What is a limited movement therapy?

Movement therapy induced by restrictions is the physical therapy technique used to help people recover from stroke and other brain and central nervous system injuries. Dr. Edward Taub, a well -known behavioral neuroscientist, has developed this approach to dealing with patients to stop using the more affected limbs. The aim is to achieve a greater physical balance by intensively using their affected limbs for a short time to create more confidence and dexterity. This therapy is available in physical therapy centers around the world and seating can take two to three weeks. The patient wear a strap to reduce the movement of a less affected arm. In physical therapy lasting three to six hours a day, the patient works on repeated tasks with a therapist and works the affected arm to develop greater force and manual dexterity. This can also increase trust and help patients overcome fears of spills and drop things.

Therapy includes homework, tasks that the patient performs at home during therapy. The patient must maintain an activity diary and regularly report to the therapist. Because patients identify weaknesses in their daily routines, the therapist works with the patient to help them overcome. For example, if the patient confesses to using a stronger arm to prepare tea in the morning, the therapist will work with the patient to move on sitting so that the patient can go home and exercise, through the weaker arm until he has more confidence.

In movement therapy, the patient must use a weaker arm because the stronger arm is not available and must regularly solve problems to see how to perform tasks with a more seriously injured limb. It can also help to sprays the ways in the brain. It can restore function to a greater extent than conventional physical therapy and can help patients feel more active and confident in everyday life.

This therapy is intense and can be exhausting for patients. Many patients also express feelings of frustration and process irritation. Home support may include pushing patients to use their weaker limbs, even if they do not want it, and this can cause grudge. Patients may consider it useful to have rotating help from family members during movement therapy caused by restrictions and sometimes traveling for limited movement therapy by eliminating patients from their home environment and allowing them to adapt to an unknown place where their old habits are not so easy to follow.