[Lady Jane]

Originally Posted by KRS_SN

Festinant gait

Festinant gait is part of the gait disorder types depending on diagnosis:

Hemiplegic gait, Diplegic gait, Neuropathic gait, Myopathic gait, Ataxic gait and finally Parkinsonian gait (Festinant).

[KRS_SN]

Originally Posted by Lady Jane

Festinant gait is part of the gait disorder types depending on diagnosis:

Hemiplegic gait, Diplegic gait, Neuropathic gait, Myopathic gait, Ataxic gait and finally Parkinsonian gait (Festinant).

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My favourite is intermittent relapsing remitting ataxic gait. People walk into the pub with a normal gait though

[Lady Jane]

Originally Posted by KRS_SN

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My favourite is intermittent relapsing remitting ataxic gait. People walk into the pub with a normal gait though

Yes, only a neuro surgeon or a bartender can make a proper call.

[Maynard]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

I never mentioned my root canal without Novocaine. I'm a walking malpractice suit.

On the topic of medical issues, is there an official name for the hand/arm motions of elderly people (not naming a prominent politician as an example) where they walk with their hands forward like they are carrying an invisible walker or bracing themselves for a fall? I caught myself doing that the other day, and want to know what it is to do my homework before an upcoming doctor appointment in a few weeks.....

Bring your doctor the above description and an in person demonstration; and don't let the talk of PD and dementia put you off, there are other benign explanations (if you followed us all around with a camera, most everybody has done that at some time; and what you describe is not really a festinating gait so don't go google crazy on that term).

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by Maynard

Bring your doctor the above description and an in person demonstration; and don't let the talk of PD and dementia put you off, there are other benign explanations (if you followed us all around with a camera, most everybody has done that at some time; and what you describe is not really a festinating gait so don't go google crazy on that term).

I'm already being treated for ET in my left hand that isn't responding to two medications, and just had a blood relative die with Parkinson's last year. My doctor has lousy bedside manners, and has already primed the proverbial pump about the P-word if the ET isn't under control after increased dosages.

Just want to do my homework and bring everything to my next appointment in a few weeks, so that I can have an intelligent conversation about what's going on and the next diagnosis/treatment steps.

I know that it's not intermittent relapsing remitting ataxic gait, because I don't/never drink.....