MUSCLE TENSION?

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It has been noted that persons with Asperger's can have low muscle tone, but I haven't seen much expert opinion on the issue of Asperger's and chronic muscle tension outside of comments in blogs/forums (although it is noted as a symptom of Anxiety disorders which persons with AS are prone to). I've asked I couple of persons with Asperger's I know through Facebook if they had this issue and both acknowledged they have a problem with it.

In my late teens I developed bad muscle tension in my neck, shoulders and mid-lower back. Since then I frequently do neck rolls and stretch my neck from side to side, and also hunch my shoulders up & down and back & forth. I also try and crack my back on my own or with assistance. When I go to bed, I sometimes spend 10 minutes contorting my neck, shoulders and back to release tension in an effort to get comfortable to sleep.

Anyone have issues with chronic muscle tension?

Hmm, kind of, I think? I have a knot at the back of my neck. For the longest time we thought it was an enlarged lymph node, but an endocrinologist said it's a tense muscle. I don't think it's related to autism though. It came up around the time I got mono (which is why we thought it was a lymph node). I've been going to a chiropractor all my life, so it's more likely some people are just prone to muscle tension. Arthritis runs in my family and it's assumed I'm in the early stages of it, so maybe it has something to with that for me.

I tend to have muscle tension. Sometimes, it is due to stress and is relieved when the stressor goes away.

I am also prone to muscle cramps and seizing. I'm pretty sure this is due to low magnesium. (I have not been diagnosed with that yet). I do take a magnesium supplement from time to time, which helps.

Regular exercise also helps because it keeps the muscles moving.

Be careful with the magnesium supplement. I hear that it is not always good to take, depending on one's particular makeup and if one has any other medical conditions.

Yep in my neck and shoulders all the time. My dad can usually tell when I'm tensed up like that and massages it out for me.

Soak in a hot bath of epsom salts - it helps.

I don't tend to get just random muscle tension. I do get tense, though, but only because of doing pushups (I do about 2500/month) or from other exercise or doing physical work at work.

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No for supporting trump. Because doing so is deplorable.

I tend to tense up (my entire body,) over the space of about a minute, realise I'm doing it and try to relax. Rinse and repeat. My shoulders are always really tight, though I've never gone and got a massage or anything.

I did acupuncture for a while and described that progressive muscle tension to the therapist and he said he'd never heard of anything like it :\

I have more muscle knots/spasms when in the hot summer months when I sweat a lot during the day. I try to eat a banana a day plus I have no troubles getting enough salt in my diet

I have had muscle tension for many years in my life. It used to be mainly from heavy stress of life difficulties. Now I also have added muscle tension caused by a big injury that affects my nervous system.

I just bought a memory foam pillow. It's helping a bit, though I hope it gets somewhat squishier with time.

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