- A practical and informative guide for both the patient and therapist providing a series of exercises that target the most important muscles for those with spastic paresis
- By following this self-rehabilitation guide patients will see continued improvement in their muscle functioning
- The guide includes a personal log for patients to record their passive stretches and active training classified by lower and upper limb
This book is an informative guide for both the patient and therapist, and provides a series of exercises that target the most important muscles for those with spastic paresis. Actively practicing the exercises prescribed in this self-rehabilitation manual will allow the patient to see continued improvement in their muscle functioning.
Spastic paresis is the consequence of a central nervous system disorder such as a stroke, traumatic brain or spinal cord injury, multiple sclerosis, or a tumor of the nervous system, conditions that may have occurred in childhood or adulthood. In spastic paresis two problems coexist: the word 'paresis' means that when the brain sends a command to a muscle to contract, this order is incompletely received by the muscle; the word 'spastic' indicates that at the same time muscles cannot relax normally and have a tendency to be spontaneously overactive.
A daily program of prolonged stretching and an intensive motor training program using unassisted large amplitude rapid alternating movements is recommended to gradually increase brain command effectiveness.
Table of Contents- Lower limb anatomical review
- Upper limb anatomical review
