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Old 08-09-2012, 06:49 PM #1
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Default If Stretching & Muscle Movement reduces Spasms,

Why? How?

I say circulation & if so, what meds increase flow & rate for a test?
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Stretching and exercise make my spasms worse. I drink alot of water and still the spasms wont go away.
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Sloooooooow stretches help me. yoga, quigong Tai Chi and so forth. Gentle slow purposeful movements. Flat out exercise makes me go spastic which is not what I want. This way I get core training without the bulk and spasms.
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But do any of you think circulation is a culprit?
Of course brain/nerve damage is a major reason, but circulation has to play a role.
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But do any of you think circulation is a culprit?
Of course brain/nerve damage is a major reason, but circulation has to play a role.
Are you talking Nerve or blood circulation?
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Blood. Oxygen is the test that I've tried.
My spasms wake me more when I fall asleep w/o putting ox concentrator on.
Smoking is bad for MS they say..why? Just reverse effects if thats true no?
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Makes sense to me..

Every part of our body is effected by MS. I don't know if it's the cause or the effect?
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slow stretching is better if avoiding spasm. In my case, spasm probably does get worse if circulation is impaired, as it was when I was on chemo for another disease. I had to quit the chemo (but took radiation).
For many years I've taken a small dose of non-flush niacin to open blood vessels and increase circulation that way. I take only 250 mg a day, 300 would be OK, depending on how the capsules are available. It is important to get the non-flush timed released ones or you could have a scary flush.
I don't know if magnesium and Vitamin E help blood circulation or nerve circulation, but without them I would have overwhelming spasm. This has happened to me when over night in a hospital without my supplements. It makes me scared of how my death will be, if hospitalized without these helps of spasm. Will they notice that I am in spasm and jerking all night? No one cared when I was in the hospital last time overnight. They said I'd have to wait for morning for magnesium, so I jerked all night and never slept. But if I'm there for an extended period, will anyone care? I don't think so, not here. Maybe in Seattle where I am thinking of going to an old folks home one of these days. Someone might care there. Doctors are good here, ER is good, but overnight in the hospital is a disaster.
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