Botox Therapy
Botox is often thought of as something for cosmetic use only as most of the marketing for it is geared towards removing lines and wrinkles on the face. However, Botox does have many other great benefits to offer. Botox therapy is the term given to other areas that benefit from it such as Cerebral Palsy and for headache relief.
What is Botox?
Botox is basically a medicine which can be used in order to decrease tone or unwanted spasms in a specific muscle or muscles, and it does this by stopping the impulse that is between the nerve endings and the muscle in particular which would otherwise have produced a muscle contraction.
Botox consists of botulism toxin that is known for causing a form of food poisoning called botulism. The amount used in Botox isnt enough to make you ill. It is injected into the muscles without causing too much pain.
Although most people are able to have Botox treatments done, it is incredibly important that you make an appointment with your doctor first in order to make sure that you are an eligible candidate, because you truly never know. Once you have done this, it is then a good idea to read up and inform yourself more on Botox in general, so that you are more knowledgeable overall and so that you will know what is expected and what the possible risks and complications are.
It is very important that you educate yourself with the information available regarding Botox therapy. This will help you make a decision that is right for you based on your knowledge not on what you have heard about the product.
Contraindications for Botox therapy
The clinical contraindications for Botox use in patients include the following:
Allergic reaction to the neurotoxin or its vehicle
Resistance to neurotoxin effects
Significant muscle weakness
Concurrent use of amino glycoside antibiotics
Failure to respond to injections
Inability to achieve the desired outcome
Presence of fixed joint or muscle contracture.
The child is less than 18 months.
If the child has diffuse hypertonia.
Post Botox therapy
The general goal of post Botox therapy treatment is to improve function by increasing range of motion, selective control, strength, motor planning, coordination, agility and other components of motor performance. Following are the components of a good post Botox therapy programme.
Therapeutic exercises
Multimodal developmental therapy and functional training
Modalities
Splinting, serial casting, orthoses
Positioning
Home programme
Safety issues
