Working with Paralyzed Clients

[drache]

Hi Folks -

I'm still, what I think of as very new to working as an MT (I just got my provisional license a year ago. ) and don't have a lot of specialized training under my belt yet.

Now, here's my question - who all has worked with paralyzed clients and what do you do for them?

I have a young man who is a recent quad (accident happened June 2007) that his mother wants me to come work on him, since my office is so not wheelchair accessible. (We're talking an 84 year old house converted into "offices" with no room on the property to put up a ramp.)

I'm looking to do light work on him and teach his mother, who is his primary care-giver, how to do abdominal massage. I don't think that the rehab facility taught her that before they sent him home and I want the young man to be able to live a healthier life while the very dedicated scientists at Wash U. (Where Christopher Reeve was donating large amts of $$ to after his accident) work on being able to repair spinal cord injuries.

Thanks!

--LN

 

[prettyBoy]

I have a client who is quadriplegic and several with some paralysis. The first question to ask is if he has feeling, and if so, where and how much. The injury could be to the brain or to the spinal cord. My client with a brain injury has feeling everywhere.

Why are you thinking abdominal massage? What is going on with him?