My hamstrings are quite tight, as are the muscles in my lower legs, and around
my ankle joint.  I can't flex my right foot very easily and I can only
straighten my leg to a certain point.  I can straighten my left leg a lot
more, and it's a lot looser and less rigid than the right leg.  I'd say I'm
hemiplegic, but it's only my legs that are affected, not my arms. Maybe
lower-right-quadrant-plegic?

Kat

On Mon, 30 Sep 2002 09:47:00 -0400 "Cleveland, Kyle E."
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Kat,
>
> Are your legs rigid through their entire (what
> would be normal) ROM, or only
> part-way?  I can extend my left arm to 140 deg.
> or so, and then it stops
> solid.  Through the range that I CAN move it,
> however, I have a normal level
> of strength--well, almost.
>
> -Kyle
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathy Salkin
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 1:56 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Fibromyalgia
>
>
> Yes, that's right, Ken.  Actually, there seems
> to be two major types of
> spasticity - dystonic (or ataxtic) or rigid, in
> which a muscle is rigidly
> spastic and you cannot move it easily.  I have
> the rigid kind in my legs.
>
> Kat
>
> On Fri, 27 Sep 2002 11:17:48 -0400 "Barber,
> Kenneth L."
> wrote:
>
> > Dystonia is the uncontrollable movements in
> > certain parts  of the body. Ie:
> > muscles in say your arm contract and jerk
> > pretty much on their own.
> >
> > Guys am I explaining this right?
> >
>