Brain Injury Support Group
Traumatic brain injury occurs when a sudden trauma causes brain damage. TBI can result from a closed head injury or a penetrating head injury. Symptoms of a TBI can be mild, moderate, or severe, depending on the extent of the damage to the brain. Outcome can be anything from complete recovery to permanent disability or death. A coma can also affect a child's brain.
Has anyone had trouble with muscle atrophy after a tbi? What have you done to deal with the muscel atropy and pain? For some unknow reason my hips whet crooked and my muscles are not strong enough to hold my hips in the correct place... the crocked hips hit nerves! Mercy is is painful. Since my tbi my right side is weaker and i have trouble getting it to become stronger. The muscles on my right side of my body are tighting up. I am doing excersizes daily, and physical therapy and in traction twice a week. My dr does not want to put my on muscle relaxers. I am taking lyrica to help deal with the nerve pain and it helps.
Excersize is the key, every single day! Multiple times a day, it is hard not to over work the muscles that were relaxed for so long I know, short bouts of excersize will help.
When you just can't take it anymore...hot shower or bath (bath works best for me) or a hot tub soak. The heat helps relax the muscles that are having the trouble.
Just to give you an idea...all the toes on one of my feet were curled tight!
I literally had to pull them straight with my fingers. No one gave me any therapy to help I did it myself by applying pressure to them while they were straigtened and did it all the time I wasn't doing something else.
It did take a while a long while, but...they look like they used to and they don't hurt anymore. I am still working on my legs, but I know it can be done...or is that undone?! lol!!
Keep up the good work! You will get there!!!