Tongue muscle dystonia (also called lingual dystonia) is a movement disorder in which the muscles of the tongue contract involuntarily, causing twisting, ...

Tongue muscle strain occurs when the fibers of the muscles inside or attached to your tongue are overstretched or torn. This injury leads to pain, swelling, ...

A muscle sprain typically refers to ligament injury, but when applied to muscle it is more accurately called a muscle strain—an overstretching or tearing of ...

A tongue muscle tear is an injury where one or more fibers of the tongue’s muscles are stretched or broken. Tongue muscle tears can happen after a sudden hit, ...

Tongue muscle injuries are damage to the muscles of the tongue, which can affect speech, eating, swallowing, and overall oral health. Because the tongue plays ...

Tongue muscle atrophy is the wasting away or shrinkage of tongue muscles that leads to reduced size, strength, and mobility of the tongue. Anatomy ...

Tongue muscle atrophy is the loss of muscle size and strength in the tongue. It happens when tongue fibers shrink or waste away, making it harder to speak, ...

Tongue muscle fibrosis is a medical condition in which normal muscle fibers in the tongue are gradually replaced by stiff, scar-like fibrous tissue. This ...

A tongue‑muscle infection happens when germs (usually bacteria, sometimes viruses, fungi or parasites) inflame the intrinsic and extrinsic muscles that make ...

A tongue muscle cyst is a closed, sac‑like pocket filled with fluid, semi‑solid, or keratinous material that forms inside the tongue itself, between its ...

A tumor is an abnormal lump or growth. When that growth starts in the intrinsic or extrinsic muscles of the tongue it is called a tongue‑muscle tumor. Tumors ...

Tongue muscle pain (sometimes called glossalgia or, when burning is the main complaint, burning‑mouth syndrome) describes aching, soreness, stabbing, cramping, ...

Tongue muscle cancer happens when the cells that make up the moving part of your tongue (mostly squamous cells that line its surface and the deeper muscle ...

A tongue muscle spasm (sometimes called a tongue cramp, lingual dystonia, tongue twitch, or oromandibular spasm) is a sudden, involuntary tightening of one or ...

Your tongue muscles work all day long—shaping words, moving food, and even clearing your teeth after lunch. When those muscles become weak, stiff, swollen, ...

Tongue‑muscle disorders are any conditions that change the strength, size, shape, coordination, or comfort of the eight paired muscles that make up the tongue. ...

A splenius capitis contracture is the persistent tightening or shortening of the splenius capitis muscle—the strap‑like muscle that runs from the upper spine ...

Splenius capitis dystrophy is a rare, progressive weakening and wasting (dystrophy) of the splenius capitis muscle — a deep neck extensor that helps you lift, ...

Splenius capitis dystonia is a form of cervical (neck) dystonia in which the involuntary muscle spasms are focused mainly in the splenius capitis muscle on one ...

A splenius capitis strain is a small tear or overstretch in the splenius capitis muscle, a broad, strap‑like muscle at the back of your neck. Think of it as a ...