Stroke survivors now turn to
traditional Chinese cures combined with modern technology to speed up recovery
and reclaim their lives. Chinese medical theory cites that excesses or
deficiencies in food intake, work, exercise, emotions, and so on, can cause
illness. More people are discovering just how effective modern alternative
health and therapeutic treatment is in healing ailment raging from tension and
fatigue to pain and serious illness like strokes.
Majority of stroke patients are left
with some forms of permanent disability that interferes with normal daily
activities, such as walking, speech, vision, understanding, reasoning and
memory. To ease their condition there is various treatments and rehabilitation
involves using a mirror. It is believed that if a person who has had a stroke
watches how the unaffected side of his or her body moves, it can give visual
clues to help the person move the affected side.
Traditional Chinese medicine which
is acupuncture employs the additional use of a machine to stimulate the needles
and, in effect, provide relief where needed. Acupuncture is one Chinese
treatment, which has been intensively researched on, challenged and
corroborated by western doctors. The journal of American Association of
Anatomist indicated that acupuncture points correspond to areas where
connective tissues are thickest and which contains many nerve endings. Far from
being a fleeting trend, acupuncture has become an accepted health care
practice. It involves science intersecting with nature.
Electrotherapy is among the
services, which offers holistic and integrated approach based on the intrinsic
flow- and – energy balance theory of health and healing. It has proven to be a
very effective treatment, especially when administered within one year after a
person suffers a stroke. It is able to help improve blood circulation, speech,
and motor facilities. A stoke is a brain damage cause by lack of blood flow to
a portion of the brain. It results in permanent damage to the brain tissue- and
in many cases permanent disability for the patient. In addition to physical
consequences like speech disability and paralysis, stroke survivors often deal
with the psychological effects, like feeling depressed, angry and frustrated at
their inability to perform tasks that, before the stroke were easy or
automatic.
The person’s
general ability to take part in a rehabilitation program after the stroke is
important consideration when decisions are being made about rehabilitation.
Rehabilitation begins as soon as possible after a person is admitted to the
hospital
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