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Spastic Paralysis
10 min read
Also known as: spasticity · spastic paresis · muscle tension · increased muscle tone · spasm · spastic movement disorder · muscle stiffness · spastic cerebral palsy · hypertonia
Your Body Is Speaking
Your muscles no longer obey you. They contract without your wanting them to — uncontrolled, persistent, painful. Movements that come naturally to others become a battle against your own body. The hand reaches out but won't open again. The leg moves, but it doesn't follow your will. Your body is there — but it is not free.
Medically, spasticity is a motor disorder caused by damage to the brain or spinal cord. The muscles receive faulty signals and lock into continuous tension. There are clear neurological causes — stroke, multiple sclerosis, brain injury, cerebral palsy. Medicine describes the mechanism. But it doesn't answer the question that lies beneath the mechanism: What is this body trying to show you — beyond the neurology?
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