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, Gait Therapy: It is functional electrical stimulation. I place

electrodes on the muscle that is weak and need awareness and stimulate it with a

button while she weight bears. I chase her 20 min once or twice a week. Gluts

for balance gastrocs for foot drop and lat hamstring for heal strike. OT kinesio

tape bicept where her tone is (tone make muscles weak) and put a functional

piece around her hand and one that starts at the wrist and around her arm to

pull away from the tone. Then she is involved with nice weighted activities:

scooter board, pushing wheelbarrow, or lawn mower, hose pressure spraying or in

the shower, crawling in the tunnel, gymnastics. I find anything heavy really

helps in general for attention and calmness: large nuts on a pencil, weighted

blanket or lap pad, punching bag and small weights.Never forget the importance

of daily stretching, pulling, massaging and rolling them up like hot dogs! I try

to believe it is a lifestyle not just therapy.Diane

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