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Tuesday, March 15, 2011
spasticity during sleep, does it exist?
I was asked by Peter Levine once if I thought I had spasticity while sleeping. I think my left calf is spastic during sleep, when I get up I have to immediately stretch it out before I can walk. This is really only provable when there is a quantitative measure of muscle spasticity I think when I wore a night splint those fingers also were spastic during the night. The gel Yoga toes I wore for awhile were uncomfortable after 5 hours so those toes were defintitely being spastic at night. What are your experiences?
I would say for myself, yes and no. I think it depends on the level or degree of spasticity you have, if that even makes sense. Some days I wake up and have to stretch my leg or arm, even hand sometimes. Other days I am fine and feel great which doesn't last too long. My hand twitches while trying to sleep and sometimes I have woke up to leg twitches/cramps.
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