10 Surprising Things Muscle Spasms Reveal About Your Health

You worked yourself too hard

Your muscles can only do so much before they say, nope, you’ve gone too far. Though there are often good DIY remedies for muscle pain relief, sometimes you need something more. Muscle spasms, whether in your back, leg, or neck, can be from a muscle that’s overworked while doing strenuous or repetitive movements like gardening, cleaning, or holding a baby. “Muscles get fatigued and sore and you’ll experience a spasm,” says Robert Hayden, DC, PhD, founder of Iris City Chiropractic Center in Griffin, Georgia. He often uses a treatment called electrotherapy in his office to “break the cycle of spasms” in a 15- to 20-minute session.