When Chloe was growing up she had problems through growth spurts and her left shoulder was higher and asymmetrical with the right shoulder. She had challenges meeting developmental milestones because of the left shoulder and side of the neck.
The medication that the neurologist gave her greatly improved this condition but did not totally fix it. Chloe is five feet nine inches with a T-shaped body, doctors have said if she was shorter or had a different body type her symptoms would not be so bad.Tens unit, icing the top of her head when she is hot to touch, helps when the nerve "short circuits" so to speak and lessens the intensity of the episode.
I am documenting a week of working with this very temperamental nerve and what we found worked and what did not for Chloe's neurologist. Some of these are very easy remedies but hard to believe that they work this well. It took a friend of mine who was treated nerve condition convinced me that icing is a powerful pain reliever for nerve issues. When to use each is important too. Right now the tens unit she uses it at night because that is best time.
We hope to show Chloe's doctor how icing helps her discomfort that is exhibited as panic attack like symptoms and how it lessens the intensity of these symptoms
We have the right medication and tools to work with this condition. When to use what is the "trial" part that takes the time!
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