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Hockey Training Aids – Are they Overrated?

Article by: Tim Turk Hockey

Hockey Training Aids – Are They Overrated?

It’s no secret that dedicated hockey players will do whatever it takes to improve. They’ll attend every game and practice, listen intently to their coach, and push themselves to the limit every time they hit the gym or the ice.

In today’s hockey world, however, it seems like pushing yourself to the limit isn’t enough. It’s become commonplace for hockey players to shell out tons of money on hockey aids – devices & equipment designed to enhance hockey training either on or off the ice. Among all levels of hockey, there’s a belief that hockey aids are required to keep up with the competition. Seemingly, without a radar, stickhandling trainer, or skating treadmill, a player won’t be able to break the barriers necessary to become a pro.

But surely that can’t be the case. Guys like Gordie Howe and Maurice Richard didn’t have “hockey aids” when they dominated the early hockey scene and became some of the best players of all time. Plus, Gordie and Maurice in their prime would certainly hold their own in any of today’s NHL games.

In my opinion, most hockey devices, are only as good as the instructor/coach/teacher that uses them!

So, the question remains: are hockey training aids overrated?

Types of Hockey Aids

Nowadays, there’s a hockey training aid to help with any aspect of the game a player could possibly think of.

Need to work on your shooting? Pick up a shooting tarp or a slingshot. Want to improve your skating? Buy a skating treadmill or some synthetic ice. Are your passing skills lacking? Purchase a puck passer.

With so many aids available, it can be confusing to figure out which one is the most worthwhile to buy. Here are 5 of the most common training aids and how they help improve your hockey skills.

  1. Shooting Tarp

A shooting tarp is an accessory which accompanies a hockey net. The tarp straps to the posts of the net and blocks access to most of it, leaving only a few holes for pucks to be shot through. The tarps often have pictures of goalies on them, which is exactly their purpose: to mimic the experience of shooting a puck against a goalie.

The tarp’s holes are often in the corners of the net, and sometimes between the goalie’s legs. This limited shooting range helps with accuracy and gets the player used to scoring in areas that a real goalie is weakest at protecting.

  1. Radar

The use of a radar in hockey is very simple: it measures your shot speed. All you need to do is place the radar so that it faces the path of your shot (commonly behind or beside the net) and it will display the speed every time you shoot at the net.

A radar isn’t something that directly helps you improve. It does, however, allow you to track the puck’s power and velocity (speed) improvements through proper technique and repetition.

  1. Puck Passer

A puck passer is a small, stationary object which sits on the ice, intended to “catch” pucks and reflect them back at the shooter. The main component of a puck passer is a rubber band, which provides an elastic surface for the puck to be shot at so that it will ricochet back outwards with minimal loss of speed.

Puck passers remove the interruption of having to retrieve your pucks if you were to shoot at a net. They help with stickhandling, accuracy, and developing muscle memory when shooting.

  1. Video Analysis

Hockey video analysis is more of a service than a product. Many  instructors will offer video analysis to give players feedback about their hockey skills without needing to coach them in person. That way, players from around the world can get the opinion of renowned hockey coaches that they otherwise wouldn’t be able to work with due to cost or distance issues.

To use the service, a player takes a short video performing whatever action they want analyzed. The video might be of them shooting, skating, passing, a combination of them, or footage from a past game. Then, the coach records a voice-over of the video explaining in detail the things the player is doing well and the skills the player should work on.

Video analysis can be very helpful, since it highlights areas of weakness and gives specific advice on how to improve those areas as efficiently as possible.

  1. Attack Triangle

An attack triangle is essentially a more realistic replacement for a cone in hockey drills. The triangle is a tripod consisting of two footpads (mimicking the skates of an opposing player) and a stickpad (mimicking their stick) which extends outward a few feet from the footpads.

The purpose of an attack triangle is to give a player a more realistic experience when performing stickhandling drills – it emulates the space created by a real opposing player. This allows players to work on their puck movement skills and develop better special awareness for when they play in a real game.

Rely on Hard Work

So, what’s the verdict? Are hockey training aids overrated?

I believe some training aids are overrated, but not useless. In today’s hockey scene, training aids are often relied on too much as a source of improvement.

Owning an attack triangle or puck passer won’t magically make you a fantastic hockey player. Using your training aids PROPERLY as a method of streamlining your own improvement through hard work and practice is what will make you a fantastic player.

There’s no doubt that hockey aids may help improve your hockey skills – it’s what they were created to do. So, purchase whichever aids you believe will help you the most. However, always keep in mind that dedication, effort, and practice are the most reliable ways to improve as a hockey player.

Hard work beats talent, until Talent works hard!


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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Woody Harrelson and Frances McDormand star in ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.’

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri has increased its odds of being in the running for a Best Picture Oscar after the Fox Searchlight release earned the People’s Choice Award at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. Written and directed by Martin McDonagh (In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri stars Francis McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish, Lucas Hedges, Željko Ivanek, Caleb Landry Jones, Clarke Peters, Samantha Weaving, John Hawkes, and Peter Dinklage.

Following its festival screenings, the comedy/drama currently sits at 97% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. The New York Post calls it a “towering achievement” and Times (UK) says it’s the “pinnacle of McDonagh’s directorial career so far.”

Other Toronto Film Festival winners/honorable mentions to keep an eye on come award season include I, Tonya starring Margot Robbie and James Franco’s The Disaster Artist.

2017 Toronto Film Festival Winners:

Grolsch People’s Choice Awards
This year marked the 40th year that Toronto audiences were able to cast a ballot for their favourite Festival film for the Grolsch People’s Choice Award.

The Grolsch People’s Choice Award:
Winner — Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
First runner-up: Craig Gillespie’s I, Tonya
Second runner-up: Luca Guadagnino’s Call Me By Your Name

The Grolsch People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award:
Winner: Joseph Kahn’s Bodied
Second runner-up: Craig Zahler’s Brawl in Cell Block 99
First runner-up: James Franco’s The Disaster Artist

The Grolsch People’s Choice Documentary Award:
Winner: Agnès Varda and JR’s Faces Places
Second runner-up: Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!
First runner-up: Long Time Running by Jennifer Baichwal and Nicholas De Pencier

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For its third year of the Platform programme of director’s cinema, the Festival welcomed an international jury comprised of Chen Kaige, Malgorzata Szumowska, and Wim Wenders.

Winner: Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country
Jury remarks: “This is a spiritual epic taking place in 1929 in Australia’s Northern Territory. It is a great saga of human fate, and its themes of race and struggle for survival are handled in such a simple, rich, unpretentious and touching way, that it became for us a deeply emotional metaphor for our common fight for dignity.”

