A new trial in the Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine investigates whether transcutaneous electrical stimulation, when applied to acupuncture points in patients after acute stroke, decreases spasticity and/or increases muscle strength more effectively than placebo stimulation and standard rehabilitation.
What does this mean for Stroke survivors? That the ability to move comfortably and have the ability to move their limbs, talk, move and live their lives closer to normal may be able to be affected by regular acupuncture with electrical stimulation.
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My acupuncturist said that if she could’ve treated me within three days of my stroke, she would’ve completely restored my functional abilities. Do you think there’s really a timit [I typed that word by accident, but it's so delightful I left it; it's a contraction of "time" and "limit"
] for the effectiveness of acupuncture for stroke?
Nina,
It is true that acupuncture can be very effective in post stroke treatment. Always with stroke, time plays a huge factor in how much damage is done and how long it will last, and if given acupuncture quickly, it can definitely help to repair the damage done.
So the answer is yes, the “timit” does apply.