Trophic stimulation
As I detailed in a previous post Anita’s neurosurgeon was offering to refer her to a plastic surgeon to potentially help improve the balance of her face. As you can imagine surgery is not exactly top of her wish list at the moment. For a long time we have been aware of Diana Farragher and The Lindens Clinic and the work they do. The surgeon thinks it is probably too far down the line for such treatment so having pestered the NHS about it since last year without any referral we decided to go along and see them ourselves. After running some tests on the activity in Anita�s face which demonstrated activity in various parts of her face they concluded it was definitely worth giving trophic stimulation a try. I must say that they are a smashing bunch of people at the clinic and it was worth going there just for the positive energy they generate. We have experienced too much negativity in Anita’s recovery so far even though she is making good strides! We know that plastic surgery will still be something to think about but we can try this until Anita regains her confidence in operations.
The stimulator pictured has small wires with rounded button like metal pads that are taped to the face. These send electrical signals that stimulate the nerves, helping the muscles. That�s about as much as I know for more information I recommend the website. For Anita it�s something that we will have to do every day. There was a time when Anita had something similar used by a physiotherapist on her shoulder. It actually helped with the shoulder position so we know it can actually do something. With different leads we could also use the stimulator on her knee. It is something we could ask when we see future physiotherapists.