One of the notes on bandiing included this statement
"Spasticity is a condition in which certain muscles are continuously
contracted. This contraction causes stiffness or tightness of the
muscles . . ."
This is one end of the spectrum of spasticity, Involuntary
contraction of one or more muscles is the underlying process. These
contractions may be brief, lasting only an instance, or longer, even
forever. When the duration is for minutes or hours, the spasticity
manifests as excess tone.
I had both brief and day-long contractions. One symptom was a knee
jerk where my knee would suddenly try to meet my chin , often
slamming into the underside of a table. More troublesome was excess
tone in my lower right leg, pulling the heel to the side. Eventually
the ankle distortion put me into a wheelchair.
Alton, coming up to my tenth anniversary
