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What should i be careful of when performing a massage on a stroke patient with right side paralysis
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Gentle: Just must make sure you do gentle passive range of motion and that they may not feel pain so if you are too rough you may break something. Gentle is the key.
Answered 3/18/2017
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Should be fine: Damage is in the brain, not externally; there should be no precautions to worry about.
Answered 12/28/2015
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