I could be sumpthin' or it could be nothin'.
It happened to me over ten years ago. I was doing pushups during a Kung-fu
warmup, when my left arm collapsed as you described.
Went to a chiropractor who examined me and took x-rays. He told me it was a
pinched nerve in my shoulder. I recovered without treatment. The problem lasted
3 days.
                                                        Chuck
What hair color do they put on the drivers licenses of bald men? 

On Fri, 27 Jul 2001 20:01:10 +0930, "Judith Thamm" <galing...@chariot.net.au>
wrote:

>Dear Group,
>
>I had a very strange thing happen today - about 11 am.  Visiting friends for
>a cuppa and chat, was sitting and I lifted up my left arm, when I went to
>lower it it just flopped down onto my lap.  I did the same thing again -
>same thing happened.  Then I found if I didn't hold my hand, my arm would
>just fall off my lap and flop down by my side.  I could lift it up, but I
>could not control it going down.
>
>Now I'm not one to panic, I thought for  a few minutes.  I do have trouble
>walking, my legs don't move easily, but I never have loss of control.  When
>I get too tired I have some guarana or a mix of guarana and siberian ginseng
>and I get enough energy to get going again.  As I had some capsules of
>guarana in my bag, I took 2 [1 gram] and as it began to work in 10-15 mins
>time, I regained control of my arm.  Can someone explain what happened when
>I lost control?  It is now 8pm Friday and I've had no more problem.


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