Making a commitment to a sound flexibility routine is necessary to counteract the effects of spasticity. While strength training, avoid too much emphasis on muscle groups that tend to stiffen more. Spending time with the legs extended may also help.
Exercise and Spinal Cord Injury - Beginning Steps
By Anne Asher, About.com Guide
Updated March 28, 2005
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Spasticity - With spinal cord injury, the body has lost control of the orchestration between contraction and relaxation of muscles. This causes much muscle stiffening. The opposite effect, flaccidity, may also be present.
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