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?

Thanks

  • Mothra@mander.xyzOP
    3·
    5 months ago

    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?

      • Mothra@mander.xyzOP
        51·
        5 months ago

        I never said my skin moved either my dude. It’s a sensation, not a movement

        • pelletbucket@lemm.ee
          1·
          5 months ago

          Okay, so you’re saying even though I feel it on my skin and not my muscles is still on my muscles.

          you straight up said you thought it wasn’t your muscles moving.

          • Mothra@mander.xyzOP
            1·
            5 months ago

            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?

    • tamal3@lemmy.world
      3·
      5 months ago

      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!