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At 19:24 1999/08/25 EDT, you wrote: >In a message dated 8/25/99 4:14:11 PM Mountain Daylight Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: > ><< I have used a TENS unit for years. My orthopedist though they > worked only for muscle spasm. > >Nita, thank you for writing.TENS could be the answer. You don't feel that >Sinemet could contribute anything? >Clare > hi clare i think sinemet could contribute a lot neck and shoulder stiffness or tension seems to be fairly common with parkies including me i tried massage regularly in my early days of 'off'-'on' and it didn't seem to make any enduring difference as compared to taking sinemet and 'kicking in' i think that the stiffness is just another manifestation of bradykinesia which, in my case at least, gets 'melted' by sinemet lovely! janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset po box 171, almonte, ontario, canada, K0A 1A0 a new voice: http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/ [log in to unmask]