Speaking about their deliberations, the Jury statement added: “We saw twelve films from all over the world that took us into very different universes of the soul and to extremely different places on our planet. We were thankful to be able to see these films and we very much appreciated that actually exactly half of them were made by women. TIFF is leading the way, we feel. As we only had one award to give, we had to be quite radical. We also limited ourselves to only one special mention, even if other films might have imposed themselves for best acting, writing or directing.”

Awarding a special mention to Clio Barnard’s Dark River, the Jury said: “This film deeply rooted in the Yorkshire countryside convinced us, as its characters and actors, its photography, its story and its sense of place were all so utterly believable and controlled, that we were totally taken by it.”

Winner – Discovery: Sadaf Foroughi’s Ava
Winner – Special Presentations: Manuel Martín Cuenca’s The Motive (El Autor)

The Festival welcomed an international FIPRESCI jury composed of jury president Jonathan Rosenbaum (USA), Robert Daudelin (Canada), Martin Horyna (Czech Republic), Ivonete Pinto (Brazil), Marietta Steinhart (Austria), and Jim Slotek (Canada).

Winner: Huang Hsin-Yao’s The Great Buddha+
Jury remarks: “The NETPAC Jury awards The Great Buddha+ for depicting the interface between the haves and have-nots, with black humour and style, innovating with noir in representing the social reality of Taiwan today.”

City of Toronto Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film

Winner: Wayne Wapeemukwa’s Luk’ Luk’l
Jury remarks: “The award goes to a striking debut film that disrupts borders – of form and content and suggests new cinematic territories. This beautifully realized film offers a unique Canadian perspective, made with real compassion, insight and remarkable characters from Vancouver’s East Side.”

Honourable mention to Sadaf Foroughi’s Ava.

Canada Goose Award for Best Canadian Feature Film

Winner: Robin Aubert’s Les Affamés
Jury remarks: “A hybrid art-house film that proved to be something of a revelation. Wonderfully scripted and perfectly cast, this film managed the rare feat of featuring genuinely interesting and well-rounded characters; surprising dramatic and comedic moments with well thought-out multi-generational female roles (who were totally badass) while also dealing with poignant and contemporary issues, set against a striking rural backdrop and hundreds of ‘ravenous’ zombies.”

Honourable mention to Simon Lavoie’s The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (La petite fille qui aimait trop les allumettes).

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Viewpoint: Cultural Differences in EU Influence Recruiting

By Jannike Huisman August 2, 2019
Viewpoint: Cultural Differences in EU Influence Recruiting

Employers should consider cultural differences to successfully recruit in Europe. Europe has more than 40 countries, each with a different culture. Of these countries, 28 currently belong to the European Union (EU), where residents can travel and work freely. The cultural and labor market differences between these 28 countries, however, are enormous, even between neighboring countries such as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, or Belgium and the Netherlands.

Not only do their job boards differ—almost every European country has its own leading job board—but applicants' expectations in the job interview and the duration of the application process also vary.

"While the goal of recruitment is largely the same, you do observe differences in candidates from different countries," said Monika Stear, a consultant with Talent Acquisition Europe Signify in Amsterdam. For example, she noted that work/life balance is a higher priority for job candidates in the Netherlands than elsewhere.

If employers adapt their approach to the regional and cultural differences between job candidates, they are likelier to recruit the most-competitive candidates. So what are some of the cultural differences?

Greater Hierarchy in Some Parts of Europe

There usually is more hierarchy in organizations in southern and eastern European countries, according to researcher Geert Hofstede, Ph.D., who examines the cultural dimensions of organizational behavior. Employees in these areas may find being addressed by the right title important. There is also often a dress code, more formality and a greater reliance by employees on the boss's orders. In contrast, in the Netherlands and Sweden, the atmosphere in the workplace is frequently informal, and using first names after a first meeting is more common.

"The cultural differences between candidates also influence what information they give during the job interview. In Scandinavia, applicants even put the name of their pet or children on their [resume], where candidates in Germany are much more formal," said Jolie den Boer, associate vice president of recruitment in continental Europe and Africa at Cognizant in Amsterdam. "In countries with more hierarchy, such as Germany or eastern Europe, applicants are unlikely to say no or give their opinion, whereas the Dutch are much more open. As a recruiter, you take into account who is in front of you, and if you know that candidates are more reserved, you will have to ask more questions."

[SHRM members-only toolkit: Introduction to the Global Human Resources Discipline]

Other Cultural Differences

In some countries, you can appeal to candidates by emphasizing a healthy work/life balance. For example, employees in many western European countries, such as Austria and Germany, value a work/life balance more than elsewhere. On the other hand, in Romania, Greece and Croatia, doing your work well is often valued more than a good work/life balance, according to the Global Talent Acquisition Monitor.

More than 35 percent of employees from Slovakia, Germany and Croatia sometimes see their colleagues as competitors more than teammates. In Estonia, Norway or Lithuania, fewer than 9 percent of employees see their colleagues as competitors.

Workers from southern or eastern Europe want clear instructions about their work tasks and do not like insecure and unfamiliar situations, the Global Talent Acquisition Monitor also found. For example, 92 percent of workers in Greece expect clear instructions. This expectation may clash with the culture that exists in companies from northern and western Europe. For example, in the Netherlands, only 68 percent of workers think detailed work orders are important.

When hiring an international candidate, modern leadership and a progressive HR management team are needed to quickly bridge any cultural differences, noted Rob van Elburg, global executive search and senior recruiter at Van Elburg Notte Global Executive Tech Search in Amsterdam. Knowing your job candidate increases the chance of a successful hire.

Jannike Huisman is with Intelligence Group, a Rotterdam, Netherlands-based international data and technology company in the field of labor market and recruitment data. The firm focuses on collecting, storing and enriching labor-market-related data to improve employee recruitment and increase international mobility.

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Faces of UMSI: Cindy Lin

First-year UMSI PhD student Cindy Lin’s approach to academic and real-world problems reflects the ethos of the makerspaces and hackerspaces she’s interested in studying.

Cindy majored in Southeast Asian Studies as an undergraduate at the National University of Singapore. There, she studied Bahasa Indonesia, the national language of Indonesia. She became more comfortable with the language when she used it for an ongoing ethnographic study that began in 2014. Lifepatch is a cross-disciplinary citizen initiative based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, that brings together arts, science, and technology to creatively respond to socio-environmental and political issues in Indonesia.

Since then, she has looked at maker- and hackerspaces from interdisciplinary, international and intergenerational perspectives.

Makerspaces are by nature interdisciplinary, but one discipline that has been absent from many is science and, especially, the life sciences, or biohacking, she says.

One reason for this may be that people tend to be a little scared of biology, Cindy says, perhaps afraid they’ll create something dangerous. However, she believes that biohacking has an important role to play in makerspaces and in the wider society.

