#Repost @facial_paralysis.synkinesis (@get_repost) ・・・ 🚩 🇮 🇳 🇫 🇴 🚩 The 😏 “crooked”, asymmetrical smile after facial palsy happens when depressor anguli orismuscle on the affected side is unnecessarily activated together with zygomatic muscles (its antagonists) while facial palsy sufferer wants to produce a 😀 smile. In this “fight” the former muscle often wins over the latter, simply because it is larger and stronger. Result: mouth corner on the affected side ”looks down” instead of “up”. Quite often several small dimples may appear on that side of the chin, leading to a further disfigurement of facial expressions. ▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪ Facial Synkinesis is another common complication of long-standing facial palsy. There are several opinions in the medical world about the causes of synkinesis. The most popular (and still controversial) is the theory of aberrant regeneration or simply said, re-connection of the regenerating branches of the facial nerve to the “wrong” muscles. As a conclusion of this theory, synkinesis is considered to be an ❎ irreversible 😖 complication of facial palsy. ▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪ What ❌ NOT to do: electrotherapy! My facial physio therapists and plastic surgeon are well experienced with facial palsy patients for several years now. All of them strongly discourage getting facial electrotherapy because it can cause synkinesis, there's definitely a much higher risk developing it then. Do your own 🔎 research at all costs because this is such an unknown subject to most doctors❗ Unfortunately, because of the lack of knowledge with most doctors, lots of us don't get the correct care we majorly need (and deserve)! I myself only started to receive the correct care when I was a year in... ▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪▫▪ #facialparalysis #synkinesis #bellspalsy #facialpalsy #facialisparese #paralisifacciale #gezichtsverlamming #skullfracture #cerebralhemorrhage #braininjury #migraines #eyesocketfracture #spinefracture #accident #chronicallyill #emdr #physiotherapy #nervedamage #trauma #therapy #ptsd #surgery
