One thing I have discovered that with TM we all are so different as to how TM affects us. I could cross my legs but I would have to help them get there with my hand. However, it would not be comfortable to keep them that way for more than a minute. Rucker is lucky that he can do so with comfor.
Patti - Wisconsin On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 7:36 PM, Akua <[email protected]> wrote: > Neurology Now ( free sub) has an article on TM in its Oct/Nov 2011 issue > focusing on Allen Rucker. > Kevin Sorbo is on the cover. > > I was glad to see the coverage! > > I was surprised at the picture of Rucker. I've told my friends who send me > vids about a "tell" , that I use to assess whether the person is in the same > state as I am: crossed legs. I can't move my legs, I am paralyzed, I tell > them. So when tehy asks why or whether I can do such and such I point out > to them that the guy who just got out the car from his wheel chair crossed > his legs at the ankle, for example. > > My legs splay, flop and gap and my feet don't always stay on the foot > rests. Which makes for danger if i don't notice, as more than once, I've > rolled on with an ankle stuck in a doorway. > > So it was a bit disconcerting to see this guy with his legs crossed, thigh > over thigh, like a walker, posed in his wheelchair. That's a thousand > percent more motion and control than I have. > > -- > >
