Does this mean continious contracted? I'd call it when spasticity even if it is spastic rigidity or is that just a spasm?
Candy K ----- Original Message ----- From: natalie mizenko To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];Transverse Myellitis Sent: 5/9/2007 1:43:40 PM Subject: Re: [TMIC] Another Symptom Yes, a neurologist saw me in the hospital and he said that I didn't have spasticity because he moved my foot and it was floppy like ever. He said see you have no spasticity. Natalie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe spasticity involves rigidity rather than flopping or jerking movements. From the National Institute of Neurological Disorders: 'Spasticity is a condition in which certain muscles are continuously contracted. This contraction causes stiffness or tightness of the muscles and may interfere with movement, speech, and manner of walking." http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/spasticity/spasticity.htm Barbara H. http://barbarah.wordpress.com/ In a message dated 5/4/2007 8:34:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Don't they call this spasticity......????? Bobberino From: Trudy To: 'Natalie Boyles' ; 'Alton Ryder' Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 1:07 PM Subject: RE: [TMIC] Another Symptom I too have had my arms flail away when I have fallen asleep in a chair watching the awful news or reading the even more depressing paper⦠I donât think it happens when I am flat in bed. Tho I have been known to give my husband a big kick once in awhile⦠Of course he probably deserves it!! J ⦠He is my heroâ¦. Trudy From: Natalie Boyles [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2007 5:48 PM To: Alton Ryder Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [TMIC] Another Symptom Okay you guys, you sound like my husband and he is healthy --- I wonder. He flaps his arms and jerks his legs in his sleep so badly, I must leave the bed. If you find an answer to this dilemma please let me know about it. I am tired of being beaten. gggg Natalie On 5/3/07, Alton Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have something similar. Sometimes, when I am lying down during the day and I start to nod off, both arms will fly forward and the left leg might jerk towards my head. Not always, but it always wakes me. It doesn't happen when I go to bed. If either hand is holding something, that hand will not participate. Alton, who thought this unique and now no longer See what's free at AOL.com. Ahhh...imagining that irresistible "new car" smell? Check out new cars at Yahoo! Autos.
