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Rachel had a reduced range of movement in her arm, wrist and hand. Her muscle weakness in her whole right upper limb made movements slower and more effortful.
Over the next 3 weeks we worked together with Rachel to get her arm as strong and mobile as we could.
CIMT involves rehab of the weaker arm or hand whilst constraining the stronger arm in a light weight cast. Constraining Rachel’s good arm allowed Rachel to focus on only using her affected arm in activities and increase her awareness of her right upper limb.
Learn MoreThis stimulates the formation of new pathways for movement which rewires the brain. With Rachel, we focused on improving the use of her hand with aim to increase finger and thumb strength, dexterity and function. Throughout we saw improvements in Rachel’s hand and arm to pincer grip and shoulder strength.
14.3%
General Usage Items 
33.3%
Arm Use Items
25%
Grasp-Release (items)
75%
Grasp Release
42.9%
Coordination
40%
Pace items
I really enjoyed working with Rachel. She was a very happy girl and always happy to give anything a go. Rachel worked hard to achieve her goals. The increase in strength and the dexterity which Rachel was able to improve in the 3 weeks time was the thing that really impressed me
Learn MoreI really enjoyed working with Rachel. She was a very happy girl and always happy to give anything a go.
Elliot - Rachel's Therapist
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