Activity-Restore model, was: Re: Is anyone home?

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Hi a,

What I learned this year is that resting or let the body restore is

important to all therapies.

Even for medication use, roadback founddation uses Sat,Sun abx free.

Assuming that your are using proper meds and don't have an acute medical

condition.

If the system don't have enough rest you will get reactions and adding

more meds makes it worse.

If you push your training or therapy or the system to much, you much you

will get reactions.

All training are pushing otherwise you wouldn't call it training or therapy.

Activities in different forms are necesary and MUST be followed of by

'restore time' .

The diffulties is to know the bounderies and know how to move between them.

I hope this makes sense, otherwise ask.

This model was proposed to me by a psychologist as a model to to

recovery, I have found it to be very useful.

I use a model of LEFT and RIGHT boundery on a horizontal line to make it

easier to handle

different aspects of rehabilation and reactions that may occur.

LEFT is when I feel good, no pain etc.

RIGHT is worse possible pain, difficulites walking, Vision problem etc.

The ZONE between LEFT and RIGHT is were I can exist and I can affect the

ZONE to be wider by moving

LEFT to left and RIGHT to right, eventually RIGHT will disapear.

I have a toolbox that I use to affekt the ZONE.

ABX and pills is one of several tools.

Controlling or limiting Sensory input is an other tool.

Ligth, sound, smell, balance, pain is sensory input.

In the beginning RIGHT was on LEFT side and everything was pain,

tiredness and confusion and unpredictable.

Today I have LEFT on the LEFT side and know how to get from RIGHT to

LEFT or the reverse.

What I learned by experince at vidarkliniken is the importans of resting

or relexing and of activity combined.

They also stress the point of having good cirkulation(warm hands and

feet). In a week my hands was warm.

I'm not sure of the science behind it but this article about Sensory

input research and

deprivation/ relaxation may explain a little

http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/sensory-deprivation?utm_term=rest & utm_medi\

um=mw & utm_campaign=article

In the 1950s, sensory deprivation experiments were conducted to

determine the effects of

restricted environmental stimulation on mental and physical functions.

I'm not advocating that type of floating tank thearapy, there are better

ways. I want to stress the importance of

sensory input and the effect of the body and the 'Activity - Restore'

balance.

Balance training can be done in a number of ways, for me it didn't have

any lasting effect using physical training

until I combined it with 'resting'. Then I noticed a difference in about

10 weeks and that is continuing to improve.

With physical therapy you exercise the central nervous system and it

needs an appropiate amount of

restore time(resting) that is different from your other area of you body.

/Per

pjeanneus wrote:

>Hi Per,

>So nice to hear from you. Your idea of resting in the dark is

>instinctively what I feel I need. But instead I am being pushed to do

>balance training in physical therapy. I think the balance training

>has helped me regain strength and improved my balance but I still

>have a constant headache and aching on the side of my face where the

>dental work was done.

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>I'll write more later this week.

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>a

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>>Hi a,

>>I'm doing above expectations, I'm on some medications as before.

>>My private MD had to move to germany.

>>My MD in healtcare has taken over the prescription.

>>I did an experiment with changing the B12 injections from one a

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>>once every 14 days.

>>10 days was ok(I year ago i didn't manage 5 days). At seconds

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>period of

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>>14 days apart there was problem.

>>The result of the experiment was that my left hand started to shake

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>>much that i couldn't drink water.

>>I rested to manage the B12 injection and 3 hours of rest later I

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>was OK.

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>>That convinced my healtcare MD that I do need B12 and that it's

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>vital to

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>>continue my meds.

>>Apparently the B12 is stored/accumualted in differnets parts of the

>>body. The myelin of the nervs being the last resort.

>>I will look into the metabolism of B12 as there are a diffenence

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>>the different forms of B12.

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>>Pennys advice sound OK and i parrallell

>>restoring your body may be your best bet.

>>If you have a way of getting back to base ( " normal " ), use that. For

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>me

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>>its to stay in a dark room and reduce all

>>neuro stimuli. Usually I sleep or listen to podcast. Or to an audio

>>book. I rest until I can understand and follow without falling

>>asleep. The I contintue to rest some hours more.(This is me reset

>>seqeuense for getting back to base). I continue this for atleast

>>3 days and gradullaly increase the normal activity, using pacing

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>technics.

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>>I have found an intressesting neurological podcast.

>>http://www.medicalnewspodcast.com/stat.html

>>http://www.medicalnewspodcast.com/media/stat071406.mp3 is about

>>borrelia cysts and dementia (alzheimer) it's about what infections

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>>causing it's an intervju with Mc.

>>He finds infections may be one of causes for alzheimer.

>>Borrelia in alzheimer and finds intressesting things in 7/10 of the

>>patients.

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>>/Per

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>>pjeanneus wrote:

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>>>Hello all,

>>>I haven't seen a post in some time. How is everyone doing?

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>>>I am having ongoing problems with a tooth that has a very

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>sensitive

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>>>nerve, but supposedly no infection. The 3 dentists don't think my

>>>vertigo has anything to do with my dental work. They want me to

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>see a

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>>>neurologist.

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>>>Help!

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>>>a Carnes

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