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? > > >