The CenterIMT Facial Rehabilitation Program can help all patients with facial paralysis, facial palsy, facial pain (trigeminal neuralgia), facial parasthesia and facial swelling. Each patient's success in achieving full facial muscle symmetry and function can vary according to pre-existing health problems, how much therapy a patient receives, and how much time is dedicated to a home therapy program.
Some patients begin their recovery program with 15% facial function and improve to 70% recovery. Some patients begin their recovery program with 75% recovery and achieve 100% recovery. Other patients begin their program with severe facial pain and eliminate that pain altogether. This recovery program is the perfect tool for people who notice parts of their face that did not completely recover (tightness around the eye, lip problems, eyebrow stasis) though others may not notice.
Integrative Manual Therapy for facial palsy improves the health of the face, eyes and head regardless of how long ago an infection, injury, or surgery affected the face. The CenterIMT Facial Rehabilitation Program improves facial symmetry and function immediately following Bells palsy and 15 years post Bells palsy or even 15 years after a traumatic facial nerve injury.
