My therapist taught me to stretch those muscles and tendons to reduce the clonus. The stretch could be as simple as changing the position of my foot, leg, or arm. My wrist and fingers required routine stretching and the results were remarkable. - --- Alton Ryder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Clonus is the rapid osculation of a muscle set, e.g., as when someone > "normal" and sitting does not have enough pressure of a foot on the > floor and the knee/heel sort of jumps up and down for many seconds or > minutes. This "normal" motion is often seen in teenagers. True clonus > is the result of spasticity and might be seen, for example, in a > raised foot shaking very rapidly. > > Alton, who does not now have it
