Neural Damage

Jim, age 39, had suffered neural damage due to a car accident and was unable to use his right arm. In addition, he was carrying significant guilt as the drunken driver who caused the accident in which the driver of the other car sustained a brain injury. Jim was a caring man and this was very difficult for him to come to terms with.

Jim had paid his debt to society, and was now hoping to regain use of his right arm and alleviate some of his immense guilt. Although Jim had received physical therapy prior to working with me, this had provided no significant mobility in his right arm

Whole Brain Integrative Movement is a powerful therapy for both physical and emotional traumas so we approached both of Jim’s issues using the 5-step balance process at the core of the Educational Kinesiology program. In his sessions, Jim used both Brain Gym® movements and Touch for Health techniques in order to stimulate his neural pathways.

Sensory motor movement therapy can be of great benefit as an adjunct to rehabilitation therapy as the brain is very flexible and adaptable. When traditional physical therapy is combined with motor stimulation in the 5-step balance process, neural pathways that were weakened become stronger, new connections are made as the brain receives specific “instructions” from the body movements, and brain signals become faster.

We were limited to just five sessions; however, as we worked through these few sessions, a major part of Jim’s process was acknowledging the depth of his guilt and accepting responsibility for his drinking. He began to regain a new sense of self and self-confidence; and was gradually able to bend his right arm at the elbow once again.