This sounds like cramp - painful spasms of the muscles, typically affecting the legs or feet at night.

I have regular physiotherapy to try to use the right muscles and reduce painful spasms.

Here, the muscles in the gullet wall become uncoordinated, resulting in difficulty swallowing, regurgitation, painful spasms and coughing bouts.

In general, it occurs as painful spasms in the foot.

Additionally, it usually causes an increase in peristaltic waves, which can lead to painful spasms of the intestine, producing subsequent spasmodic colic.