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Facial Exercise Series Part 5 – The Exercises
Bell's Palsy Facial Exercise Series - Part 5 - The Exercises Before reading this post please read the following in order: Bell's Palsy Facial Exercise Series - Part 1 - Introduction Bell's Palsy Facial Exercise Series - Part 2 - The Warm Up Bell's Palsy Facial Exercise Series - Part 3 - The Mental Aspect Bell's Palsy Facial [...]
Bell’s Palsy Good Food Series – Seeds
I could never find a way to eat seeds in my poor pre-“Bell's Palsy” diet ( “My Own Experience” Chapter ). However, not only have I now begun to rather like them, I have found a cunning way to get a ton of them into my diet every day. Home made bread !!! There are various dietician’s in the media that bestow high acclaim on [...]
Bell’s Palsy Symptoms – A comprehensive guide
Bell's Palsy is the paralysis of the facial muscles caused by damage or constriction of the facial nerve (the 7th Cranial nerve) resulting in facial palsy to one side of the face (in 1% of cases this can occur on both sides of the face: Bilateral Bell's Palsy). Here is a comprehensive list of the most common physical Bell's Palsy symptoms. This [...]
Facial Exercises Series Part 2 – The Warm Up
Bell's Palsy Facial Exercises Part 2 - The Warm Up Before reading this post please read the following in order: Bell's Palsy Facial Exercise Series - Part 1 - Introduction Bell's Palsy Facial Exercise Series - Part 2 - The Warm Up Bell's Palsy Facial Exercise Series - Part 3 - The Mental Aspect Bell's Palsy Facial Exercise [...]
Facial muscles diagram for Bell’s Palsy sufferer’s
Facial Muscles Here are the names of the facial muscles the facial nerve activates It will help to get to know these diagrams before commencing facial exercises so that you know why you are doing what you are doing during the warm-up, massaging and exercising Permission to use this picture was kindly given by Eric Armstrong of York [...]
Nightime treatment of your dry eye
Eye Gel (a thicker artificial tear) As previously stated there are many different artificial tears and they differ in fluidity depending on your need. For sleeping it is better to use a slightly thicker version that is more like a gel, as this will remain on your cornea until you awake and remove it. As you would apply artificial tears [...]
Daytime treatment of your dry eye
Frequent manual manipulation of your upper eyelid With a CLEAN finger, and usually easier with the back of your finger, locate your upper eyelid, which may very well be completely hidden under your drooping eyebrow. GENTLY move it as it would normally move. A couple of times should be sufficient to recoat the cornea with your natural eye [...]
Bell’s Palsy Picture References
Thank you immensely to the following for providing their superb pictures and graphics for use on the site. A link to the copyright holder as specified in under each picture title. Thank you again to you all - this is immensely appreciated Robert Wilkinson Bell's Palsy Emergency picture Image: graur razvan ionut / [...]
Facial Exercise Series Part 1 – Introduction
Bell's Palsy Facial Exercise Series Part 1 - Introduction Before reading this post please read the following in order: Bell's Palsy Facial Exercise Series - Part 1 - Introduction Bell's Palsy Facial Exercise Series - Part 2 - The Warm Up Bell's Palsy Facial Exercise Series - Part 3 - The Mental Aspect Bell's Palsy Facial [...]
Glossary of Bell’s Palsy Terminology
Glossary of Bells Palsy terminology All these terms are commonly searched for in relation to Bell's Palsy or have been asked about on the website. I thought it may be helpful to explain the most commonly asked here. Full information regarding the terms listed here should obviously be sought from a medical professional or medical [...]
