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Author: phil keane-egan |
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Date Posted: 03:28:37 09/25/03 Thu I am an Irish nurse RGN, RM, BNS, diploma in counselling and have just completed a course in Reflexology in Ireland. I have also worked with Acupressure over the years. My question surrounds a very good friend who is a 48 year old male and is now five months following a severe stroke which has left a dense paralysis down his left side. He was discharged from conventional medical therapy as they felt nothing further could be done to help him, he does however attend a physiotherapist once weekly. He has full sensation in both arms and legs which never diminished and his underlying condition is overall good. He has however a large degree of muscle wasting in a short period of time. He is tall and thin and had been very physically active with a cholesterol of 3 and a normal blood pressure. He did have antithrombolytic therapy in the first three hours of his stroke but the hospital have said that it was a large clot which caused considerable damage. I have been working on both his feet for the past month and found the left foot was initially very flaccid with a degree of foot drop. After the second treatment there were three areas on his left foot, the top of the toe, the lumbar spine and the pancreas, which when pressure was applied caused an involuntary jerk which originated from the hip area. Subsequent treatments have increased this involuntary movement and there are more areas which produce this involuntary movement. This spasm type involuntary movement is not present only when I am giving the reflexology treatment. The foot drop is now resolving and the client can hold his knee when standing for physiotherapy. As this is the first case of paralysis that I have worked with I have searched the internet looking for advice to follow in this treatment which I was initially doing for relaxation and these findings have prompted me to look around for answers. I have purchased the book reflexotherapy of the feet by Hanna Marquardt which deals with stroke victims but quite briefly and I am following the recommendations in this book. I would be very grateful if you could furnish me with any information on the course a treatment should follow which could help this client either through other books or articles or published research which I can access on line. I would greatly appreciate any help in this matter as this is a young man with a young family who is now confined to a wheelchair . Thank you for your time Sincerely Phil [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |