Small Muscle Spasms in Sides of the Head?

[Mathew Gould]

Does anyone get these very small, very quick muscle spasms in their head?

I read somewhere that it could be a sign of my neck trying to heal?

 

[Shell2211]

Yes, and my eye and my flaming ear as well. Did you have a neck injury?

 

[Dr. Jay Hobbs]

Typically these small muscle spasms or twitches are a sign of fatigue. This would be from lack of restful sleep or possibly mineral (magnesium or potassium) deficiency.

Where one gets them varies. I suspect the location depends upon the factors that would strain or fatigue the muscles, such as previous injury or present activities. When I was in HS, when I participated in various sports and stayed up quite late studying, I would get them in my thighs. Whenever this happened, I learned that I needed at least an extra hour of sleep the following night.

In the case of side-of-your-head, I would suspect sleep + jaw tension. Note that your teeth should not touch except when chewing. If they do, it is a sign of jaw muscle tension.

 

[Mathew Gould]

Yes, and my eye and my flaming ear as well. Did you have a neck injury?

Not really an injury, but I woke up with neck and jaw issues 15 months ago and that's why I have tinnitus now.

 

[Contrast]

is this tonic tensor tympani?

 

[Shell2211]

@Contrast i believe so. Mine is on and off and currently driving me mad. I have a mixed bag of things going on and have found out that my top three vertebrae aren't in line. I've started seeing a very good physiotherapist about it and she is pretty certain that a lot of it she can fix. I had looked into a chiropractor but really didn't fancy the heavy handed treatment. My tinnitus has been ok for a few days but has been worse since last night that I think I can remember having it although I'm hoping that it's one step back two forward from seeing the physio on Monday. Anyone with any experience in this? I had the best day ever without any ttts thumping yesterday, it wasn't even set off by being in the car as would usually do it

 

[Contrast]

then its not unrelated to tinnitus

 

[Juan]

Does anyone get these very small, very quick muscle spasms in their head?

I read somewhere that it could be a sign of my neck trying to heal?

That's sounds like some kind of paresthesia and can be due to a lot of things, it's like muscle spasms, isnt it?