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stacey
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:29 am
by admin
how does the e-stim work? Does this help get signal back to the muscle? Stacey
Re: stacey
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 10:14 am
by 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.
Re: stacey
Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 11:57 am
by 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