Project Walk®- Spinal Cord Injury Recovery

Neuro Acupuncture Associates
Acupuncture awakens the nervous system, stimulating impulses along both sensory and motor pathways, and helps to enhance the beneficial effects of the Project Walk® exercise program.

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Power Plate

The PowerPlate is a unique device which vibrates in 3 planes: up/down, front/back, and side/side. The exact effects this has on the body are currently still under study. What is known is that it lowers the excitation threshold of reflexes and it helps potentiate the stretch reflex. It also makes demands on the neuromuscular system via the muscle spindle and golgi tendon organ to attenuate the vibration and to maintain balance. The PowerPlate has an additional effect on motor learning by causing recruitment of inactive motor units.

Deep Muscle Stimulator (D.M.S.)

The D.M.S has joined the family of innovative tools used at Project Walk®. The D.M.S provides deep muscle tissue with kinetic forms of percussion and concussion vibration, which in turn facilitates the client with the benefits of:

Increased strength
Increased circulation
Reduced pain
Helps breakdown dysfunctional muscle tissue due to spasms and tone
Increased lymphatic flow

The Project Walk® staff has started using the D.M.S with different levels of Injuries and different levels of recovery. We are excited about the initial results. And have begun logging the results to gain further understanding of how this tool benefits our clients.

Massage

Daniel Sarinana is a Certified Massage Therapist specializing in Deep Tissue Sculpting Massage.

Sculpting is a massage focusing on the deeper tissues of the body. It is characterized by firm, constant compressions and strokes applied along the length of and parallel to the muscle fibers. Sculpting is intended to affect the deeper structures of the musculoskeletal system, whereby pressure is placed at the origin and insertion sites of the muscle. I use my fingers, knuckles, elbows, forearm, and the heels of my hands to manipulate the musculoskeletal/nervous systems in order to provide relief of pain and discomfort.

Electronic Stimulation Bike

Functional Electrical Stimulation is a method of applying low level electrical currents to the body to restore or improve function. FES applied near the muscle or nerve can substitute artificial electrical signals for the missing normal motor signals. The artificial impulses make the muscle contract. In the case of the FES Bike, FES is used to stimulate patterned movement of the legs (cycling). This has been shown to do the following:

Relax muscle spasms
Prevent or reduce disuse muscle atrophy
Increase blood circulation
Maintain or increase range of motion

You use the RT300-S right from your wheelchair - no transfer is required. The height adjustment system allows the RT300-S to fit your wheelchair. Simply secure your feet in the pedals and support your legs with the leg guides. Surface electrodes will be placed on your skin over leg muscle groups, and are connected by a set of cables. A computer controls the stimulation patterns being sent to your legs, producing a smooth pedaling motion. And you are on your way.

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