Thursday, March 6, 2014

Poor muscle tone with Aspergers Syndrome

An interesting article on what "poor muscle tone" means by Gavin Bollard:

"Low muscle tone refers mainly to the distribution of muscles on the body, their initial state, speed and stamina. The affected muscles can be "trained" but that training won't come from sport or from and normal gym/weight training. It comes from some very specialized training - and it won't be 100% effective. In young children, the problems of low muscle tone will reduce in severity as they get older - up to about the age of 10, though aspies will likely continue to adjust and compensate for the rest of their lives."
Read the full article here:

http://life-with-aspergers.blogspot.co.uk/2008/04/what-does-low-muscle-tone-hyptonia-mean.html

How this affects me:

I have always had very flexible finger, toe and ankle joints. I also have quite poor fine motor skills and the combination of the two means that I have posture, grip and occasional injury issues. Its not the end of the world, but it is definitely a feature of my Aspergers.

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