this isn't TCM, but...

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> I have a male patient (18 years old), who was

>paralysed from waist down after an aotumobile

>accident last year. Doctor confirmed he had lost all

>senses waist down. I had giving him acupuncture and

> tui-na sessions for the past one year. Actual he can

>feel all and even can control his bowel and urine

>movement. He is expriencing spasm at the lower limbs.

>Recently the MD gave him medication to relax his

>spasm in the stomach and legs which resulted in him

>being unable to control his bowel movement. And he

>want very much to do away with them. Can anyone give

>me advice on what points to use or ways of tui-na or

>even on herbal medicine, so that i can reduce

> his spasm? Thanks. JingHong

 

I know this isn't TCM, but this group seems like

it might be fairly open to the use of techniques that

work, rather than getting bogged down with stuff

like... " that's not TCM " .

SO, here goes.... I don't know if you are

famillar with the works of Kineseologist Aaron Mattes

but he does alot of stuff with athletes, people with

spinal injury, kids with polio, etc. I have only met

him a couple times (once recently when I went down to

his clinic in Parrish, Fl) and he's done alot of

studies with using stretching to restore the use of

muscles that are experiencing a great deal of

spasticity.

He has had alot of positive results with actively

stretching the muscles to the point where they start

to pull (and then taking them a fraction further) hold

for 2 seconds, then return to neutral and repeat. His

hip routine would start with strapping them to the

table (at the abdomen so they don't twist their body),

and bending the knees towards the body toward the

axillary, then toward the outside edge of the table,

then toward the opposite breast....

Now, many of Aaron's stretches are also assisted

with the client helping, using a heavy 8' rope. The

next would be straighten led and using cord to flex

tows and stretch calves, followed by stretches for

hamstrings... He's got a book if you're interested.

Also, Aaron is open to therapists coming to his

clinic to watch him work....

 

The next thing to consider is talking... What was

his life before the accident? The reason I mention

this is I had a similar client who used to be " billy

bad ass " and then he had an accident. Only the

impression he gave me was he was glad he didn't have

to live up to that reputation anymore. He could move

and feel his toes, but he just wanted feel good

massage. He didn't want to have to live up to the

expectations he had on him before his accident, not to

mention the perks of his new lifestyle... (someone

bathing him, feeding him, check from gov, etc. -his

words).

 

M

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Hello Eric,

 

That is exactly what I have been telling my patient.

When the MD said, " Sorry, you will not feeling any thing below! "

I told him: " We will try, don't give up yet "

Now he can feel, I told him to stretch and do work-out. The most

important part is he has do it himself.

>

> The next thing to consider is talking... What was

> his life before the accident? The reason I mention

> this is I had a similar client who used to be " billy

> bad ass " and then he had an accident. Only the

> impression he gave me was he was glad he didn't have

> to live up to that reputation anymore. He could move

> and feel his toes, but he just wanted feel good

> massage. He didn't want to have to live up to the

> expectations he had on him before his accident, not to

> mention the perks of his new lifestyle... (someone

> bathing him, feeding him, check from gov, etc. -his

> words).

 

 

Yes, I agrred 100% with you on this. He is practically well attended

to at home, ordering every one around, be it his parents, his

siblings.

 

JingHong