Spinal Cord Injury
01 Spinal Cord Injury Meaning
Often caused by a car or sporting accident, spinal cord injury is extremely serious. When cervical discs are injured, compression fractures may cause permanent disability. Also, hernias or bulges of intervertebral discs may cause spinal cord compression. Common symptoms of spinal injuries include arm and leg paralysis or weakness, difficulty breathing, tingling, numbness, or pain in affected limbs, and incontinence of both bowel and urine. Modern medicine has not yet found a cure for spinal cord injury. The majority of treatments available in Western medicine involve drugs or surgery and are often ineffective.
02 Scalp Acupuncture
Scalp acupuncture is an effective therapy for spinal cord injury. Having proven effective through clinical results recorded over the last 35 years, it can effectively stimulate the paralyzed area in order to restore the body’s energy flow to a normal state so that the body can heal itself. In other words, scalp acupuncture is able to treat the cause and thus heal the injury. It is also the most useful technique for the patient to improve quickly in the initial visits. In our practice, the combination of scalp acupuncture and regular body acupuncture ensures the best results, especially for the further recovery of paralyzed fingers and toes.
03 Spinal Cord Injury Treatment
Our Naturopathic Doctor and Masseuse at the clinic provide adjunctive care to address Spinal Cord Injury using natural herbals, supplements, massage, cupping, water therapy, nutritional counselling, lifestyle counselling, traditional Chinese herbals as well as using Clinical Medicine. We pride ourselves in working with your medical doctor to understand all your lab reports, tests, imaging as well as your medications, past medical history and current status to deliver the best care possible.
Brain Exercises For Stroke Recovery
Training Exercises for Stroke Patients - Here are some great cognitive training exercises: Card Matching, Visual/Spatial Processing Games, Alphabetize Sentences, Counting Money, Brain Teasers, Simon Memory Game, Board Games, Strategy Games. Repetition is key to recover after stroke, including cognitive rehabilitation. Our therapy with a speech-language pathologist that can create a custom regimen that targets your problem areas. If you do not have access to a therapist, try using an app created by speech-language pathologists.