Ron you lost me way back at the
beginning of your diatribe. What is the point you are trying to
convey? In my case it is impossible to walk with foot dystonia, not merely
difficult.
Greg
47/35/35
ronald stated:
tone is the term for tonus - quality of
muscle status. that is, whether
relaxed/flabby or tensioned to one degree or
another.
dys is the prefix to tone/tonus that indicates or designates
inappropriate.
thus, dystonia is inappropriate muscle tension.
if the
muscle(s) that move our bones are normal, their tonus is appropriate.
ours
are not appropriate when both the opposing muscles are relaxed - joint
is
flabby; both tensed - rigidty or stiffness; both very tensed - catatonic
or
paralyzed/motionless.
dystonia is usually evidenced by distorted
positioning; and, the larger
muscle tension pulls the joint into abnormal
position. when this is
_curling_ the toes, foot and ankle (for instance) it
is difficult to walk.
If the neural feedback systems sympathetic and
parasympathetic are not
giving information to the movement control nerve
center neurons crrectly,
this progresses to the point where the foot and calf
muscles twist or spasm
and distort into the painful zone.
this
progression can be seen as due to the same lack of feedback - or, it
could be
that the larger muscle of the pairs for fingers and toes are to
close are
unbalanced; or, there may be no signal reaching the brain until
the spasm
which triggers the pain signal which does occupy one's
full
attention.
exercise is good, but the range of motion emphasis
might be more important.