Constraint Induced Movement Therapy

There is a doctor in Baltimore called Dr. Edward Taub and he has a clinic that practices Constraint Induced Movement Therapy  or (CI) Therapy on people who have experienced strokes and people who attend his clinic show increase in movement.

On page 132 of Dr. Norman Doidges book "The Brain that Changes Itself" he tells a story about Michael Bernstein M.D. who had experienced a stroke but after CI Therapy this is what he wrote about Dr. Bernstein:

He is now back working running his busy office.  He is also playing tennis three days a week.  He still has dome trouble running and is working out to strengthen a weakness in his left leg that wasn't fully treated at the Taub Clinic - which has since begun a speical proram for people with paralyzed legs.

He has a few residual problems.  He finds that his left arm doens't quite feel normal, as is typical after CI therapy .  Yet when I had him write his ABCs with his left hand, they looked well shaped, and I neer would have guessed he'd had a strok or that he was right-handed.

I think that every person who has experienced strokes should have access to CI Therapy.  We need to find a way to bring this therapy to Canada.

If you would like to read more about Dr. Taub's Clinic in Baltimore follow this link: http://www.health.uab.edu/16193/

Also don't forget to read Dr. Norman Doidges book The Brain That Changes Itself and his website http://www.normandoidge.com/normandoidge/ABOUT_THE_AUTHOR.html