CE9958
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Does the inability to move a hand or finger with ALS present with or without the sensation of resistance? When you can't lift your hand does it feel like no matter how hard you push you just can't lift it? Or is it more like no matter how hard you try you can't push period so there's nothing to struggle against?
I've been experiencing a sudden reduction in my ability to move my little finger independently of my other fingers. I can close my hand and make a fist; when I open my hand no fingers hang (but I get what feels like resistance coming from the top of my hand under my little finger when I do this), and I can spread my fingers apart. However, when I try to move my little finger alone, I can only move it towards my palm about an inch. It is stopped by what feels like intense resistance. As if my finger is hitting a wall. I can push as hard as my heart desires but I can't get it to move any further.
Oddly enough, if I hold onto my other three fingers on that hand to keep them still, I regain the ability to move my little finger the way I typically have been able to.
I'm a guitar player, so this kind of independent finger movement is very natural to me and it feels very unnatural to not be able to perform it.
Just asking for clarity. I read the Sticky before posting and I wasn't sure how it pertained to this exactly so I figured I'd ask. Thank you all so much in advance and let me know if my description isn't clear enough!
I've been experiencing a sudden reduction in my ability to move my little finger independently of my other fingers. I can close my hand and make a fist; when I open my hand no fingers hang (but I get what feels like resistance coming from the top of my hand under my little finger when I do this), and I can spread my fingers apart. However, when I try to move my little finger alone, I can only move it towards my palm about an inch. It is stopped by what feels like intense resistance. As if my finger is hitting a wall. I can push as hard as my heart desires but I can't get it to move any further.
Oddly enough, if I hold onto my other three fingers on that hand to keep them still, I regain the ability to move my little finger the way I typically have been able to.
I'm a guitar player, so this kind of independent finger movement is very natural to me and it feels very unnatural to not be able to perform it.
Just asking for clarity. I read the Sticky before posting and I wasn't sure how it pertained to this exactly so I figured I'd ask. Thank you all so much in advance and let me know if my description isn't clear enough!
