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Re: Fibromyalgia
From:
Kathy Salkin <[log in to unmask]>
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St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
Date:
Fri, 27 Sep 2002 13:56:09 -0400
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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." <[log in to unmask]> 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?
>

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