HELP!my leg started shaking uncontrollibly 4 like 5 min durring rehersal. what w

Question:i had already done my dance and was sitting on a bench - on stage, with my feet crossed but bith touching the ground on full pointe.
i WASNT nervous. i had already danced and so i was just sitting there and had been for like 5 min and then it twitched until i went off like 5 min later.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: i had already done my dance and was sitting on a bench - on stage, with my feet crossed but bith touching the ground on full pointe.
i WASNT nervous. i had already danced and so i was just sitting there and had been for like 5 min and then it twitched until i went off like 5 min later.

Could be a lot of things - Adrenalin come-down, overstimulated muscle, pinched nerve...other things. As far as the potassium/sodium thing another poster mentioned - please disregard that - it is calcium is the electrolyte that activates muscles...it is sodium/potassium that transmits nerve impulses. In any case as long as you eat a balanced diet and don't sweat too much your electrolytes will be fine.

My legs do that too, it's the after shock of being nervous.

i know and it feeeeeeels sooooooooo goooooooooood

Your nervous system has been over stimulated and so thats what has caused the shaking because of the Na/K pumps in over drive. what you can do to keep that from happening again eat bananas because of the Potassium in it, will keep from the Na/K pumps over firing and causing you to feel "restless" or shaking.

Many people tap their feet or shake their legs resulting from a nervous tic, consumption of stimulants, drug side-effects or other factors; this is usually innocuous, unnoticed, and does not interfere with daily life. If it continues though, you may want to be checked for Restless Leg Syndrome.