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I"ve copied the first reference I came across for those who are unfamiliar withthe term, but my question is this: how many have had this electric shock feeling in their "neck"? I recently turned around to look behind, while walking and felt that same sensation but in the lumbar region. It was a shock~like feeling, same as in the neck... does anyone else experience this phenomenon?
L'hermitte's Sign - An electrical sensation (Shock, Lightning Bolt) that some MSers experience, when flexing the neck, tilting, or lowering the head towards the chest. It begins at the base of the skull, runs down the Spine and into the limbs, before exiting through the hands or feet. #02, #25
- L'hermitte's Sign is thought to stem from injury (ie: compression, distortion, inflammation, radiation, metabolic or toxic aberrations) of the Cervical Dorsal Columns.
- After injury, the damaged Dorsal Column Axons or cell bodies have increased MechanoSensitivity, producing Ectopic Action Potentials that occur with greatest frequency during Cervical flexion (i.e., a maneuver that can alter Spinal Cord length by 2 cm).
- L'hermitte's Sign occurs in 33% of MSers and was the presenting symptom in 16%. (Also See: Tic-Douloureux)
L'hermitte's Sign - An electrical sensation (Shock, Lightning Bolt) that some MSers experience, when flexing the neck, tilting, or lowering the head towards the chest. It begins at the base of the skull, runs down the Spine and into the limbs, before exiting through the hands or feet. #02, #25
- L'hermitte's Sign is thought to stem from injury (ie: compression, distortion, inflammation, radiation, metabolic or toxic aberrations) of the Cervical Dorsal Columns.
- After injury, the damaged Dorsal Column Axons or cell bodies have increased MechanoSensitivity, producing Ectopic Action Potentials that occur with greatest frequency during Cervical flexion (i.e., a maneuver that can alter Spinal Cord length by 2 cm).
- L'hermitte's Sign occurs in 33% of MSers and was the presenting symptom in 16%. (Also See: Tic-Douloureux)
i've heard of this MS sighn that you posted on house ha ha but aside from that i didn't know what it was all about
my kids joke that I am House.
I guess it's one of two things.. either I stretched the spinal cord, or I 'dinged' it with the vertebrae.