PARAPLEGIC LEG SPASMS | How I Take Advantage of Leg Spasms #paraplegic #wheelchair #spinalcord
PARAPLEGIC LEG SPASMS | How I Take Advantage of Leg Spasms #paraplegic #wheelchair #spinalcord
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Just Another Day In ParaLife - Leg Spasms. Can be annoying as hell when trying to fall asleep but come in really handy when I'm puttering around the house getting things done! In a future video I will go more into the benefits of spasms
I am an incomplete T12 paraplegic. Being incomplete allows me to stand up and walk short distances with the aid of AFO's (Ankle Foot Orthosis) on both left and right feet. I also need two forearm crutches to support/balance myself as I stand up and walk. I show you both the AFO's and crutches before I walk.
I don't often walk a whole lot. Reasons being are I'm limited to short distances, My hands are busy griping the forearm crutches so I am unable to hold/carry anything and I'm to dang slow on crutches! LOL. I am thankful for all that I have recovered. It does come in handy for when I load my chair in the back of my truck or have to climb stairs to get into a building. Just to stand up a stretch out is a great feeling.
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Twenty two years ago I suffered a spinal cord injury on a cold dark November night. It was diagnosed I had a T-12 incomplete compressional fracture. Since day one of my accident I have had and continue to have an enormous amount of support from my family, friends and community. Once becoming completely independent, bound to a wheelchair I always enjoyed giving back. Whether it was visiting schools, community organizations public speaking, demonstrating sports, visiting newly injured spinal cord patients, helping with non-profit organizations helping people is what I love to do. That is why I decided to start ParaLife TV. In today's world as we all know public gatherings, in my neck of the woods anyway have been basically shut down. ParaLife TV is a way for me to continue to help. Through YouTube I am able show people day to day experiences, how I have adapted to life in a wheelchair and share what our community has to offer.
ABOUT SPASMS
A spasm is a single episode of involuntary muscle contraction. After spinal cord injury or brain injury, these are a result of injury to a specific section of the nervous system called the upper motor neurons.
Spasticity (tone) is an involuntary contraction of one or more muscles. Spasticity is a collective term that describes recurrent spasms.
Hypertonia is a muscle at rest that has so much spasticity that it is rigid. The muscle resists movement due to the excessive amount of spasm (tone). At times, hypertonia is so strong that the muscle cannot be manually stretched.
Spinal cord injury specialists will refer to spasticity and involuntary muscle contractions as tone. This is because of the medical word hypertonia meaning so much spasticity that the muscle is rigid. Therefore, using the word tone is a classification of intermittent uncontrolled muscle movement without rigidity or uncontrolled movement without hyperactivity. Tone is replacing the less medically oriented term, spasticity.
Clonus is a form of spasticity (tone) which has a continuous and rhythmic pattern. Most people will describe the movement as having a beat. Clonus can usually be interrupted in the leg or arm by stretching the spasming muscle.
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Person InjuredFull arm functionFull finger functionPartial trunk controlNo leg functionUnable to WalkUnited StatesParaplegicMale
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