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." <[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?
>