My sensory cortex supposedly was not affected but is less than before so I am assuming that it was routed thru the motor cortex across the central sulcus to get to the correct nerve endings. And since the motor cortex is mostly dead I have to find a new pathway to those nerves. This is rather depressing that I have to do all this self-diagnosis myself. I take a fingernail brush and run it across my left hand. In the shower I hold my left hand under the shower spray. I haven't yet gotten to the thermal stimulation yet, that is dunking your hand in ice water alternating with warm/hot water.
A hot/cold session consisted of two alternating cycles performed five days a week for six weeks. The sessions lasted between 20 minutes and 30 minutes. Thermal packs were wrapped in towels, and applied to the patient's hand and wrist. The hot pack was 167 degrees Fahrenheit, while the cold pack was just below 32 degrees Fahrenheit.
A lot of these ideas came from Sensory re-education of the hand after stroke by Yekeutiel, Margaret.
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