For one, it increases accessibility by “making labs outside of labs,” she says. Also, there’s a sustainability aspect. For example, instead of using dyes to make patterns on textiles, bacteria could be grown on the material in ways that produce similar patterns. Finally, biohacking can make people more comfortable with science through “small, minute scientific experiments that you can do to understand that science is all around you and science is not threatening,” she says.

Cindy is also interested in bringing science closer in touch with makerspaces such as Brightmoor Maker Space in Detroit. She hopes to see this group and others interested in community engagement with ground-up approaches tackle some of Detroit’s serious problems, such as water shut-offs.

In fact, ideally, Cindy hopes to bring together the makers and hackers from Lifepatch and Brightmoor to tackle these problems. “I want to see how these different transcultural collaborators can solve problems in Detroit,” she says.

In particular, she feels, these two groups could learn a lot from each other because they are both marginalized economies: Indonesia is on its way into the tech manufacturing era, and Detroit is trying to return to it.

Through this project, Cindy hopes be a part of “decentering Detroit as a sort of ruined space and construct a narrative of hope.” On the academic side, she wants to better understand the cultural specifics of material practices and the ethos of hackerspaces and makerspaces in periphery sites.

In addition to looking at hacking and making from interdisciplinary and international perspectives, Cindy has also looked at the concept from an intergenerational point of view. As part of the Nenek Project, she collaborated with Stefanie Wuschitz of the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and the members of Lifepatch to interview the mothers of Lifepatch members. Their goal, she said, was to answer the question, “What are the kinds of contexts of nurturing and knowledge transfer which allow hackers in Indonesia to do what they do in science and technology?”

They discovered that the mothers actually had a way of organizing themselves within their neighborhoods—originally informal but later formalized—that resembled a hackerspace. “We see it as an older way of forming hackerspaces: getting together and sharing things whether tangible or intangible,” she says.


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Faces of UMSI: Jean Hardy

While pursuing fieldwork for his dissertation in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula last summer, Jean Hardy stumbled upon another research topic that may send him in a new direction.

Hardy, who was doing research on how LGBT people in rural regions use social media, noticed “little state offices” scattered across Michigan’s remote Upper. The offices, Michigan Works!, offer training, education, career and job search assistance and are located throughout the state.

“It got me thinking about how the state supports technology education and infrastructure in rural areas of the state,” he says.

Jean, a third-year doctoral student at the University of Michigan School of Information, now finds himself at a dissertation crossroads: Continue exploring the use of social media by the LGBT community in rural areas or pursue research on how the state is using technology in rural Michigan.

At this juncture, Jean, who was born in the Upper Peninsula, is undecided but still researching – in both areas.

He is living in the Upper Peninsula again – in Manistique – and attends events and meetings to interview members of the LGBT community, looking to answer some big-picture questions, such as, ‘What would social technology look like if they were designed for people living in rural areas?’

Exploring LGBT issues is not new to Jean, who identifies as a gay man and has been a part of LGBT community organizing his entire adult life.

For his master’s thesis at UMSI, Jean researched how gay men in rural areas used social dating apps, such as Grindr and SCRUFF, to meet men and engage in the community. The title of his thesis was “Finding Community, Finding Sex: Navigating disclosure, geography, and privacy in rural use of a social technology for gay men.”

Most social dating apps, he says, are designed for people living urban and suburban areas. Those living in rural areas often have to travel farther distances to find community and can be misled by how geography and distance are flattened by the interface of dating apps. This thesis was turned into a publication for the annual Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing conference in 2017, receiving an honorable mention for best paper.

“I’ve been continuing to do research on social media in general,” he says.

Still, he’s intrigued by how technology works for rural residents (and often doesn’t work).

“I think what is going on is the state is pumping a lot of money into broadband infrastructure and job creation but not addressing the root differences – access to technology and education,” Jean says. “Rural education is drastically underfunded. I guess what I’m thinking is how the state is approaching technology in a particular way – is it addressing technology as it could or should?”

He plans to start recruiting and interviewing small business owners and entrepreneurs in the Upper “for a sort of preliminary study about how these folks actually learn about technology and opportunities related to business development online.”

Although Jean was born in the Upper Peninsula, he spent most of his adolescence growing up in the exurbs of Detroit and suburbs of Nashville, while maintaining close connections to his family and background as a Yooper. After dropping out of college, he took some time off and moved across the country to Seattle. While in Seattle, Jean enrolled in night school, earning his bachelor’s degree in English literature and theory, graduating cum laude, from the University of Washington.

Though he considered other universities for his master’s degree, he ultimately chose UMSI at the urging of a friend – a UMSI alum – who was keenly aware of Jean’s passions. He decided to continue at UMSI for his doctorate because of “a combination of the advising situation and also getting the Rackham Merit Fellowship,” which, he says, covers most of his financial needs and means he has the opportunity to focus a majority of his time at UMSI on his own research.

 “These days I spend a lot of time driving,” Jean says, noting the distances between events and meeting in the communities in the Upper Peninsula. “I’m basically all over the map.”


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Permission for the building was given in 2012 but on inspection the council found the owner did not comply with the approved plans

A large building on the site of a proposed care home in Southall has been demolished after the owner failed to comply with approved plans.

The unauthorised building, in 46-52 Beresford Road, was taken down by Ealing Council last month two days after the owner was given an enforcement notice.

Planning permission for a large-scale care home on the site was granted in March 2012 along with a detached, single-storey building at the rear of the property.

Permission for this additional building was granted to contain care home facilities and wardens' residential unit.

But when council officers inspected the building they found the detached building had not been built in line with the approved plans.

The council said the building was causing "significant harm" to neighbouring residents and properties.

The owner was given an initial enforcement notice in September 2013 requiring the building to be removed by April 2014, during which time the owner failed to obtain planning permission to keep it as built.

Further warnings to comply with the notice were given, and ignored, prompting the council to demolish the building on March 16 and 17.

Pat Hayes, the council’s executive director for regeneration and housing, said: "Planning laws are in place to protect communities and stop unauthorised structures being put up indiscriminately.

"If necessary the council will use these powers to take strong action and demolish buildings that do not comply with approved plans.

"The owner of this building was given every opportunity to find an alternative solution that would have been acceptable in planning terms.

"Failure to do so has resulted in the building being demolished by the council and the owner paying the cost for flouting the law."

The owner was sent a bill for the cost of the demolition, and if this bill is not settled the owner will get a charge with interest.

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Getting your personal training business started requires more than teaching people how to exercise.

You need to have a knack for multitasking, whether it’s sending an invoice, filing taxes, or renewing your CPR certification.

This information can be overwhelming, so let’s take a look at the absolute essentials you should have, including a few surprising qualifications that can help set you up for success.

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A Business Name and Structure.

