Pain is challenging, but it doesn't have to define your life. Episode 2 of Get Tough on Multiple Sclerosis offers practical ...

Spasticity is a symptom of conditions, like multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, stroke, and traumatic injury to the brain or spinal cord. It can look like a tightly folded arm with a flexed wrist ...

In addition to the symptoms which result from relapses, many MS patients also experience other chronic symptoms which appear more gradually and separate from relapses. Fatigue, depression, spasticity, ...

Many people with MS have problems with spasticity (muscle stiffness), a condition that typically affects the lower limbs more than the arms. Spasticity can occur either as a sustained stiffness caused ...

MS also makes movement and gait, or the process of walking, difficult. As the weakness and muscle spasticity progress, people with MS are likely to experience stiffness and aching. In MS ...

for MS to treat spasticity. Each of the above formulations can help stop the transmission of nerve signals to the affected muscles near the injection site. This paralyzes those muscles ...

MS symptoms vary depending on the person and ... Muscle weakness and spasms: weakness in the limbs, muscle spasms, or stiffness (spasticity). Numbness and tingling: sensations of numbness or ...

Three medications have spasticity reduction as their primary ... A progressive disease such as multiple sclerosis might be better managed using an intervention that can escalate as the disease ...

And that inflammation then limits the brain's ability to function, which is what causes the symptoms in MS, which can cause paralysis, can cause spasticity, can cause memory problems, can cause ...

Background OnabotulinumtoxinA has demonstrated significant benefit in adult focal spasticity. This study reviews the injection patterns (i.e., muscle distribution, dosing) of onabotulinumtoxinA ...