Re: [QUAD-L] question about contracting muscles atrophying, etc.

2017-06-11 Thread Bryce Willis
About the best treatment is exercise/movement that keeps the joints and muscles from becoming stiff. The hard part is finding someone to do this everyday. It has to begin before the stiffness sets in. It's very hard to reverse the process. Sent from my iPad On Jun 11, 2017, at 6:06 PM, Dave

Re: [QUAD-L] question about contracting muscles atrophying, etc.

2017-06-11 Thread wheelchair
Were they called or referred to as BFOs? Best Wishes In a message dated 6/11/2017 5:05:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time, davekrehb...@earthlink.net writes: Regarding contraction, while in a nursing home, I had a similar problem to a lesser extent. In order to straighten my arms, they

RE: [QUAD-L] question about contracting muscles atrophying, etc.

2017-06-11 Thread Dave Krehbiel
Regarding contraction, while in a nursing home, I had a similar problem to a lesser extent. In order to straighten my arms, they attached some sort of a pillow or a brace to each arm to try to straighten each arm and to help hold it straight. This sounds to me like a job for a physical therapist

[QUAD-L] RE: [QUAD-L] Joan. Mouth stick question. Touchscreen compatible?

2017-06-11 Thread Joan Anglin
https://www.etsy.com/listing/64832134/mouthstick-stylus From: DEBRA DEW [mailto:n14...@hotmail.com] Sent: 10 June, 2017 10:43 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] Joan. Mouth stick question. Touchscreen compatible? mouth stick question. I need it to use on a touchscreen, and

[QUAD-L] question about contracting muscles atrophying, etc.

2017-06-11 Thread DEBRA DEW
my arms and legs are contracted at about a 45° angle,, which makes sitting in a wheelchair rather awkward with my legs.. I've seen pictures of long-term paralysis patients, aand eventually their knees are touching their bottom and there hands are touching their chin. Looks very