The first step to setting up a business is to determine the name and structure. As a personal trainer, think about the type of exercise you’ll do. Your business name should reflect the type of training you offer, and that sounds inviting rather than intimidating. Many trainers want to show off how fit they are, but this is not the time to show off your intensity — you want to inspire people to take their first steps to fitness.

Fortunately, we have some great content that can help you pick out the perfect business name, so definitely check it out if you don’t have a strong idea of what your business’s name should be.

Once you’ve chosen your business name, you’ll need to determine what you want your business structure to be. There are a few questions you should ask yourself before you start looking into which business structure you should choose, including:

  • Are you starting a full-time business, or are you doing this as a side business or money-making hobby?

  • Do you want to be personally liable for any business debts, or do you want to protect your personal assets?

  • Are you starting this business by yourself or working with someone else?

  • Are you willing to learn more about any corporate obligations you might have?

Don’t worry if you’re not sure of the answers to all of these questions. The main goal here is to figure out how much time you’re going to devote to your personal training business and how much you want to protect your personal assets. If you’re starting a business with someone else, that could affect the type of tax structure you should choose.

In general, you’ll be asked to structure your business as one of the following:

  • Sole Proprietorship: This is an unincorporated business structure with one person running the company.

  • General Partnership: This is an unincorporated business structure with two or more people running the company together.

  • Corporation: A corporation is an incorporated business structure that limits a business owner’s personal liability, as the corporation is its own legal entity.

  • Limited Liability Company (LLC): A limited liability company (LLC) combines the benefits of a corporation with those of an unincorporated business. In other words, business owners have limited liability for debts and aren’t required to pay separate corporation taxes.

For the best guidance on how to structure your personal training business, check out this handy article from the IRS — it can help streamline your decision process.

Additionally, if you want the benefits of an LLC, you can also run a Single-Member LLC. This allows your personal training business to be taxed as a corporation, has minimal regulatory requirements, and to be taken more seriously with the “LLC” behind your name (rather than registering as an S Corporation).

You have to choose to elect yourself as a corporation, otherwise, you are treated as a disregarded entity. Talk to a tax accountant to make sure you select the right business structure for you.

Your Business Plan.

A business plan gets your business started: it provides an outline for what you intend to do with personal training, which includes how you intend to attract clients, finances to keep your biz afloat, and the resources you need to make things happen.

A business plan also provides guidance and feedback regarding whether you’re on track for achieving your personal goals.

For example, if you want to hit a number of personal training memberships or to be recognized as one of the top personal trainers in your area, your plan can suggest milestones you should be accomplishing along the way. It also can help you keep track of additional training and certifications you want to have to continue growing and becoming a master trainer.

In a more traditional sense, the business plan is absolutely crucial for nabbing any funding you may need. Even if you’re planning on raising money from family and friends, a business plan can show you what success looks like, and if you have a solid plan for getting there.

Creating a business plan can be a pain, but we’ve streamlined the learning curve so you won’t waste time with formatting or plan research. Just download our FREE business plan template and follow the step-by-step instructions to create the best plan for you.

Personal Training Equipment.

Exercise comes in all shapes and forms, and may require some equipment or none. Personal trainers are very different — you may have most of the equipment found in any gym, or you may only have some resistance bands, dumbbells, and discs because you’re just starting your business (you might also start out working for a gym and using their equipment).

There’s no one right answer for the exact personal training equipment you’ll need before you consider yourself “a business”; in fact, a lot of personal trainers say they started with just the equipment they owned.

Take a look at what equipment personal trainers recommend purchasing if you want a bit more guidance. If you’re looking to go into the field as a specialist in a specific workout such as HIIT, boxing, or barre, you’ll need to do more research into the required equipment for those activities.

Certifications & People Skills.

Most of the personal trainers we interviewed for this guidebook highly recommend getting a personal training certification before starting your business. Here are some other qualities that set them up for success:

  • Joining a professional organization for networking and continuing education
  • Get CPR/AED Certified
  • The ability to work well with people — especially clients
  • Be willing to invest in yourself and your company
  • Kindness and compassion

“It is crucial to be trained and have a background in the type of fitness coaching you plan to do in order to safely instruct your clients and also legally protect yourself.” — Jessica Delacey, Fitness Instructor

That’s because, according to these personal trainers, having both people and business skills is crucial for starting and growing your business. It makes sense: If you’re not necessarily great with people or you tend to ignore admin work, it might be tough building a business over the long term.

This list should help give you a strong idea of what you need to start up your personal training business, but keep in mind this is just the beginning – make sure you check out our full guide on how to start a personal training business!

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Get dinner on the table in under an hour! This Instant Pot Meatball Pasta Dinner uses pre-cooked frozen meatballs, jarred sauce, and spices to make it easy and delicious! A semi-homemade meal for a busy day!

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Cuisine American
Keyword pressure cooker pasta meatballs recipe
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 6 - 8
Calories 582 kcal
Author Sandy Clifton

  • 2 lbs Frozen Cooked Meatballs
  • 1 lb Pasta (I like penne or rotini best)
  • 1 (24 oz) Jar of Pasta Sauce (I use Marinara)
  • 1 (14.5 oz) can Diced Tomatoes, undrained
  • 1 1/4 Jars (24 oz size) Broth or Water (fill the sauce jar 1 and 1/4 times with broth or water) 3 3/4 cups

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  • 2 tsp Italian Seasoning
  • 2 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 3 tsp Dehydrated Onion
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Pepper

Optional Toppings

  • 1 cup Grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 1/2 cups Mozzarella Cheese shredded (optional)

Layer the Ingredients in the Pot - Do Not Stir!

  1. Put the meatballs in the pot.

  2. Pour pasta on top and spread out in an even layer.

  3. Pour the can of tomatoes over the pasta, evenly.
  4. Pour the jar of pasta sauce over, evenly, covering the pasta entirely.

  5. Pour the jar with the broth or water along the inside of the pot, making sure you don't pour it over the sauce and expose the pasta. Exposing the pasta may cause it to be undercooked in those areas (Remember to use 1 1/4 jars of liquid, which is 3 3/4 cups).

  6. Sprinkle the spices over the contents.

  1. Put the lid on the Pot and set the knob to Sealing.

  2. Press the Pressure Cook (or Manual) button or dial, and then the + or - button to choose 5 minutes (or half of the cooking time on the pasta package directions).

  3. **The pot may take up to 20 minutes to get to pressure, due to the frozen meatballs!**
  4. When the cooking cycle has ended, do a Controlled Quick Release* of the pressure until the pin drops.

    *A controlled quick release means you release the steam in short bursts, then longer bursts, until you can be sure none of the sauce spews out of the vent with the steam from the intense pressure. Then fully open the vent and let it go.

