Definitions

JHarper33(AT)aol.com
Tue, 25 Mar 1997 18:23:14 -0500 (EST)

What exactly is spasticity? It's not in my dictionary. My neurologist
had wanted to put me on baclofen for spasticity. I associated it with the
word "spastic", and although my front thigh muscles seem to me to go
"spastic" sometimes, shaking uncontrollably, it didn't happen often enough
for me to want to take medicine for. But some have used that word to seem to
mean an extreme stiffness.
Also, does paralysis mean an inability to use a certain limb or body
part at all voluntarily, or does it indicate some movement or usage, but not
as it is supposed to be used? In my case, at the beginning of TM, I could
move my legs, but could not stand on them and had much numbness, and I have
always thought because of that that I was not paralyzed.

Thanks,
Barbara