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Friday, October 4, 2013

Molly Moore: Stroke patient receives 'space therapy'

Sounds like a form of torture to me. But probably extremely efficient in getting people to use their bad side.  I wonder where the oxygen therapy was proven to work.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-24394716
One thousand miles from home, in a small town in Slovakia, a 10-year-old girl from Cambridgeshire is hard at work.
Molly Moore, from Offord Cluny, is like many other little girls - she loves chips and horses and One Direction.
But just after her sixth birthday Molly suffered a stroke as a result of a condition that had been dormant since birth, leaving her unable to swallow, speak or walk.
Since then, her parents have devoted themselves to her rehabilitation.
Although Molly's condition has improved - she can now walk down a lengthy corridor - her parents decided to bring her to the Adeli Medical Centre in Piestany, a world-renowned neuro-rehabilitation clinic that is the only place in Europe to offer a special "space medicine" treatment.
Hard graft They heard about the treatment through other rehabilitation centres they have been to.

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Maxim Raskin
The suit basically constrains her as it imitates artificial gravity”
Maxim Raskin Director, Adeli Medical Centre
The trip and the treatment has cost about £4,000, with friends, family and the local community and businesses clubbing together to make it possible.
Molly's treatment programme is hard graft. It starts at 07:30 BST and finishes at 14:00 with just 30 minutes break.
She is strapped into a blue suit that resists her every move. It is similar to that worn by astronauts to prevent muscle wastage caused by lack of gravity.
Every buckle is pulled tight, every elastic cord is taut.
The physiotherapy consists of endless repetitions, lifting, turning and bending Molly's arms and legs.
Molly counts carefully, but sometimes it is too much.
She says it hurts and she has tears in her eyes.
Maxim Raskin, the centre's director, says it is like training a sportsman.
"It feels like a heavy load," he said.
"The suit basically constrains her as it imitates artificial gravity. It basically pushes her to the ground and makes her resist that weight and in that sense trains her body for better walking and keeping her body up straight."

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  1. AmyOctober 5, 2013 at 8:52 PM

    Geez, that does seem like torture. How in the world I wonder do they get a 10 year-old to understand why she has to do that.

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