“Does acupuncture help speech after stroke?”
My friend had a stroke and has speech problems now. Does acupuncture help speech after stroke?
16 Answers
AcupuncturistAcupuncturist
Acupuncture has no effect whatsoever.
Improvement of aphasia largely depends on recovery of the brain and speech therapy has very limited effect. For dysarthria, aside from spontaneous recovery of the brain, the partially-paralyzed and tightened muscles/fasciae of the mouth and throat must first be mechanically released to allow improvement, speech therapy/training yields very little results. The tightened muscles/fasciae can only be released by the body itself initiated by light touch to the affected sites, but not by massage, stretching, strengthening or training (speech therapy).
Improvement of aphasia largely depends on recovery of the brain and speech therapy has very limited effect. For dysarthria, aside from spontaneous recovery of the brain, the partially-paralyzed and tightened muscles/fasciae of the mouth and throat must first be mechanically released to allow improvement, speech therapy/training yields very little results. The tightened muscles/fasciae can only be released by the body itself initiated by light touch to the affected sites, but not by massage, stretching, strengthening or training (speech therapy).
Acupuncture with herbs, and sometimes massage, should be able to help your friend with their speech problems. It may take a number of weeks with multiple sessions per week.
Yes.
Yes acupuncture will help to recover speech after stroke, and the sooner the patient receives Acupuncture after the stroke, the better.
Yes
With a speech pathologist as well
With a speech pathologist as well
yes. it is best to get acupuncture as soon as possible to help with this.
Although I am not a specialist in acupuncture, from a Speech Pathologist viewpoint, I would say no.
Karen Young
Jupiter, FL
Hello,
No. While acupuncture can assist with muscle relaxation, pain, etc., Speech and Language Therapy is imperative post-stroke. The hospital or rehab facility should provide speech and language immediately, as early intervention is best. If you are looking for a private SLP, please go to: ASHA.org/profind.
Best of luck.
Karen Young, MS, CCC-SLP
No. While acupuncture can assist with muscle relaxation, pain, etc., Speech and Language Therapy is imperative post-stroke. The hospital or rehab facility should provide speech and language immediately, as early intervention is best. If you are looking for a private SLP, please go to: ASHA.org/profind.
Best of luck.
Karen Young, MS, CCC-SLP
Terlenda Lassiter
Speech-Language Pathologist
If your friend had a stroke, then they should complete an evaluation with a speech language pathologist and begin their intervention with a speech language pathologist.
How long ago did your friend had the stroke? Ideally administer the acupuncture right away provide better results.
Yes acupuncture can help after a stroke
Lejla Fazlicic
Acupuncturist
Yes it can help to improve speech after the stroke.
Dr. Leila
Dr. Leila
Acupuncture is very effective for after-stroke symptoms including speech problems. Read more here: https://philaacupuncture.com/stroke-acupuncture-treatment/
Yes, and the faster you seek treatments, the shorter the effects of stroke will last. Call around and find someone in your friend's area who has treated strokes and start right away.
Yes, acupuncture does help speech after stroke.
Acupuncture has a fairly good track record for helping folks with stroke recovery. I've done a fair bit of this kind of work, and usually get good results for patients. There's one big caveat to this: the amount of time elapsed between the stroke and the start of acupuncture treatment is important. The shorter that time span is, the more likely acupuncture will provide good results. The longer that time span is, the more likely acupuncture is going to be of little benefit.
Generally speaking, if stroke patients come in to see me inside 3 months from the event, I can usually get things headed in the right direction. Between 3 and 6 months things get dicey. After 6 months, I usually see very little, if any, improvement.
In cases like this, it's extra important to make sure your friend is seeing an actual board certified and state licensed acupuncturist rather than some other provider who is offering 'acupuncture-like' services under the scope of some other practice license. They want a provider who, at minimum, has a Dipl AC or Dipl OM national credential AND an L.Ac. or R.Ac. state practice license.
Generally speaking, if stroke patients come in to see me inside 3 months from the event, I can usually get things headed in the right direction. Between 3 and 6 months things get dicey. After 6 months, I usually see very little, if any, improvement.
In cases like this, it's extra important to make sure your friend is seeing an actual board certified and state licensed acupuncturist rather than some other provider who is offering 'acupuncture-like' services under the scope of some other practice license. They want a provider who, at minimum, has a Dipl AC or Dipl OM national credential AND an L.Ac. or R.Ac. state practice license.