  5. Carefully open the lid, facing it away from you.
  6. Stir contents and mix in the Parmesan cheese.
  7. Taste and add more salt & pepper if needed.
  8. Top with the Mozzarella cheese, if using, and cover the pot with a lid (or just use a plate) to help the cheese melt.
  9. Serve!

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It doesn’t take much to make a big difference, and that’s why we want to put the spotlight on one way to give back right here in Siouxland.

About a dozen members of the KCAU9 team packed food sacks for the Food Bank of Siouxland over the noon hour.

The food sacks will be used in the Backpack Program which sends shelf-stable foods home with Sioux City kids over the weekend, in case they’re not able to get enough to eat at home.

Workers at the Food Bank of Siouxland tell us the need for this type of assistance can easily get over looked.

“The fact is there are over 11,000 children that do ho hungry and this is a way to kind of help grow more and focus and learn more so this is a real beneficial program to those really in need,” says Tiffany Kissinger of the Food Bank of Siouxland.

It only took us about an hour to pack 600 sacks.

Folks from the food bank say if you want to get a group together, you need at least 10 people.
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OnePlus 7 Leaked Image: What Should We Expect?

The internet rumor machine is always hard at work. A mysterious image appeared during the weekend, capturing what seemed to be a side-by-side shot of the future OnePlus 7 and an OnePlus 6T. The image sparked a series of debate since the context is quite interesting.

Both devices seemed to be fitted in what appears to be a case. The OnePlus 7 seems to be mounted on a case that features detailed cutouts, hinting that the case may feature a sliding mechanism.  Obvious gaps can be seen where the camera and proximity sensors should be placed. A thin line above the display may suggest the position of a speaker. It is likely that those empty spaces could be filled by sliding the mechanism upwards.

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While the image looks like the real thing the credibility of the picture is quite questionable. The first red flag is raised by the fact that the sliding mechanism is not visible in the image. A potential leaker should have presented the sliding mechanism in order to reveal the new design.

Another problem is the fact that we are seeing a supposed sliding phone. The mechanism was already featured on the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 and Honor Magic 2 but those aren’t exactly flagship material.

A sliding mechanism looks overcomplicated since it requires several complicated parts in order to work properly. Some also argue that a sliding mechanism looks a bit weird on a 2019 flagship that is supposed to feature bleeding edge technology.

The last sign that makes the leak unreliable is represented by the fact that the site that published the leak in the first place has deleted the article. OnePlus or the source itself may have asked them to pull down the photo. A more likely scenario implies that the image wasn’t accurate in the first place.

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Vilsaint coupleMajors: Child Study / Political Science
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On the school campus. We were in a fraternity and sorority.

Did you take any classes together?
No, we had totally different majors.

Did a classmate introduce you?
No, not really. We had mutual friends.

Favorite budding SJC romance story?
The Science Club trip to Philidelphia. By the way, neither one of us were in the Science Club. Don't ask! Lol

First date?
The Angelica Film Center in SOHO. The film was The Crying Game. I know, not the best film for a first date. But, we didn't watch much of it anyway!

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First movie you saw together?
The Crying Game

Did you (or will you) name your child "Joseph/Josephine"?
No, we did not.

Any advice for current SJC students?
Stay focused, enjoy life and find a healthy balance between family, life in general & education. Don't rush the process and make sure that you both are mature enough to handle the joys and the rigors of dating. Everything that is worth it is never easy.

What's your message to the SJC community on Valentine's Day?
Be friends, be lovers and be honest in everything that you do for each other. Love simply is!


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Are the Winter Games Safe?

Salt Lake City, Utah Jan. 23, 2002 (AP by Tim Dahlberg)--If chain links and razor wire aren't enough, motion sensors in the fences around Olympic sites should make sure no uninvited guests get inside.

If someone does, sniper teams will be ready.

Those lucky enough to have hockey tickets will have their faces scanned to see if they match suspected terrorists. At all venues, bomb-sniffing dogs and hundreds of cameras will constantly search for anything suspicious.

And everyone will spend a long time shivering in the cold while waiting to be searched.

The plan to protect these Winter Games dwarfs any such plan at any Olympics. With a price of $310 million--most of it picked up by taxpayers--it will cost nearly twice as much to protect these games as it did to stage the last Winter Olympics in the United States, 22 years ago in Lake Placid, N.Y.

The money has bought the latest in technology and an army's worth of manpower.

There's only one thing it can't buy--a promise the games will be safe.

"There is no guarantee it is a fail-safe system,'' Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said.

Still, he believes it's a good plan, especially after $40 million worth of upgrades following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He and other top administration officials traveled to Salt Lake City in the weeks before the games to spread the word about safety to spectators and athletes.

The nation's top law enforcement official, Attorney General John Ashcroft, spent five days here checking out the arrangements and getting in a few runs on the ski slopes.

"The magnitude of the conduct of this enterprise is almost impossible to comprehend without being here,'' Ashcroft said.

That hasn't convinced many Americans the games won't be a target. A third of those questioned in an Associated Press poll said a terrorist attack at the games was likely. Nearly two-thirds said they didn't like the idea of having to spend taxpayer money to protect the games.

They're not the only ones fearful.

The Japanese were going to bring their own gas masks, just in case, but dropped the plan after it became public. Other nations are traveling with security teams of their own and loading up with antibiotics in case of an anthrax attack.

And some foreign athletes say they won't march in the opening ceremonies because they fear being attacked.

"As suddenly as Sept. 11 happened, so suddenly can also something happen in Salt Lake City,'' German speedskating star Anni Friesinger said. "I definitely will not attend the opening and closing ceremonies. I am really concerned.''

Actually, the opening and closing ceremonies might be the most secure events. With President Bush expected to attend, authorities will even close the Salt Lake International Airport to all flights for four hours.

Indeed, security officials who have spent much of the last two years analyzing every conceivable threat say they will be prepared to handle anything from a traffic jam to a biological attack when the games begin Feb. 8.

What still worries them, though, is the possibility of terrorism away from an Olympic site. That's what happened at the Atlanta Games when a pipe bomb in Centennial Park killed one and injured more than 100 others.

"I feel a little bit of apprehension about the individual, like the Atlanta incident,'' said Robert Flowers, head of the Utah Olympic Public Safety Command, the umbrella security organization for the games. "But we can't just walk down streets and start checking bags.''

The security team not only has to protect the athletes, but the 20 different heads of state who are expected at various times during the games. Members of the International Olympic Committee will stay in a hotel protected by cement barricades and security fencing.

The Secret Service is in charge, thanks to a special designation of the games as a National Special Security Event. But they're far from one in a security operation that includes dozens of different agencies and departments ranging from the U.S. Forest Service to local police departments.

