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Dear Phil, After reading your post about freezing up and irregular motion, It sounds like you need a dog. A Service Support Dog to be specific. They are wonderful intuitive beings that can give you stability and freedom of motion better than canes. Your discussions on weights is interesting and probably has some scientific explanation, but for now I guess you can do the entertainment. LOL Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil E.Gesotti" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 8:29 PM Subject: Re: Improving Movement with Weights II > Kathleen, > > I'm somewhat of a strange bird. I seem to have uncommon symptoms. I have > bradykinesia in my right elbow with cogwheeling. If I hold a 5 lb > dumbell, I can move substantially faster than with an empty hand. > > Now, if I flex my left elbow at the same time as I flex my right elbow, > I have nomal movement in my right elbow without the weight. Another > weird thing is that once both elbows are moving together, I can stop > moving my left and the right will continue with normal movement. As soon > as I stop, it's back to bradykinesia. > > Neat, huh? You can have me over to entertain your friends. > > If I push myself and try to rush in the morning, my symptoms get worse. > I feel like I'm locked up. It feels like every muscle is trying to > contract at the same time. > > Regarding the tactile cues, I'm not at liberty to discuss this yet. > Hopefully, in a couple of months I can discuss it in more detail. Right > now, I need people to share their experiences with the use of external > cues. Has anyone ever been broken from their freeze by a caregiver > touch? It will help me in research that I am doing. > > How many of you have experienced your foot sticking to the floor? What > tricks do you use to compensate? > > Phil Gesotti 52/dx46 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn