We’ve been offering Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) to our adult clients for a few years now and this week our paediatric team completed their training with Vicky, one of the specialist FES physios from Odstock Medical.
This is the first time that Odstock have run a paediatric FES course so we're really pleased that they chose to do so with Bristol Neurophysio as it means that we can now extend our FES service to include our younger clients as well.
Functional Electrical Stimulation uses electrical impules from a specially designed unit to produce contractions in muscles.
This can mimic the action of muscle to improve function and aid in retraining weak muscles and normal movement.
It's a fantastic adjunct to all of the other skills, techniques and equipment we use as neurotherapists and we're really excited about this expansion to our FES service.
As part of our FES service we have a couple of units which we can loan out to clients before they make the commitment to buy their own kit.
Do get in touch if you’d like to know more....