spbalazs
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- Learn about ALS
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- London
Dear All,
About 4 weeks ago I went for a gym class and I noted that my legs felt a lot weaker than usual.
I normally can do a wall sit for at least a minute but after 20 seconds I dropped to the floor with wobbling legs.
I remember saying to my colleagues after for a few days that my legs felt weak.
It never went away. If I cycle 15 minutes, lamy calfs would ache as if I ran for a half marathon.
I have twitching all over my body ever since and my face muscles wobble when I form my lip even just to drink water.
I saw a neurologist 2 weeks into the problem. Part of his observations were:
In the lower limbs, muscle tone was perhaps slightly increased with three to four beats of clonus in the left ankle and two to three in the right. Power was preserved as was muscle bulk. The reflexes at the knee and ankle were brisk with some spread and the plantars, I thought, were extensor.
I read that brisk reflexes can be a sign of ALS and this with the added weakness I have been sensing makes me worried.
I will go back next week and ask for an EMG.
Any thoughts you have on the above I would appreciate it.
About 4 weeks ago I went for a gym class and I noted that my legs felt a lot weaker than usual.
I normally can do a wall sit for at least a minute but after 20 seconds I dropped to the floor with wobbling legs.
I remember saying to my colleagues after for a few days that my legs felt weak.
It never went away. If I cycle 15 minutes, lamy calfs would ache as if I ran for a half marathon.
I have twitching all over my body ever since and my face muscles wobble when I form my lip even just to drink water.
I saw a neurologist 2 weeks into the problem. Part of his observations were:
In the lower limbs, muscle tone was perhaps slightly increased with three to four beats of clonus in the left ankle and two to three in the right. Power was preserved as was muscle bulk. The reflexes at the knee and ankle were brisk with some spread and the plantars, I thought, were extensor.
I read that brisk reflexes can be a sign of ALS and this with the added weakness I have been sensing makes me worried.
I will go back next week and ask for an EMG.
Any thoughts you have on the above I would appreciate it.