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Stroke – The road to recovery

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:37:31 +0000

Stroke recovery is a long road, but one well worth walking. In this video it mentions getting your toes moving is a large part of leaning to walk again. Mirror Box therapy is a great tool to help this.

Road to Recovery Brings Stroke Patient to Brazos Valley Rehab …
Road to Recovery Brings Stroke Patient to Brazos Valley Rehab Center Every 45 seconds someone in the US suffers a stroke and the road to recovery can be.
Foot Pain – http://footpaintalk.com/

Mirror Boxes distributed by End the Pain Project

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:24:47 +0000

Folding Mirror Boxes were donated to the End the Pain Project http://endthepainproject.org by mirrorboxtherpy.com sponsor , Reflex Pain Management ltd www.reflexpainmanagement.com . They have been shipped to the National School for Prosthetists in Hanoi; an NGO in central Vietnam; the Veteran’s Rehabilitation Center in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and they are negotiating a hand loss/phantom pain pilot with a leprosy hospital in West Bengal connected to 16 other leprosy hospitals in Bangladesh.

We wish them all the success with there mirror boxes.

Mirror therapy was first described by V.S. Ramachandran, but has since been proven in the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) / RSD, and stroke rehabilitation, as well as for hand and foot rehabilitation following an injury or surgery. www.mirrorboxtherapy.com is a good place to start; it has lots of information and a link to where you can purchase a mirror box.

Dr. Russ speaking about stroke rehab

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:16:55 +0000

Dr. Russ speaking about stroke rehab at a neurology conference.He speaks of mirror box therapy and that the old way of thinking - that after 6 mouths were will be no more recovery, is just not ture…

Systematic review of the effectiveness of mirror therapy

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 23:45:41 +0000

This review gives an overview of the current state of research regarding the effectiveness of mirror therapy in upper extremity function. This is a great review and worth every $

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a917931179~frm=titlelink

Results. Fifteen studies were identified and reviewed. Five different patient categories were studied: two studies focussed on mirror therapy after an amputation of the upper limb, five studies focussed on mirror therapy after stroke, five studies focussed on mirror therapy with complex regional pain syndrome type 1 (CRPS1) patients, one study on mirror therapy with complex regional pain syndrome type 2 (CRPS2) and two studies focussed on mirror therapy after hand surgery other than amputation.

Mirror therapy improves hand function in subacute stroke

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:14:27 +0000

Mirror therapy improves hand function in subacute stroke: a …
Aim: To evaluate the efficacy of mirror therapy in the upper limb rehabilitation of people with … the mirror group received 30 minutes of mirror therapy …
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Moving the phantom limb

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:53:07 +0000

Sometimes a phantom limb is retracted or curled into a position where it can not be inserted in to a mirror box, this video describes how to get the phantom into a position so mirror box therapy can be used. This is another great video from Andrew T. austin ,

Mirror Box Therapy General Discussion

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:04:42 +0000

Great Discussion on mirror box therapy, but will probably leave you with more questions than answer, But isn’t that what a discussion is all about. Will worth 5 min of your time.

[Question] Manual Magic versus Mirror Box Therapy – SomaSimple …
By mszlazak
[Question] Manual Magic versus Mirror Box Therapy General Discussion.
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Mirror Box Therapy worked for me

Wed, 26 May 2010 11:12:38 +0000

This looks like a great book written by a CRPS sufferer I am sure it will make excellent reading.

“This may not work for everyone* but it worked for me as part of my routine and so long as you have one uninjured hand or foot to reflect, this therapy is not only known to be effective in helping to relieve pain brought on by CRPS, but also where there is paralysis following a stroke (hemiplegia) and of course in alleviating phantom limb pain after amputations (for which it was developed).” extract from http://crps-selfhelp.com/

About The Therapy Mirror and The Book
There are many who generously share their experiences on the net, in blogs and support groups etc, but certainly at the time of my accident and even now …
crps-selfhelp.com/index.php/about

RSD a New Beginning

Tue, 25 May 2010 23:55:18 +0000

A New Beginning: My Life with RSD: Functional Restoration Programs
By TheMatrix777
… visual imagery, expressing emotions, practicing appreciation, nutrition, having a flare-up protocol (duration, frequency, intensity), exercise, modalities distraction, coping beliefs, desensitization, yoga, mirror therapy and more., …
A New Beginning: My Life with RSD – http://thematrix-dreammaker.blogspot.com/

Mirror box therapy on hit TV show house

Tue, 25 May 2010 15:34:29 +0000

Mirror Therapy was used in the hit TV show HOUSE, with dramatic results. This is not a camera or mirror trick it can really produce this kind of result. For those who missed it watch it now but be quick it was remove for the net the last time due to copy right law.