Learned Helplessness and Learned Non Use Go Hand In Hand

One of the hardest parts of this journey is learned non use of your affected limb. Many therapists do not address this phenomenon and focus on allowing the other hand or foot to take over dominance, but 90% of the time I think that this is at the very least an unhelpful approach. I always try to engage the more affected limb, because we know from hard evidence that motor control can be regained and learned non use can be overcome. Constraint induced movement therapy was born out of research on learned non use.

Emotional HealthJane ConnelyJuly 25, 2019Try, agency, Learned helplessness, learned non use, CIMT Comment