Healing After Hemiparesis: The Effect of Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment on Post-stroke Pain - Darby Oakes OMS III, POPPF, Gregory Kunis, OMS III, POPPF, Patrick Barry, D.O.

The middle cerebral artery (MCA) is the most common artery involved in acute CVA.2 It branches directly from the internal carotid artery and provides blood supply to parts of the frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes of the brain, Results as well as deeper structures, including the caudate, internal capsule, and thalamus.2 This vast blood supply means that a stroke involving the MCA The patient wa. [...] Symptoms worsened in the morning, when being active, and when noticed a decrease in the patient’s contractures and an increase in his ability lying in bed. [...] The patient also complained of of the M2 segment of the right MCA hemicraniectomy intermittent pain associated with contractures and neuropathy. [...] Past Medical History: Spontaneous right internal carotid artery dissection Osteopathic Structural Exam Conclusion on 04/20/2019 CVA due to occlusion of the M2 segment of the right MCA on 04/20/2019 Region Somatic This case report suggests the use of OMT can be effective in treating pain (Figure 1) Dysfunction related to somatic dysfunctions caused by post-CVA contractures and Past Surgical History. [...] Dermatomal sensation was of a plantar flexed and completely diminished in the C5-T1 and L2-S1 dermatomes on the left.