Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> Received: from rly-yc04.mx.aol.com (rly-yc04.mail.aol.com [172.18.149.36]) by air-yc02.mail.aol.com (v60.28) with ESMTP; Sat, 11 Sep 1999 17:51:50 -0400 Received: from smtp-out2.bellatlantic.net (smtp-out2.bellatlantic.net [199.45.39.157]) by rly-yc04.mx.aol.com (v60.28) with ESMTP; Sat, 11 Sep 1999 17:51:47 -0400 Received: from oemcomputer (client-151-200-127-89.bellatlantic.net [151.200.127.89]) by smtp-out2.bellatlantic.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id RAA01273 for <[log in to unmask]>; Sat, 11 Sep 1999 17:56:24 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <001a01befca0$3eadd860$597fc897@oemcomputer> From: "Trisha Cummings" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: TES Date: Sat, 11 Sep 1999 17:54:37 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Hi Betty - Here we go again!! Please post for me.Well at least everyone will understnad why sometimes nary a peep is heard from me!! GRIN Hugs Trisha Hi Barb, Thanks for the into!! I can tell you about our experience with TES and e-stim assissted PT. It has been a major boon!! I started Amber out on e-stim assissted pt when she was 3.5 - roughly 9 years ago. E-stim assissted pt uses TES units while the child is having PT. This was wonderful. It took years but Amber right hand once completely useless became functional and her arm once curled up under her chin - has been lower to her side. Adding the stim to the pt allows for muscle retraining - now it takes a 1,000 repitetions before a muscle gets the new pattern. An additional benefit to this has been - the electical current which is like that your brain produces engenders both muscle and bone growth - there by reversing the atrophing process. We added TES for about a year and Amber actaully did things involuntarily with her right hand - even she noticed the difference. She would say - Mommy - my arm feels stronger. We only did e-stim assissted pt on her leg - I couldn't afford enough TES units at $1300 a pop to include her leg. The Pt portion did her leg good - she is able to walk, run hop etc. Yes, her gait is different. She doesn't wear an AFO any longer. About the insurnace end. I had to buy the units altho I know some people have gotten them thru insurance. The e-stim assissted pt was paid for using regular pt codes!! The only thing Mayatek wanted was to relieve me of a tidy sum of money - which they did. Hope some of this helps Brightest Blessings Trisha