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Q: What causes muscles to twitch and how do you stop them?
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Are there fast twitch muscles in your legs?

There are fast twitch muscles fibers in all of your muscles, especially in your legs.


Why do you get a twitch?

You can get a twitch from stimulation or damage to the muscles.


Do cheetahs have mostly slow-twitch or fast-twitch muscles?

Fast twitch fibers


Do marathon runners use fast twitch or slow twitch muscles?

Slow twitch


What does fibrillation?

when muscles twitch


How do you stop eye from twitching?

Often it is a mineral deficiency that causes the twitch - usually a magnesium deficiency.


What type of muscles do long jumpers have?

fast-twitch NOT slow-twitch


Why is the three toed sloth the slowest mammal?

Well, I'm not completely sure of this, but in my science class we were talking about slow- twitch muscles (like your esophagus for example) and fast twitch muscles (like your leg muscles). Anyway, I asked do sloths have slow twitch muscles in their legs, and he said to look it up, so I did, and it turns out they do! So the reason is they have slow twitch gastrocnemus (calf) muscles!


What is the quickness of muscle called?

I think you are thinking of fast twitch muscles. There are two kinds fast twitch and slow twitch.


Why causes your right shoulder twitch?

The twitch in your shoulder is just a twitch it does not hurt you at all:>


Why do fast twitch muscles fibers contract faster than slow twitch fibers?

Because they have a faster release of energy which causes them to slow down quicker. The twitch actually refers to the fatiguability of the fiber. So, fast twitch do produce more force, but tire 'fast'er than slow twitch, which are 'slow'er to fatigue Mark, BS Exercise Science


Do you wiggle when you die?

probably, because your muscles twitch because they don't know what to do but twitch. not for long though.