stacey

[admin]

how does the e-stim work? Does this help get signal back to the muscle? Stacey

[admin]

Stacey, James uses e stim on his deltoids, biceps and wrist flexors 30 minutes each, 3x a day. This makes the muscles (contract)? Is that the righ word? Someone help me out here.

[EllenB]

Stacey,

The purpose of estim is to keep the muscle from atrophying so much while waiting for transferred or grafted nerves to grow out & reinnervate the muscle. Since nerves grow so slowly, it's a good idea to keep things going.

Not all doctors support it, but ours does & it can't hurt.

Ellen