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Stroke Community
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by vja, Feb 26, 2007 12:00AM
To: charlz145
My mother had a stroke 4 years ago, right side paralyzed and cannot speak. Her arm and leg also go rigid when she is at all experiencing anxiety which is almost all the time. We have been doing Botox shots in her arm and leg for almost a year...we go once a month alternating between her arm and her leg. We find that the Botox does losen up the muscles a bit, but not completely. It losens up her foot enough for us to be able to get it in her brace AFO..without Botox, it is almost impossible to get it in the brace. Botox in her arm does losen up her hand so it is not fisted, but if she is anxious her fingers will fist up. Botox does NOT allow movement. I am not a Dr., but I have been told that "tone" or "rigidness" in the leg and arm are caused by the brain sending "too much" signals to the affected muscles...the Botox blocks some of these signals allowing the muscles to relax to a certain degree. Botox also does not last...you have to keep doing it. Your post helped me...since my mother cannot speak, I thought that the tone "kicked" in when she was scared or anxious...your post confirmed that. Do you have pain in your affected arm or leg? Do you have feeling in the affected side? Thanks. Vicki.
by Tressa999, Mar 14, 2007 12:00AM
To: charlez145
You might check out www.brainstrokes.com I have seen many stroke survivors who had no or little movement on affected side who have regained a great deal of that movement using Vasa Method. My husband has had a fall and head injury which has interrupted his progress, but even he has more movement on affected side than when he began program.
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