The Hoffmann’s reflex is a sign of an upper motor neuron injury. This can happen from a neck injury. Watch the video to find out more what your chiropractor is testing for in your hands.
Tag Archive: neurology
Babinski Reflex – When Good Nerves Go Bad
Do you know what the Babinski Reflex is? Well it is an abnormal reflex that can occur in adults when they have a nerve injury. Watch the video’s showing you what a Babinski reflex looks like.
Vitamin C For Neuropathic Pain Relief
I came across a very interesting article today talking about using Vitamin C to help the neuropathic pain condition, postherpetic neuralgia. Postherpetic neuralgia is also known as shingles. Shingles is caused by the herpes zoster virus attacking the nerves causing pain usually in the intercostal nerves of the chest. What I found interesting was in the recent study by Chen et al. was that they helped to reduce the patients pain significantly using the anti-oxidant, Vitamin C (ascorbic acid). They found that a sign of poor nutrition is testing to see if you have low plasma levels of Vitamin C in your blood. But why Vitamin C? Well I had a look further into the role of nutrition particularly vitamin c in helping trapped nerve pain
Foreign Accent Syndrome
Foreign Accent Syndrome is a rare brain injury and is seen as a stroke symptom. You can see the neurological condition in the video from Sky News here and other examples of Foreign Accent Syndrome. This is a recent case of a UK woman who had a migraine attack that then woke up to find herself speaking with a Chinese accent. That accent has now become an Eastern European sounding one now. So watch and listen to Sarah Colwill’s story about her sudden attack of Foreign Accent Syndrome.