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stroke?
By
Rajul vasa B. Sc. P T
Applied movement scientist
Mumbai [India]
www.brainstrokes.com
What is balance?
With new role to follow the good side and allow the
good side to lead; the exchange of role between two sides
of the body when normal before stroke, becomes a
history and a past making “Normally abnormal, to be
Normal” for stroke subject.
Paretic intrinsic foot muscles and ankle muscles though
weak and paretic begins its efforts to maintain the grip
with the floor by clawing the toes or hooking it to the
ground and ankle joint goes in planter flexion to
maintain contact with the support surface for balance,
being the last segment of the multi link of lower limb
which is constantly following the good limb and is
connected to the good side at the pelvis; the basin.
What to do for hooking of the toes?