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Recognise - Limb Laterality application

My physiotherapist is recommending that I give this therapy, "Recognise - Limb Laterality Application" a try.

She says that my since my foot is healed long ago it's my brain we need to work on. Something to do with giving the brain back more definition to try to break the pain signals. Does anyone here have any experience with this type of therapy? It's supposed to lead up to mirror therapy.

Warm wishes.

MsL

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Originally Posted by Mslday (Post 646541)

Interesting subject. This is not to scare you away from this treatment but my wife (who has RSD) had a brief mirror test done. No warning, no therapy leading up to the mirror, the doctor just set a mirror up to reflect her good arm and it put her into a flare quickly. It now frightens her. However, there could be something to this for sure. Those with phantom pain use this kind of treatment also. When it comes to mirror therapy it peaks my interests, not because my wife felt pain from it, its because she reacted to it quickly and others, I've read, have benefited from it. Keep us posted if you choose to try it.

My physiotherapist gave me the disk to download on my computer, she said she thinks I'll just whiz through all the tests and be ready for the mirror test right away.

I set up the program and tried the first test. BTW you can set up the program for either feet or hands. It shows you various pictures of a foot (or hand) and you have to try to recognize if it is the left or the right limb. It was actually quite hard for me and I only scored 60% recognition. I have to get 100% and be able to do that for a week once every hour or so before I can move on to the next level. I think I have a bit more work to do than we both realized.

It's an interesting concept. Here is a link to the group behind it. http://www.noigroup.com It is based on a lot of research done by a fellow named David Butler in Australia.

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The ability to recognise a part of the body as belonging to the left or the right involves brain processes that are important for normal function. In some situations, for example after injury, the ability to recognise body parts as being left or right becomes reduced. Sometimes, the ability to recognise whether a body part is moving to the left or the right becomes reduced. These problems may contribute to pain and loss of function. Getting better at recognising left and right body parts and movements aids recovery from injury and improves performance.

I find it interesting that your wife had such an adverse reaction to the mirror therapy Jimking. Perhaps there is something to this program that could help her towards better function more gradually.

MsL

I have read about this research that is mostly out of Australia. Ultimately, I think it is the retraining of the brain that could offer solutions to our pain.
I read a great book titled "the Body has a Mind of it's Own, that offers indepth research about the plasticity of the brain and how functioning can change by re-aligning brain chemistry without medication. it is written in layman's terms and very readable.

i tried to get some neurofeedback sessions approved by WC but they wouldn't approved a necessary test to map the brain in order to target the problem areas with computerized visuals..

After reading about the Australian program I find myself focussing in on watching people walk with a normal gait and painlessly navigating along, hoping to imprint this visual normalcy into my misfiring nervous system...

I have tried some mirror therapy with my legs, (with an oblong mirror place between my legs) and it so fascinating to see how it looks as though both my legs are 'normal' as I move my right leg and keep my RSD leg still...hoping I can 'fool' my brain into thinking everything's OK now and to stop misfiring!!

My problem is i didn't stick with it as you are supposed to do several sessions a day for the 'retraining' to take hold and be effective.
I hope you have some success with the program...keep us posted!!
hope4theBest :hug: