The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #41577   Message #603543
Posted By: Pip Freeman
04-Dec-01 - 03:09 PM
Thread Name: Help: Friend has had a stroke
Subject: RE: Help: Friend has had a stroke
Glad to hear things are improving. Hand and foot massage sounds fine, but avoid the palm of the hand and sole of the foot as this stimulates flexion, and encourages the wrong muscle groups. The hand and foot will want to curl up and you need to deter this. So stimulating the extensor sides ( back of the hand and fingers and top of the foot) is good. All the best.