NeuroMovement® Outcomes for Stroke: Tessa David & ABM®NeuroMovement®
Sep 19, 2024Hi, my name's Tessa David and this is my story. On December 1st, 2014, I had a massive stroke.
I was showering for work and I started going dizzy, and my arm went numb. I got out of the shower and my leg started to go numb on me. And I had... intense pain in my head, like knives sticking in it. I was so scared, I didn't know what to do.
I crawled to my room, to my bed, and I passed out. For almost two days, I was trapped in my bed.
I felt vulnerable, and I didn't know what was going on. Scared, I was really scared. Never then thought in my life that I was having a stroke.
I woke up in the hospital. I couldn't walk, talk, move my right arm or my right leg. I was very limited in my movement.
Once I was discharged from ICU, I started therapy. PT and OT helped me so much and got me an AFO. They were afraid of my knee injury and my foot turning in. Two hours per day, every day. They'd push me and I would be exhausted. My arm would contract after that. Like, would be so tense after that. And I had a horrible ringing in my ear.
I met Jill Bolte Taylor at the hospital and she said, stop what you're doing and go see Anat Baniel. I thought that Anat Baniel was a country or something. I didn't know what it was.
Anat: "Sweetheart, transition from here to here."
My dad took me. and 120 people were there and I was scared.
Anat: "You're getting a spasm? It's okay, honey, it's okay. Take a breath, take a breath."
Anat had a connection to my body.
Anat: "Is this better?"
She knew what was going on with my brain.
Anat: "You're going to do a lot better in no time."
She knew everything was connected in my body. And she got done and, I went to dinner with my dad and it stopped ringing in my ear. I was so excited. I knew I had to continue with her.
Anat: "That's it. Can you feel that the hand arrived here?"
Tessa: "Yes."
Anat: "Can you feel the contact here?"
Tessa: "Yes."
Anat: "You feel that? Pushing your belly out. That's very good."
Singing with Neil Sharp during a lesson.
Hi, Sylvia helped me get my heel to the ground. It's the first time I've done it since my stroke.
More singing with Neil during a lesson with Sylvia.
I just got done 3 days of lessons at Anat Baniel Studios. Speaking and walking, I got my heel down and my arms moving. I felt my hand burning. It's getting better.
2 Months Later...
I'm doing the tippy toes. I'm walking better up and down stairs. Anat helped me improve with my mobility and my speech.
Tessa: "I can't move a... No."
Another person: "Drive?"
Tessa's Speech 9 Months Later...
"Hi, I'm at Anat Beniel's training today and I'm so scared, and I'm excited, and I can't wait for the training to start.
I don't know where I'd be if it wasn't for Anat's training. I'm truly grateful. I want to give back so much. I want to get better every day. And help others in life."
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