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I think sometimes they have trouble swallowing and feeding due to diaphragm injury - Richard had the most awful time feeding/ nursing.

<t>my son plays piano, and can read notes slowly but because of the apraxia his brain tells him his hand is about five inches off where it really is so he finds he has to watch the right hand most the time to make it do what it's supposed to where its supposed to . He plays a song once or twice ther...

did you try westjet - they are way more reasonable about most things - also is there a shriners or lions club in your area - they might help?

<t>Angela, the most effective thing for Richard's winging for us has been TES -He is 13 yrs - and we had no improvement for years - but this year we started TES and bracing and it has really helper - we still continue with the stretching and exercise but the TES has really allowed great gains. WE al...

<t>winging very simply put is when the shoulder blades don't hold inplace snug enough to the body - they stick out because the muscles attaching to the shoulder blade are not strong enough to hold them in a proper position - they can also slide too far into the armpit to the side when the arm is bei...

Vanda here, mom to Richard 13 years ROBPI - no surgery to date regained alot of function but has shoulder problems primarily - we got hooked up here about a year ago now and have learned so much. We live in calgary alberta canada.

<t>I think winging means there is muscle weakness - for us it contributed to the shoulder joint not growing properly and over time a posterior dislocation - we have found just exercising could not correct it for us - we use tes, bracing, taping massage and exercise and are now getting some results -...

Thanks for your reply Lisa , but we have been told to use kinesio tape on muscles we want to inhibit as well, like the too strong pec and bicep and traps. These are the muscles pulling him into internal rotation.

can anyone explain how the kinesio tape is supposed to work? To me it looks like it isn't really srtong enough to hold anything or support anything in place - it seems strange to me that it seems to be effective for so many.

Thanks for the helpful info Kate, I don't have the research skills you have so I like the info I get and then I can weigh it out with all the info I have.