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What is Mirror Box Therapy?
What is Mirror Box Therapy?
Saebo Mirror Box is a scientifically proven treatment tool used to speed up and improve motor function following stroke and other neurological disorders. During Mirror Therapy, the user places their affected limb inside the mirror box and their unaffected hand and forearm in front of the mirror. While looking at the image in the mirror, the client is then directed to perform movement with their unaffected hand in front of the mirror while simultaneously attempting to copy the movement with their hidden affected hand. Mirror Therapy helps program the brain to perceive the affected limb as the healthy one creating the illusion that both limbs are working normally.
What Does Research Say About Mirror Therapy?
What does research say about mirror therapy?
The scientific community is overwhelmingly in agreement about the effects of Mirror Therapy and stroke upper limb recovery. According to research, there is strong evidence that mirror therapy can improve arm and hand motor function following stroke.
Studies show that Mirror Box Therapy can help with reorganizing the damaged part of the brain, also known as neuroplasticity, as well as improving motor recovery and function.
Commonly known benefits include:
• Improve motor function
• Reduce neglect
• Improve sensation
• Reduce spasticity
• Reduce pain
Evidence-Based Review of Stroke Rehabilitation
Heart and Stroke Foundation – Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery
www.ebrsr.com
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What is Mirror Box Therapy?
What is Mirror Box Therapy?
Saebo Mirror Box is a scientifically proven treatment tool used to speed up and improve motor function following stroke and other neurological disorders. During Mirror Therapy, the user places their affected limb inside the mirror box and their unaffected hand and forearm in front of the mirror. While looking at the image in the mirror, the client is then directed to perform movement with their unaffected hand in front of the mirror while simultaneously attempting to copy the movement with their hidden affected hand. Mirror Therapy helps program the brain to perceive the affected limb as the healthy one creating the illusion that both limbs are working normally.
What Does Research Say About Mirror Therapy?
What does research say about mirror therapy?
The scientific community is overwhelmingly in agreement about the effects of Mirror Therapy and stroke upper limb recovery. According to research, there is strong evidence that mirror therapy can improve arm and hand motor function following stroke.
Studies show that Mirror Box Therapy can help with reorganizing the damaged part of the brain, also known as neuroplasticity, as well as improving motor recovery and function.
Commonly known benefits include:
• Improve motor function
• Reduce neglect
• Improve sensation
• Reduce spasticity
• Reduce pain
Evidence-Based Review of Stroke Rehabilitation
Heart and Stroke Foundation – Canadian Partnership for Stroke Recovery
www.ebrsr.com
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Foot Drop. What is it and how does it affect your recovery?
Foot Drop. What is it and how does it affect your recovery?
Foot drop, also known as dropped foot or drop foot, is the inability to raise the front part of the foot due to weakness or paralysis of the muscles that lift the foot (National Institute of Neurological Disorders). Consequentially, people who have foot drop scuff their toes along the ground; they may also bend their knees to lift their foot higher than usual to avoid the scuffing, which causes what is called a "steppage" gait.
What Causes Foot Drop?
What Causes Foot Drop?
Nerve injury
Most commonly, foot drop is caused by an injury to the peroneal nerve. The peroneal nerve is a branch of the sciatic nerve that wraps from the back of the knee to the front of the shin. Because it sits very close to the surface, it may be damaged easily.
Conditions that cause the muscles to progressively weaken or deteriorate may cause foot drop. Disorders may include muscular dystrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease).
Brain or spinal disorders
Neurological conditions can contribute to foot drop. Conditions may include stroke, multiple sclerosis (MS), cerebral palsy and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Foot Drop Treatment Options
Foot Drop Treatment Options
Therapy to strengthen your foot, ankle and lower leg muscles
Wearing a brace or ankle-foot orthosis to support your foot in a normal position
Functional electrical stimulation can help lift the foot during mobility
Surgery to fuse the ankle or foot bones may be possible in severe or long-term cases
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Foot Drop. What is it and how does it affect your recovery?
Foot Drop. What is it and how does it affect your recovery?
Foot drop, also known as dropped foot or drop foot, is the inability to raise the front part of the foot due to weakness or paralysis of the muscles that lift the foot (National Institute of Neurological Disorders). Consequentially, people who have foot drop scuff their toes along the ground; they may also bend their knees to lift their foot higher than usual to avoid the scuffing, which causes what is called a "steppage" gait.
What Causes Foot Drop?
What Causes Foot Drop?
Nerve injury
Most commonly, foot drop is caused by an injury to the peroneal nerve. The peroneal nerve is a branch of the sciatic nerve that wraps from the back of the knee to the front of the shin. Because it sits very close to the surface, it may be damaged easily.
Conditions that cause the muscles to progressively weaken or deteriorate may cause foot drop. Disorders may include muscular dystrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease).
Brain or spinal disorders
Neurological conditions can contribute to foot drop. Conditions may include stroke, multiple sclerosis (MS), cerebral palsy and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease.
Foot Drop Treatment Options
Foot Drop Treatment Options
Therapy to strengthen your foot, ankle and lower leg muscles
Wearing a brace or ankle-foot orthosis to support your foot in a normal position
Functional electrical stimulation can help lift the foot during mobility
Surgery to fuse the ankle or foot bones may be possible in severe or long-term cases
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