botox injections for obpi?
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jordan1
Re: botox injections for obpi?
My son is 1 in a half years old and he has not movement in his left arm at all, he is Global BP. He already had 1 surgery done when he was 4months and the only thing he can do right now is move his shoulder a little bit. Do you think that having Botox injections done would help him?
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marieke
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- Injury Description, Date, extent, surgical intervention etc: LOBPI
no external rotation against gravity, can only go to 90 degree fwd flexion, no hand-to-mouth
1 surgery at age 14 (latissimus dorsi transfer). In 2004, at age 28 I was struck with Transverse Myelitis which paralyzed me from the chest down. I recovered movement to my right leg, but need a KAFO to walk on my left leg. I became an RN in 2008. - Location: Montreal, Qc, Canada
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Re: botox injections for obpi?
It doesn't sound like Botox would help your son much, if he has nearly no movement at all. YOu should ask his PT or MD, as not knowing what he is like, we can't really tell you much.
Botox paralyzes the muscle(s) and lets weaker ones work better/get stronger, but this means that there already is movement.
Try to get him evaluated to see if it would be beneficial.
Botox paralyzes the muscle(s) and lets weaker ones work better/get stronger, but this means that there already is movement.
Try to get him evaluated to see if it would be beneficial.
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jordan1
Re: botox injections for obpi?
Thank you i will def find out some more info on this and see if it would be good for my son.
