i agree with kendal, i think much of my job injuries
came about becouse of doing things that my body was
not designed to do but was part of my job. also some
other things are happening to a lesser degree in my
legs.

--- Kendall David Corbett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> KJ,
>
> CP itself probably doesn't worsen over time, but the
> way our bodies
> react to it probably does.  Since my gait pattern is
> different, I put
> more stress on my right arm and right knee.  I use a
> power wheelchair
> most of the time now, because of that.  But when I
> was walking using
> canes or crutches, I put more weight through my
> right leg because it was
> stronger, and I put more weight through my right arm
> which had a cane or
> crutch.  Because of that, I started using the power
> wheelchair about
> three years ago because I developed carpal and
> cubital tunnel in that
> arm.  Both of those happened because I used my arm
> in ways it wasn't
> designed to be used.
>
> Emotional problems could result from not being able
> to get around as
> well, but they could also happen to someone without
> CP who is having
> more trouble getting around as they get older.  I
> don't remember how old
> you are, but I think I'm a little older, at 43.  The
> loss of ability I
> face because I'm doing things that my body wasn't
> designed to do makes
> me angry and depressed sometimes, so I see a link,
> but the CP itself
> doesn't cause the anger and depression; there's
> nothing of a biological
> nature going on in my brain that the CP caused that
> makes me mad and
> sad.
>
> Kendall Corbett
>
> An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> redundant!)
>
> The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the
> unreasonable one
> persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.
> Therefore, all
> progress depends on the unreasonable man.
>
> -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathy Pink
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]=20
> Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 4:03 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [C-PALSY] A Question
>
> Does some cases of C.P. worsen over time and have
> emotional problems? ?
>
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