That erratic pulsating sensation on your legs after a brisk walk- what is it? And more questions
As the title says. I go for a 20 minute walk and when I stop moving, I'm not feeling tired or even agitated at all, yet my legs feel like they're pulsating in different areas, always near the skin. It's not synchronised with my heartbeat. It stops after a few minutes.
Chat GPT says these are just muscle twitches caused by dehydration or lack of electrolytes. I'm not convinced. Why does it feel almost on the skin and not deeper in the muscles? Why do I feel it after a 20 minute walk that doesn't make me sweat but I don't feel it after a 40 minute leg focused workout???? Wouldn't that be more strenuous on the legs?? Does this thing even have a name?
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it's perfectly normal for muscles to twitch after an exercise, and when you get a muscle twitch like that it usually feels like it's near the skin. your muscles are having trouble recovering and it's either because they've been overworked, or you're dehydrated, or you've been taking stimulants, or you've got low magnesium.
Okay, so you're saying even though I feel it on my skin and not my muscles is still on my muscles. Fair enough. But then why does it happen only with mild activities like walking but not with something more intense?
lol your skin can't move without muscles dude.
I never said my skin moved either my dude. It's a sensation, not a movement
you straight up said you thought it wasn't your muscles moving.
Yeah, nothing moves, it feels like a pulsation on my skin but nothing is moving. Neither my skin nor my muscles move. I'm trying to understand what causes this sensation. What is point with that quote?
I wonder if you're just using different muscles? Like doing a bench press vs an overhead... I would have thought those were all the same muscles, but they are absolutely not!