Nearly 16,000 police, National Guardsmen, federal agents and security volunteers will combine into a single force so big that each athlete could have six bodyguards. The safety command consists of 60 state and federal agencies, the largest U.S. security team ever assembled.

"Everybody I talk to thinks it's way overkill,'' said Bruce Baird, a Salt Lake City resident and attorney who has no plans to attend the games. "No one here thinks there's any need for the kind of unbelievable security that they have.''

Organizers originally envisioned a security force that would largely go unnoticed. What they ended up with after Sept. 11 was a plan that will include National Guardsmen lining the perimeters of 10 Olympic venues and five other designated areas, including the athletes' village.

If the downtown security zone already set up is any indication, spectators will have to brave long lines in the cold to be searched. National guardsmen will be everywhere, mostly unarmed, but in sight.

That will contribute to a military look to the games, although it probably won't be noticed by the average TV viewer.

"There won't be a soldier behind every athlete,'' IOC president Jacques Rogge said.

Behind the scenes, the Secret Service will have sniper and assault teams ready, while specialized units will monitor for biological and chemical threats. In the air, U.S. Customs planes and Blackhawk helicopters will enforce no-fly zones.

At night, heat-sensing cameras will look into the forests surrounding ski slopes to find anyone who might be lurking in the snow.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has even prepared for a 6.2 magnitude earthquake hitting the Salt Lake valley.

"No one is going to offer a 100 percent guarantee of safety,'' said Mitt Romney, head of the Salt Lake Olympic Committee. "But I think it's riskier flying than being at our opening ceremonies.''

Unlike Atlanta, Salt Lake City will fence off its medals celebration area downtown, as well as most venues. In all, 900 square miles of Olympic sites will be protected.

The games also have history on their side. Unlike the bloody legacy of the Summer Games, no terrorists have ever attacked a Winter Olympics.

"I feel very confident what may occur will occur outside a venue and not inside,'' Flowers said.

Salt Lake City also has the advantage of being relatively small; 898,000 people live in the city and surrounding county. So suspicious activity should be harder to hide.

"Get out an atlas and look and see where Salt Lake is,'' said Dick Pound, an IOC member from Canada. "It's a long way from anywhere. You can't blend in in Salt Lake.''

Once the games begin, the security effort will be run from a fifth floor command center in a downtown building. Inside a large windowless room, workers from a variety of agencies and departments monitor about 70 computer screens and a series of large video screens.

Officials won't say how many video cameras will monitor activity in and outside venues, but it's clear the security plan relies on real-time monitoring of video. The cameras will even be linked to a federal intelligence center in Washington, D.C.

Security planners say there have been no credible threats directed against the games. Romney believes terrorists wouldn't attack an Olympics because it would be viewed as an attack against the world, not just the United States.

None of that stops people like Flowers, though, from worrying about the what-ifs.

Flowers' job is to make the Olympics completely safe. At the same time, he knows no amount of security can ensure that.

"My biggest worry,'' he said, "is maybe there won't be much forgiveness in the public eye if something does happen.''

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Gary Glitter Gets 16 Years for Child Sex Abuse

Gary Glitter has been given a 16 year jail sentence for sexually abusing three young girls.

Glitter was sentenced following trial by jury at Southwark Crown Court earlier this month. He was found guilty on Thursday 5 February of four counts of indecent assault, one count of attempted rape and one count of sexual abuse with a girl under 13.

The 71 year-old former glam rock singer had previously served a four month prison sentence in 1999 for possessing images of child sex abuse on his computer. He moved to Cambodia after release but was expelled from the South East Asian country in 2002 following rumours of suspected child abuse. Glitter then moved to neighbouring Vietnam where he was convicted in 2006 of sexual abuse against two young girls. He served nearly three years in prison and was deported back to the UK after release where he was put on the Sex Offenders Register for life.

Glitter, who had denied all charges, was the first person to be arrested as part of Operation Yewtree in 2012. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said that they have received new information about Glitter which is “currently being assessed”.

During the trial, Chief Crown Prosecutor Baljit Ubhey said, “Crimes such as these have repercussions for victims that can last for a lifetime. The bravery of the victims and other witnesses in this case cannot be understated and their testimony has been vital in bringing Paul Gadd to justice.”

Mr Ubney went onto say that the verdict “should also provide other victims of sexual abuse with the courage to come forward, knowing their case will be handled with sensitivity and professionalism”.

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As Glitter’s offences were committed in the 1970s and 1980s, the guilty verdict demonstrates how it’s never too late for those who suffer abuse to come forward.

In criminal cases such as the Gary Glitter trial, there is no “limitation period” meaning that there is no set period of time in which claims must be issued at court. Although limitation periods apply to civil cases, the courts have recognised the difficulties in speaking out faced by people affected by abuse and can use their judicial discretion to waive the limitation period where it is “fair and equitable to do so”.

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What Is Sleep Myoclonus?

Myoclonus is a brief twitching of the muscles that occurs when you’re asleep, and can occur separately or in groups, as well as in a sequence or at random. Sleep Myoclonus may be a sign of other nervous system disorders including Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy. Myoclonus is manifest by sudden jerks or contractions of the muscles, and also of the muscles uncontracting or relaxing after contraction.

Sleep Disorders Related To Sleep MyoclonusPeople with PMLS or PMLD have uncontrollable leg movement during sleep.

Sleep myoclonus is a form of Myoclonus which occurs during sleep, usually in the stage just before deep sleep. Also known as a hypnic jerk or hypnagogic jerk, Sleep myoclonus will rarely disturb the subject or bed partner to the point of waking and disrupting sleep, but may indicate the presence of sleep related findings or disorders such as restless legs syndrome and Periodic Leg Movement during Sleep (PLMS).

What Are The Common Symptoms & Impacts

A common form of myoclonus during wake is hiccups, which are quick contractions affecting the diaphragm. Myoclonus, especially sleep myoclonus in particular, are not harmful or life threatening, though some of the more complex forms of myoclonus may indicate the presence of other potential nervous system issues.

Twitches during sleep

Sleep myoclonus primarily affects the fingers, toes, lips and eyes, and is often barely perceptible to anyone watching the person in their sleep. Sleep myoclonus has been shown to have some connection to stimulus- sensitive myoclonus, whereby contractions may be caused or increased by environmental factors such as light, sound or movement.

Why Am I Twitching While I Am Sleeping?

Myoclonus has been connected to several areas of the brain, and in many cases stimulus-sensitive myoclonus has been shown to be an overreaction of the brain in areas that control movement in response to startling events. Myoclonus is actually fairly common in individuals.

Treatment For Sleep Myoclonus

Myoclonus on its own does not necessarily require any treatment, but if someone with myoclonus is exhibiting unaccountable symptoms of insomnia, it may be necessary to look into it further. The first step should be to rule out any other sleeping disorders that could be causing the problem by taking an overnight sleep study. The polysomnogram will not only detect any other possible sleeping disorders, but may also indicate whether the myoclonus itself is causing restless sleep.

