While unemployment extension benefits differ from state to state, the average amount received by a laid off is $298 per week. The current maximum time a person can obtain unemployment checks in Pennsylvania is 99 weeks. Thatâs just less than 2 years.
Nerve compression can cause leg spasms. Overview. Leg spasms, also known as muscle cramps, are involuntary muscle contractions that fail to release, states the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Cramps affect skeletal muscles but typically occur in the hamstring, quadriceps and calf areas.
When a muscle or fibers of a muscle contract uncontrollably it causes a spasm. At times this muscle spasm is sustained over a period of time and it becomes a muscle cramp. A muscle cramp can be seen and felt in the hardening of a particular muscle. Muscle cramps are very common and can occur in different parts of the body. One of the most common complaints is of muscle cramps in the legs, especially the calf muscles. When the leg cramp occurs in the calf it is also referred to as a Charley Horse. Other leg cramps involve the hamstring and the quadriceps muscles. Leg cramps occur in both children and adults and can last for a less than a minute or even longer. Many people suffer from leg cramps primarily at night.