Diana Farragher OBE MSc. Grad Dip Phys. Dip TP. FCSP. is a chartered physiotherapist. She has specialized in the use of Trophic Electrical stimulation, particularly for the treatment of facial paralysis, since 1981. In that time she has lectured internationally to patients and health professionals to raise awareness of the issues involved in treating this patient group.
The Lindens Clinic, in Manchester, is an internationally established centre of excellence for the treatment of facial paralysis and regularly welcomes patients from throughout Europe. However, we have for a long time been aware that for patients from Scotland trips to the clinic can be a bit like something from the film ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’! with trips costing more than from many other countries in Europe i.e. Spain and often taking longer. So it is with pleasure that we announce the opening of a satellite centre in Aberdeen, February 2006.
For further details or more medical background please contact head office on 0161 718 8620.
Contact details can be found under the 'Contact Us' page.
Trophic Electrical Stimulation (TES) is applied to muscle with the specific purpose of influencing its metabolic pathway. It helps the body in the natural healing process and prevents or reverses the changes associated with atrophy. Basically it helps with the nutritional growth and development of the muscle. It operates on frequencies similar to those used by the healthy nerve and therefore operates on both the red/slow and white/fast muscle fibres.
Diana uses treatment units that are designed to be used at home supplemented by three monthly visits to the therapist for review on the treatments progress.
A Loss of Face is a self help manual written by Diana which explains the mechanisms underlying facial nerve function following damage, the use of TES, specific exercises etc. It also includes a useful section of patients own accounts of their facial paralysis and treatment.
The book is available from Diana for a cost of £11.90 (sterling) inc. p&p.
