help managing patient with left lower limb paralysis post spinal cord edema

[The therapist]

hi ........
thanks for your suggestions , but can u tell me more about the sensory rehabilitation and its effect ,
thanx alot....

[clarett]

Try stroking the skin with a very soft material e.g. a feather then gradually progress to a rougher material and using different textures. I tend to find proximal to distal more stimulating. The idea is to stimulate the sensory system i.e. start the nerves firing with 2 aims - to help reduce parasthesia and to stimulate the underlying muscles depending of your stimulating the flexor extensor surface.

If you can tell us what the motor deficit is and where/what kind of parasthesia he has I could be more specific

[clarett]

Have a look at this article:
Brain (2004), 127, 1403-1414
Three exercise paradigms differentially improve sensory recovery after spinal cord contusion in rats

[junior_physiotherapist]

Have a look at this article:
Brain (2004), 127, 1403-1414
Three exercise paradigms differentially improve sensory recovery after spinal cord contusion in rats

Hallo clarett,

would u plz kindly show us the own site of that article above !!

Thanks in anticepation
Regards