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hi all jeannette wrote, in part: >...I, too, had a frozen and painful left shoulder and after >unsuccessful cortizone shots by MD was referred to a neuro who >after a process of elimination diagnosed possible PD and SINEMETCR >therapy began and I returned to exercising and my shldr improved. >Was the improvement from exercise or SINEMETCR or both? I don't >know. Probably some of both.... i would venture a guess that it was the dopamine in the sinemet if i am dopamine dis-advantaged a repetitive movement like typing will become slower and slower as the muscles involved get tighter and tighter [which is what i relate to a muscle cramp] i can't imagine trying to exercise an already cramped muscle but i could be wrong here in my case this tightness can only be relieved by meds: when dopamine-enhanced, i find that my tight muscles 'melt' and 'loosen' back to normal janet janet paterson - 51 now /41 dx /37 onset - almonte/ontario/canada http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/janet/index.htm [log in to unmask]