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Hi Cin....it's janet (jazz) from the other board you used to post on a long time ago.

Anyway, I've had acupressure, acupuncture, etc, etc, etc. Acupressure always helped me when I had a bad headache, but no one has ever used it to help my lousy legs.

Do I think it will change things ultimately? Not really. BUT, I don't think it will hurt to try!
Yes, Jan, I recognized your smile immediately. I feel the same way but I'm curious if anyone has ever actually noticed results. The poor girl knows nothing about MS and has some pie-in-the-sky healing ideas.

I might just go for some bee stings.

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What's involved in acupressure, Cindy? Is it needles, or deep massages, or ? Where do they "apply" the treatment?

Cherie
It's based on the points of acupuncture but uses pointed pressure rather than the traditional needles. This gal is a fantastic massage therapist and a big believer in the whole "healing arts/holistic" theme. I'll let her do it for fun and see if I can't get a little placebo effect if nothing else.

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Can't help you with acupressure C, but it is possible to train your brain to use other neural pathways. My mom's neuro talks about focusing on the part you want to move and "talking to it" (this neuro is a hoot!). In PT, I'd work with a woman with dead legs (she had MS) as well as very weak trunk strength. We focused on rolling over If I'd initiate the motion, she could often pick it up once it had been started. By the end of the therapy that day, she could do it herself. Initiating the movement (with your own hands to move the leg) if necessary and then focusing on it/talking to it to finish the movement without assistance really does help to retrain the neural pathways around damaged areas. Won't be perfectly good as new, but it will make things easier.
I'm absolutely convinced of it, Gretata, I have taught myself to do so many things just out of necessity, it's phenomenal what our minds are capable of doing when we enlist them. I haven't figured out a way to do vertical leg lifting and often resort to the nylon leg lifter.
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