Strength Tests if You Fear You Have Wrist Drop
Do you keep performing “strength tests” because you think you might have wrist drop and therefore a neurological disease? […]
Can You Have ALS Without Weakness in the Early Stage?
Can ALS be in progress before it starts causing weakness? This question looms before people who are scared that their twitching muscles means the onset of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis – an incurable disease that is [...]
Would ALS or MS Foot Drop Make Driving Difficult?
Would any degree of foot drop from ALS or MS be detected when driving and using the gas and brake pedals? […]
Perceived Weakness & Muscle Twitching: Reassurance Tips
There IS a way to conquer the perceived weakness and ALS terror that comes from twitching muscles. If you suffer from perceived weakness from benign fasciculation syndrome (muscle twitching accompanied by other symptoms), then you [...]
Can EMG Test Miss an ALS Diagnosis?
Can electromyography be done too early to detect amyotrophic lateral sclerosis? People fearful they have ALS may wonder if their EMG test missed it because it was done too early; the EMG test results came out normal, but [...]
Dent in Middle of Thigh Muscles Is Benign, Harmless
There’s no cause for alarm about that dent in the middle of the front of your thigh; there’s a benign explanation. As a result of consulting with Dr. Google, many people are in a state [...]
Perceived Weakness vs. ALS Weakness: Telling the Difference
A neurologist explains in detail how to tell perceived weakness from ALS weakness. Is there a way to tell the difference between perceived weakness and weakness from ALS? “Imagine: You just completed your workout at [...]
Twitching Muscles: Strength Tests for Quadriceps
Here are reliable strength tests for the quadriceps if twitching muscles have you scared. As a former personal trainer, I’ve come up with excellent ways to test the strength of your quadriceps muscles. Strength test [...]
Why Does Anxiety Cause Muscle Twitching?
Anxiety can cause muscles to twitch, and this includes stressing over this very situation. It’s common for a person, who’s been experiencing twitching muscles, to notice an increase in frequency and/or a “spreading” of the [...]
Twitching Tongue: When to Worry About ALS
Is your twitching tongue keeping you up all night worrying you might have bulbar onset ALS? Relax, relax. Don't let a twitching tongue ruin your life. Do you realize how exceedingly rare bulbar onset ALS [...]
Muscle Twitching Help; Foot Drop Strength Tests & ALS
If you have muscle twitching and have googled twitching muscles, you've most likely stumbled upon some links for the deadly disease ALS. You now might think you have ALS, since muscle twitching is a symptom of [...]
Do You Fear ALS Because Your Muscles Are Twitching?
Muscle twitching is a terrifying topic for many people because twitching muscles is a symptom of a killer disease. Muscle twitching is very common, affecting millions of people, but ALS, the disease in which muscle [...]
Muscle Twitching in Fingers? ALS Fear? Strength Tests
Twitching muscles in the fingers can have some people fearing they have ALS, that incurable fatal disease that causes muscles to waste away. People with twitching muscles who think they have ALS are prone to [...]
Perceived Weakness: Tips for Relief of ALS Fear
Perceived weakness is an awful thing to have, and it originates from the mind, when someone starts believing he or she has ALS due to muscle twitching. Perceived weakness can disrupt a person’s life. Perceived [...]