I'd like to remind everyone that CP is not the only cause of muscle
stiffness - there are lot of neurological conditions that cause
muscle stiffness - MS, MD, Parkinson's, PPS, and dystonia, to name a
few. Even not moving around enough can cause one's muscles to grow
stiff with disuse. It's extremely important that Mary Katherine get
a definite diagnosis. None of on this list (that I'm aware of) are
medical doctors.
Kat
On 2 Sep 2006, at 21:31, Tamar Raine wrote:
Hi mary ,
It really sounds like you have cp, and Itotally relate to how you
describe
walking. I used to walk like a cp-person, but in my 30's it became
extremely painful and hard to walk. when i turned 40, I got my first
powerchair, which is great, a year ago I injured myself, thought it
might
be sciatica, but xrays finally show that it is just extremely tight hip
muscles pulling my hip the wrong way. I am in the works to see if a
baclofen pump will ease the hip and leg muscles. another disability that
looks like cp is dystonia, you might want to read about that.
good luck, keep us posted.
Mag
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> [Original Message]
> From: Mary Katherine Powers <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 9/2/2006 6:12:01 PM
> Subject: other questions
>
> Hello,
>
> I hope you don't mind yet another email. there are a couple of other
> odd things I do and I was wondering if anyone can relate:
>
> a lot of the time, I don't like to have my feet flat on the ground. I
> feel a pull that is uncomfortable in my lower legs. so when I'm in
> the
> bathroom, I usually lean on the floor with the balls of my feet and
> sit
> with my feet pointed upwards. when I'm sitting at the computer, I
> often end up pulling my legs back and curling my toes under, or
> sitting
> with my lower legs bent so that the balls of my feet touch the floor
> and the rest of my feet is up at an angle. sometimes I'll sit with
> the
> outside of my feet touching the floor, and everything else lifted up.
> these things are more comfortable than sitting with my feet flat on
> the
> floor. I do have flat feet and I wear orthotics for them.
>
> maybe I've gotten really used to having poor posture and with the
> stretching, I'll sit in a more standard position. it pulls too
> much on
> my legs. I guess the flat feet could account for it?
>
> I toe-walked for a while as a child and my mother talked to the doctor
> about it, but he said a lot of kids do it. But I was told by a PT
> that
> I was essentially still doing it, because she said something about my
> ankles not coming up all the way so I was pushed forward on my
> toes. I
> don't understand what she meant because I put my heel on the floor.
> but she said I'm pushed forward too much, or something like that. she
> said I was out of alignment due to bone structure. I'm completely
> clueless on that.
>
> I also walked late - after age 2. I walked on my knees for a year. I
> forget whether I said that already.
>
> can anyone else relate to not wanting to put your feet flat on the
> ground? in shoes with the orthotics in them, it is easier. just
> in my
> bare feet, I don't like it.
>
> also, when I said I have to fight my legs to walk a lot of the time,
> that is how it is. when I try to walk faster, my back stiffens up and
> my legs "lock up" if anyone knows what that means. the resistance
> gets
> harder.
>
> I know this may all sound very trivial. I'm sorry if I'm offending
> anyone by posting these emails - it's just there is really no one to
> talk to who understands this stuff, and some of the things I do
> seem so
> minor that I don't bother mentioning them for fear a doctor will tell
> me I'm being ridiculous or oversensitive, or something like that.
>
> thanks
>
> Mary Katherine
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