients endure has the ability to come and go, just as with other MS symptoms. The arm and leg muscles seem to be the most affected by this phenomenon, but occasionally facial muscles can be plagued by spasms as well. As the twitching increases, moving freely becomes more difficult. People with MS who have muscle spasms constantly know just how frustrating even the simplest task can be to perform.

Muscle spasms are the result of the scar tissue forming on nerve cells during demyelination. The myelin sheath covering nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are so riddled with lesions that the electrical impulses being sent to the muscles aren’t received in a balanced way. The imbalance created by inefficiently transmitted signals results in tense muscles …