Strokes

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Strokes

 

 

Stroke & brain injury recovery

 

Etanercept (Enbrel) is a TNF blocker usually used to treat autoimmune arthritis symptoms. With a 25mg perispinal injection (with 5 minute tilt) people often get immediate relief of physical & neurological symptoms of stroke & some brain injuiries after 10 minutes, repeated up to every 3-4 weeks.

It appears to greatly help behavior, vision, physical movement of affected areas, central post-stroke pain syndrome (CPSP), cognitive function, mood, sensory deficits, spatial orientation, & speech.

 

 

Tobinick EL. Perispinal Delivery of CNS Drugs. CNS Drugs. 2016 Jun;30(6):469-80. doi: 10.1007/s40263-016-0339-2. PMID: 27120182; PMCID: PMC4920856. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4920856/
Ignatowski TA, Spengler RN, Dhandapani KM, Folkersma H, Butterworth RF, Tobinick E. Perispinal etanercept for post-stroke neurological and cognitive dysfunction: scientific rationale and current evidence. CNS Drugs. 2014 Aug;28(8):679-97. doi: 10.1007/s40263-014-0174-2. PMID: 24861337; PMCID: PMC4110406. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4110406/
Ian A Clark (2020) Randomized controlled trial validating the use of perispinal etanercept to reduce post-stroke disability has wide-ranging implications, Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 20:3, 203-205, DOI: tandfonline.com/action/showCitFormats?doi=10.1080%2F14737175.2020.1727742 10.1080/14737175.2020.1727742 
Edward Tobinick (2018) Perispinal etanercept advances as a neurotherapeutic, Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, 18:6, 453-455, DOI: 10.1080/14737175.2018.1468253
Stephen J. Ralph, Andrew Weissenberger, Ventzislav Bonev, Liam D. King, Mikaela D. Bonham, Samantha Ferguson, Ashley D. Smith, Adrienne A. Goodman-Jones & Anthony J. Espinet (2020) Phase I/II parallel double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial of perispinal etanercept for chronic stroke: improved mobility and pain alleviation, Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs, 29:3, 311-326, DOI: 10.1080/13543784.2020.1709822

drugs.com/medical-answers/etanercept-work-stroke-recovery-3572317/

 

Treatment-

strokebreakthrough.com

 

 

Mirror therapy

 

A special box which makes the better arm/hand look like the other hand via a mirror can improve movements in the affected hand.

 

 

Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT)

 

Avoiding use of the nonaffected hand or foot can speed up recovery significantly, especially with essential tasks for survival like eating.  People can even tie their better hand to their side or behind them & that seems to speed up the brain reprogramming to the affected hand much more quickly.

 

Active-Passive Bilateral Therapy

APBT has one hand immediately mimick a movement of the other hand to strengthen neural associations.

 

 

TENS

TENS Therapy, or Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation sends signals that can crowd out pain & numbness for people with a stroke.

 

FES

FES (Functional Electrical Stimulation) is placed to cause muscle contraction, which can help if the person tries to contract the muscle at the same time the stimulation is happening.  Some devices just aid contraction when the person initiates it voluntarily.

 

saebo.com/blog/guide-recovering-hand-function-stroke/

 

About the author

MD has worked through severe lifelong developmental disabilities (and a brain injury) with much more success than the medical press suggests is possible. He is motivated to share his research and personal experiences with everyone who wants it, and doesn't solicit payment.

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