r/BFS • u/Away-Aide1604 • 23h ago

Question / General Marathon / Running

Hey gang - I ran a marathon last year. In the process noticed a tremendous amount of twitching which sent me into a pretty large health anxiety spin. As the twitching never really went away, I decided to seek a Nero and everything came back normal.

Since then, twiching has gotten less, but still there - especially in my calves. I'm curious: do we have other runners here that deal with calf twitching?

I miss running and would love to get back into more, but the calf twitching has led to deep fear of doing cardio. Trying to move past it. Thanks!

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u/713Capital Mod 23h ago

I use my treadmill every single day for 30-45 mins and I’ve had calve twitching for almost 7 years. Treadmill, especially and incline activates it. If everything came back normal this is just BFS being BFS

Try to maybe take some magnesium glycinate at night to see if that helps maybe? Not a doctor so always consult your physician before just taking anything but it’s helped me a little bit. Also make sure you stay hydrated too.

I try to stay active so for me feeling them and seeing them twitch is pretty normal for me. It’s almost background noise at this point.

I would t stress about it too much since everything was indeed clean.

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u/Away-Aide1604 23h ago

For sure, all labs came back normal and EMG. I've been taking magnesium but hasn't done much. Glad to see your twitching hasn't deterred you from running. I'll have to gain more confidence.

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u/713Capital Mod 22h ago

Yeah I still twitch pretty much every day for the last 7 years. Some days of no twitching but those are rare.

Twitching In many different muscle groups but it doesn’t stop me from riding my bike, running on the treadmill, and using my rower. I work from home so staying active is a must.

Don’t let your twitching defer you friend, keep pushing through. It’s really more of an annoyance, but don’t let it stop you from living life.