Treatment for myoclonus is centered on medications which relax the muscles and inhibit contraction. Clonazepam is a commonly issued drug for sleep myoclonus, and when taken near bedtime has the added benefit of causing drowsiness. For this reason it should only be taken before bed, and not as a cure for myoclonus during waking hours. The body may also develop a tolerance for the drug and lessen its usefulness, so the more sparingly it is used, the greater the length of time it will remain useful. Sodium valproate can be used separately or in conjunction with clonazepam to treat myoclonus as well.

Other treatments may also improve other nervous system disorders that may be present during sleep in addition to myoclonus. These include barbiturates, phenytoin and primidone.

40 thoughts on “Sleep Myoclonus: Moving during sleep

  1. Jennifer Reply

    My husband recently started to shake during the night. It start of as just little jerks here and there mostly of mid to lower body. Over a period of several minutes they get longer and more aggressive on and off for 5-10 minutes. Then will have a gap for various amounts of time and then they start over a gain. I recorded him last night to show him so he can go see his doctor and find out if there is any need for concern.
    My question, in the meantime, should I be waking him up in the middle of them?
    If they wake me up I have been tapping him awake to calm him down. Not sure if I should be doing that.

  2. Cj Reply

    My daughter had twitching from head to toe for years on and off. We learned she had SIBO which is a bacteria imbalance in her gut. We essentially put her on a SIBO diet and twitching was gone.

    • John chumarow Reply

      I have jerking of right shoulder and head when relaxed, unfocused or trying to sleep for 7 years. Wondering what a SIBO diet is. My doctor never prescribe clozapem. Wonder if anything would help. I am at my witts end. Can’t take much more if it. Please is there any help out there. Thanjs

  3. Laura Reply

    If you have some mild twitches upon falling asleep it is nothing to worry about and quite common. But if you having tremors to the degree I have, then you need medication, specifically Propanalol or Clonozepam. I have had these tremors, sometimes called Essential or Benign Tremors, for 2 years and when they began I thought I was going to go crazy because I couldn’t ever stay asleep due to the extreme tremors. I can either take 40mg of Propanalol which will keep me asleep for 4 hours or 1/2mg of Clonozepam and I’ll stay asleep the whole night. Clonozepam can be addictive, but I haven’t had any problems and have maintained taking 1/2mg 15 min before bedtime for the past 2 years without increasing the amount. Hope this helps someone!

  4. Shana Reply

    I am 40 years last one year i suffer in sleep myoclonus twitching head in sleep, full night my head jerk and disturbing my sleep.pls told anyone remedy.

  5. Pat Reply

    I am 70 and just started with violet twitches mostly when I lay down I have tried magnesium cherry juice apple cider vinegar turmeric and then my doc put me on ropinerol from 1 to 5 tablets a day and sometimes it makes them twitch mire and then added cybalta I hate the side affects listed I don’t take any other pills but bp so it cant be withdrawals I am on a cpap but only can get a couple hrs sleep on it because I have to get up and walk also I get very dry mouth please help

  6. Olayiwola Reply

    I am 55, I have been told that my lower torso trembles when I am sleeping, it doesn’t wake me up, I don’t tremble while awake, though I remembered I complained to my dad of hands trembling @ 20 yrs, later no longer noticeable. My Son has restless legs while awake. What Is happening?

  7. Donna Reed Reply

    I babysit my grandson that is 3yrs old . He nap’s every afternoon and as soon as he fall’s asleep he give’s a big jerk sometimes twice it doesn’t wake him up . He sleeps good but that jerk he does when he first falls to sleep scares me . He only does it when he first fall’s to sleep .

    • Marie Reynolds-Carlisle Reply

      Did you ever find anything out about this ? My husband says that I do this same thing every night when I go to sleep. He says that’s how he knows I’m fully asleep.

    • C. C. Reply

      I have several sleep issues starting as insomnia when I was a teenager my brother had ùndiagnosed sleep apnea and snored very loudly & my sister had nightmares so sleeping well was only wishful thinking . Years later after a car accident and concussion I developed chronic insomnia & for a while some trouble with walking where I couldn’t walk straight & my body would slowly go sideways . Whenever I went for a walk I would use a big stick to help steady me. I developed severe case of Fibromyalgia also
      which brought on another sleep disorder ,delta 4 sleep anomaly. I want to caution others about 2 medications that I’ve seen mentioned here that can cause some bad side effects.The doctors didn’t warn about them . I had read up on them & they weren’t mentioned there either. Anyway years later I asked to be put on Cymbalta as I read how it helped some people with Fibro. After 5 years I developed facial & body tremors & I found out in Jan.2019 after facial & body tremors that I have Tardive Dystonia due to the Cymbalta. It was not listed in the side effects when I looked them up before I took them. My former Neurologist had told my primary Dr. that I had Dystonia & Myoclonus in 2016 the same year that he closed his private practice, but he never even told me!! My primary just casually mentioned it to me Dec. 2018 after I reported that something is really wrong with me & a few of the symptoms I have been having ! I was just stunned. I don’t know why they both kept it from me & let me experience symptoms without knowing. The next medicine I want to warn about Atlanta Pam clonazepam or Klonopin I was put on it to help me sleep and it was helpful fly number of years and then I develop blood disorder from it Neutropenia & Leukopenia. It caused in my case, my bone marrow to stop forming correctly. I had to go to the Cancer center and see a Hematologist for a while & get a bone marrow biopsy which was very painful even after 2 morphine IV’s. I ended up with a chipped hip bone from all of the pressure applied & big needle. They didn’t tell me it about it & was discovered years later by a tech during another test somewhere else. After much testing they said it was the Clonazepam. Sorry so long ,but please just be careful with those meds.

  8. Isaac Sutton Reply

    Hi I’m Isaac Sutton, and I’m 13 years old (going to be 14 on March 16), recently I have to get up at 7:00 in the morning to catch my bus but I keep over sleeping because it takes me forever to get to sleep. I don’t accually know when it started but what I end up doing is if I’m stressed or just trying to sleep my neck, thy, calf,leg and foot have a little twitch randomly but it’ll be with a minute and I don’t know what could have caused it. It is starting to effect my school work and my life in general, on a weekend 11am is early for me because it takes me so long to get to sleep, most of the time I don’t even get my 8 hours of sleep I should be getting every night. Please help me to see if this is an illness or anything that I should see the doctor about.

