One of my good friends had a very tough form of MS. He became wheelchair bound within about five months.
Anyway, he didn¹t exercise his legs, or even elevate them, and they got to look like huge sausages filled with fluid. I miss him. Dalton From: john snodgrass <[email protected]> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 09:24:01 -0800 (PST) To: transverse myelitis <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [TMIC] the hurt says the leg is still usable... Resent-From: <[email protected]> Resent-Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 09:24:03 -0800 my right side and my right leg sure are usable today! --- On Sat, 11/20/10, Jan Hargrove <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Jan Hargrove <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [TMIC] contracture questions > To: "Kevin Wolfthal" <[email protected]>, [email protected] > Date: Saturday, November 20, 2010, 11:38 AM > > Happy Thanksgiving to you, too! > > I'm having the same type of problem now while I still can't put weight on my > broken ankle...........it feels like my PT is trying to make my knee go the > other way! HURTS!! But nust keep doing therapy or leg will atrophy and > become (more) useless...........so keep it up. (I've considered making/using > a voodoo doll, but don't > think it'd get to my PT.) > > Also, remember, the hurt says the leg is still usable... > janh > > > From: Kevin Wolfthal <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sat, November 20, 2010 12:54:03 AM > Subject: [TMIC] contracture questions > > > Hi and Happy Thanksgiving all, > > The past three months or so, I've been getting physical therapy at home > because I've developed contracture in my legs. I cannot straighten my > legs fully, primarily from lack of use I guess. I have gotten some improvement > from the PT, but now I am supposed to go for outpatient therapy because > my therapist feels he's done as much as he can in the home setting. > I have to say that this therapy, particularly when he stretches my legs, > is probably the worst pain I've had to endure. > > Has anyone else experienced contracture? If so, did you get any improvement > with therapy? > > Best regards to all, > Kevin >
