Parkinson's Disease Support Group
Parkinson's disease is a movement disorder often characterized by muscle rigidity, tremor, a slowing of physical movement, and in extreme cases, a loss of physical movement. The primary symptoms of Parkinsons are due to excessive muscle contraction, normally caused by the insufficient formation and action of dopamine, which is produced in the dopaminergic neurons of the...
Having significant stiffness & ache in right wrist for quite a while. Notice when I turn my hand like when tightening or loosening a nut or screw it goes in little jerks instead of smoothly. I can actually see and feel my hand jerk when doing this. It almost feels like the teeth meshing between two gears. It's most in the right hand and a little bit in the left hand. I was wondering it might be Cogwheel Rigidity.
If that is what it is, I've got it in my left hand., for quite a while. I recall trying to wipe down some logs in a log cabin using my left hand, and it was like pushing a stuck vacuum cleaner along a flat carpet. Very jerky and slow.
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Brer T
When it rains it pours. I guess it's just part of the progression. I used to do a lot of physical labor using my hands, welding, construction, fabrication etc. I wonder if that's why certain symptoms progress faster than others.