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Spasticity is a disorder of the central nervous system in which certain muscles continually receive a message to tighten and contract. This causes stiffness or tightness of the muscles and interferes with gait and movement, and sometimes speech.

Symptom severities

Severe	3,632
Moderate	8,887
Mild	7,485
None	3,664

What patients report taking for the purpose of treating Stiffness/Spasticity

What patients report taking for the purpose of treating Stiffness/Spasticity

Reason	# Patients	Percentage of patients
Baclofen	1816
Tizanidine HCl	389
Zanaflex	217
Physical Therapy (PT)	185
Handicap/Disability Parking Permit	182
Walking Stick/Cane	181
Massage Therapy	178
Gabapentin	167
Stretching	156
Range of Motion Exercises	141
Diazepam	135
Clonazepam	131
Physical Exercise	98
Valium	95
Walking cane/rubber tip	83
Flexeril	78
Baclofen Intrathecal pump	67
Yoga	67
Cyclobenzaprine	67
Neurontin	64
Marijuana	61
Skelaxin	57
Klonopin	57
Prednisone	56
Magnesium	46
Physiotherapy	46
Ibuprofen	43
Carbidopa-Levodopa	40
Lyrica	40
Amantadine	37