  9. Emma_didas Reply

    Hi Any one with experience of this kind of jerks are so starbon I can’t fall asleep plz. Help me which kind of medical should use to comfort my sleep.
    Write on emmadidas @gmail.com

  10. Anthony Brock Reply

    My fiancee has been twitching as she tries to fall asleep and it’s progressively getting worse. It used to be a little twitch here and there then a bit more and now it’s full blown she’s basically flopping around popping herself awake every 15 seconds or so, with tongue clicks and her whole body spasming out of control. She sleeps very little and im sure this is why. Im worried that it’s a symptom of something neurological thats never been diagnosed nor treated! I’d love for her to be able to sleep well for a change!

  11. Manpriya Reply

    I have been having these shudders for two weeks now. I can’t sleep because of this. As soon as I am falling asleep my body trembles. Sometimes it’s legs sometimes whole body. I am going through lot of stress right now so I think that might be the cause. But nowadays you don’t know what it could be.

  12. Jennifer Backfisch Reply

    Hi I’m Jennifer Backfisch my boyfriend says I twitch so bad that he can’t sleep I have no idea how long this has been going on but I don’t sleep very well at nights. I have no ideal what to do please help me.

  13. Ryan buenaventura Reply

    Hi im ryan, 35 years old. I have the same symptoms, i cant sleep now because of the jerks when i am falling asleep it will accur and i cant sleep anymore this started 4nights ago and still on. Pls i need help. Ty! God bless.

  14. Mary Reply

    I have had sleep myclonic jerk on and off for a few years. I started with restless legs and now my entire body jerks . The worst is sometimes I have dreams that accompany them. I may dream that I am being slapped. I hear the slap, I fell the slap. Then gradually I will wake up and have the body jerks. I have had cat scans, eel’s. Nothing. Sometimes it is scary.

  15. Abhishek kumar Reply

    My father last month survived a severe heart attack and since then he twitches while in his sleep, hr doesn’t complains of any pain or even the realization of that he twitches but he kind of jerks or folds his legs and shakes almost every 10 seconds. I don’t understand what is causing this. Please help

  16. Maggie Reply

    My bf has a twitching of an arm and a leg a while after sleep and periods of apnea. I was a little worried about but I’ve seen is very common.

  17. Rush Reply

    My 3yr old son has been twitching since 6 months old. I didn’t worry that much about it and read somewhere that it could be adrenalines way of releasing its self from the body as too much was developed for the day. His shoulder twitches straight through to fingers. His toes twitch as well. Seems like it’s every 20-30 second intervals.
    He still twitches and I am considering taking him to the Paed. I read it could be iron shortage or over active thyroid? I was also told to give him magnesium
    Supplement. Read also to undergo a EEG.
    Think it’s best for me to consult with the Paed. I’m hoping he will grow out of it I wouldn’t want him on chronic meds.

  18. Cynthia Reply

    My bf has spasms alll night every 3-5 seconds a part of his body moves. His finger, then whole hand, maybe a leg or foot, its constant throughout the night. It’s so worrisome l wonder how he can possibly get a good nights sleep ever? Help

    • Cynthia Reply

      Been reading for days on this. I keep reading that it could be a “Magnesium” deficiency. Ironically l started taking Magnesium because lt’s such a great vitamin that my sister recommended. So l will definitely be asking my bf to try this. His constant movements drive me crazy.

  19. Valerie Reply

    I also have muscle spasms and hiccups during the day. I was diagnosed recently with Raynaud’s disease I’m now wondering if it is related. Thank you for the information.

  20. james Reply

    my gf says my arm will twitch a few min later my leg will twitch and then my whole body will twitch repeadly everynight for a hour and a half before she falls asleep

    • Anonymous Reply

      I am wondering if I might have this. I have not slept at all for the last 2 nights because I cannot stop moving and twitching. My torso is most affected and my stomach muscles Will contract multiple times in a row. Happens whatever position I lay in.

      • cynthia zaleski Reply

        Mine started 7 years ago during a very stressful time in my life. Had unremarkable sleep test . Sometimes even during waking hours at work my leg could kick wastebasket across the room. They stopped for about 3 years but now are back. Could not work anymore. No pain just contractions in my feet, legs, stomach, back, arms and legs. Seeing a new neurologist in Jan.2018. Mentally feel better than i have in years but still have stress in my life.

  21. wendy Reply

    I have noticed that I have this as well…. my fingers, legs, arms, shoulders, etc, twitch, shake, and I have even swung outward with my arms. I notice this when trying to fall asleep. My husband noticed that while I was sleeping, my whole body goes through it on and off throughout the night. I don’t know what to do and I don’t know how long I have been suffering from this.

    • Eric Reply

      We are same symtoms. Me also when i traying to go bed in falling sleep the syntoms are attack me. So that i cant sleep properly sometimes im waking all the night. Is terrible for this kind of disseas.

    • Saima Reply

      I have a little girl with autism and she does the same right before sleeping..lots of hand/finger movement plus one arm and shoulder moving outwards, legs too restless. I think she gets night terrors too. It has been happening for a while now..didnt know until I read this post that other people are experiencing the same

      • Kiesh Reply

        This is exactly what is happening with my daughter at night. It seems to be mild when just falling to sleep, and much more prominent in the hour or two before she gets up for good. We also have nights where she sits up in bed, and lays back down again, and again. One night she kept waking me due to a jerking motion, and me needing to pull her away from the edge of the bed. She has lots of unusual thigns going on. She also has autism. I am seeking referral to a neurologists to find out if this is something to be concerned about, or if it is myoclonus. Like you said, her hands, feet, and shoulder are involved. Once I noticed twitching of her eyes, and lip smacking briefly during this active movement. I’m curious if your daughter ever has laughing episodes in her sleep. My daughter used to do that before I noticed all of this going on.

        • Mandy Reply

          Did you ever find a diagnosis? My 3 year old is experiencing the exact same thing and I am super worried.

        • natasha Reply

          I hope you have seen a neuro by now, your daughters symptoms sound like nocturnal seizures.

      • Jannette Reply

        My dad is under pal care has chronic heart failure has morphine at night only and has started doing this his legs and arms twitch and jump what causes it please jannette

  22. Pamela D Cox Reply

    I have these spasms one after another keeping my husband awake because the entire bed shakes.

    Pam Cox

    • Taylor Reply

      This happens to me as well and my wife now sleeps in a different room because of it.

  23. Renee G. Reply

    I believe I may have this as well. I am having a sleep study done in 2 weeks for night seizures. I have these seizures every other night and they wake me up with severe pain in my back. My muscle relaxers don’t seem to be helping me much anymore. I also have complex partial as far as the Dr knows anyway. My neck, lower back and arm are the parts affected in my sleep.

  24. kenneth kistner Reply

    I want to know if sleeping myoclonus is a form of epilepsy. I was diagnosed with sleeping myoclonus before I was diagnosed as an epileptic more than 30 years ago. The type of epilepsy I have is complex partial seizures / focal seizures.

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