hey...people...i am new here..if anyone of you can help me out.....i just wanted to know the alternative therapies for spinal avm..after surgery.....this is because my father recovery is going slow
Hi Karan! I am a Spinal AVM survivor myself and can probably help you. Questions, what was the location of your Father's AVM? What problems is he currently experiencing? Is he currently in Physical/Occupational Therapy?
hey thnx....for being there..
really need your suggestions...
as u askd for the location,,"D5 level Dural AV Fistula" this is what doctors hv diagnosed..
we had two unsuccessful embolisation then at last we opted for open surgery...that has become successful...
in begining we had satisfactory result from physiotherapy....bt nw from lyk last one month, the growth hs been stagnant.....he is facing main problem of "stiffness".... i dont want to put him on steroids....plz if u knw any alternative therapies for recovering else cn help me out of overcoming this problem........i ll be very grateful to u....actually i cant see my father limping this way....i cant js take it...i want him to enjoy his lyf...n do whteva he wishes to..
can u help me....
Hi Karan - I didn't have a spinal avm but had at the top of - cerebellum.
I do yoga that I adapted for the floor - this is low impact, yet should keep your father's flexibility and strength up - nothing major, but stretching first thing when he gets up should relieve some stiffness.
Also, you might want to ask your doctor for suggestions, depending on your father's abilities.
Do not do steroids, they don't help, research has proven this. The stiffness is from the nerves trying to heal. The location is C-5 and mine was C-3 thru C-6. Did he lose the use of his arm? If not, then he is very lucky. Yoga, walking, anything helps. My stiffness is gradually going away and I am 19 months post op. It could take 2 to 2 and 1/2 years. My research suggested it was Transverse Myelitis which sets in after the removal of a Spinal AVM. Go ahead and apply for Social Security Disability if it has been 5 months. At this point you are in a waiting game as nerves can take months to years to heal.
Doing Reiki or giving Reiki,individually or in a group, to the person does help…I do that often and it has benefitted me…mine was a left parietal lobe AVM.
hey thnx meenu.....that ws so sweet of you...dt u showd concern..
js wantd to knw litl mre bout it.- hv u experiencd reiki?????...wt kind of supprt it provides....????
lyk my dad has the problm of "stiffness", his lyk inner strength of legs is poor, dts y he cn nt walk proprly.., he uses walker n cn tk nly lyk 20 steps in a row....dt also nt easily..
so reiki cn help me out in these kind of problms
his basically legs are affected due to avm