tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post4838760509760244130..comments2023-06-14T03:36:55.988-07:00Comments on Head Nurse: Abnormal posturing made overly simple by request!Johttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16520599099436383317noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-2659853751579372032016-06-08T17:49:41.258-07:002016-06-08T17:49:41.258-07:00Fourth year medical student here...always mixed up...Fourth year medical student here...always mixed up the names of these two, which would then confuse me with the posturing, and I'd start doubting myself and sweating because I knew my attending would ask me to describe (without fail). <br /><br />Hilarious, succinct, and a little something for everyone (casual folks who like to laugh, and snooty folks who only want to be spoken to a certain way.<br /><br />Thank you SO much. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04585051924985655420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-79929467935840958072016-04-17T13:52:43.844-07:002016-04-17T13:52:43.844-07:00That is Arnold chiari malformation . best known as...That is Arnold chiari malformation . best known as chiari Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14598970599240822762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-59963080380937517182016-03-01T19:30:40.468-08:002016-03-01T19:30:40.468-08:00My sister suffered a stroke she is on a ventilator...My sister suffered a stroke she is on a ventilator I notice her hands in a fist and her legs straight with her toes flex out. Would it be decorticate or decerabrate posture? Lil sisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01633414567205391808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-21842977107264177782016-02-03T18:15:37.538-08:002016-02-03T18:15:37.538-08:00I have had some decorticate posturing throughout m...I have had some decorticate posturing throughout my life. I have pictures of myself with my arm bent on and hand in a fist bent in. I have a lot of nerve pain and back pain and this posturing is bacoming worse especially at night. Now causing muscle aches in upper back because of muscle lengthening and shortening and carpal tunnel etc. I wear splints on my wrists hands to keep it from happening but now I am pulling my shoulders arms in. Having some memory issues and messing up my words. In 53 and getting concerned. Where should I start to get help? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637134724039130186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-84964549441999245152016-01-14T19:25:08.858-08:002016-01-14T19:25:08.858-08:00A friend of mine displayed decorticate posture aft...A friend of mine displayed decorticate posture after her severe traumatic brain injury and she made a full recovery. Brain plasticity is legit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-17316124299670289932014-03-11T07:14:33.535-07:002014-03-11T07:14:33.535-07:00I'm a nursing student who was looking at this ...I'm a nursing student who was looking at this to try to help me learn decorticate and decerebrate. I knew someone with CJD as well. She went from normal one day to really off the next day and two weeks later, she was gone. Horrible disease, but very interesting. Thank you for the post. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-81984398059623673832013-05-29T16:58:47.120-07:002013-05-29T16:58:47.120-07:00Hi, was wondering about brain herniation... If the...Hi, was wondering about brain herniation... If the brain is herniating downward out of the foramen magnum, wouldn't the brain stem below the level of the red nucleus be damaged first, then followed by damage to the brain stem above (and hence decerebrate posturing before decorticate posturing)? I'm struggling to understand why it goes decorticate to decerebrate. Thanks!Katherinenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-12802874984091751092010-10-28T20:45:22.735-07:002010-10-28T20:45:22.735-07:00I'm just glad you're back.I'm just glad you're back.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-87850774772901074192010-10-28T17:47:07.418-07:002010-10-28T17:47:07.418-07:00Thanks! On to my next question (yes, I was the one...Thanks! On to my next question (yes, I was the one who asked about this): what IS a herniated brain?<br /><br />And I was under the impression that decorticate/decerebrate postures were 'permanent', that the body didn't move once it was stuck that way. But from what you're saying about stimuli, the body can be induced to move *into* the posture, then will move back out? Am I getting that right?<br /><br />And I remember hearing about the swordfighter pose too...something about it and newborns too.Bonnienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-56044634608685428192010-10-28T16:19:54.333-07:002010-10-28T16:19:54.333-07:00I've always wondered about amnesia. The soaps...I've always wondered about amnesia. The soaps make it look like you can't go a year without somebody on the block having it, but I've only ever heard of it on tv. I assumed it was from a head injury. Illuminate me if you can; I assume if somebody had it they'd have to go to neuro for at least an exam, but maybe I'm even wrong on that.Celestenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-15526723489882076062010-10-28T16:12:28.301-07:002010-10-28T16:12:28.301-07:00Andrea: Most times that sort of temporarily fubar-...Andrea: Most times that sort of temporarily fubar-ed-ness can be put down to crazy neurotransmitter activity. I remember years ago learning about something called "swordfighter pose" or "fencer pose" or something like that--I do remember that it had to do with blades--that you'd see after a head injury in, say, a football game. The person who'd been hit in the head would be aaaalll jacked up, complete with abnormal posturing, and then be fine once the neurotransmitters released by the injury cleared.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16520599099436383317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-55003563783953835862010-10-28T15:45:11.690-07:002010-10-28T15:45:11.690-07:00So what about the people with encephalopathic diso...So what about the people with encephalopathic disorders - like post-status epilepticus and kind of a generally fubar'd brain but no stroke or other ICP issues - what about these folks that posture and have positive babinski's but then wake up and are extubated two days later? WTF? This happened to one of my patients this week and I don't understand. I hope I"m not being too vague. If you need more deets, I'm happy to post all of the nitty gritty in this person's neuro assessment. It just really blew my mind that they're extubated and awake and decently oriented after all that.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17571934517440050809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-71855739969254466242010-10-28T14:58:43.766-07:002010-10-28T14:58:43.766-07:00I like your writing. It's clear, doesn't ...I like your writing. It's clear, doesn't talk down, and I learn things. Thanks. And, no, this is not a spam comment :)<br /><br />Oh, I was looking at the picture you posted prior, and wondering "just what the heck does the uvula do, besides making me wonder 'what does it _do?' "Wayne Conradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595005905880642013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-77932403231290601562010-10-28T13:45:23.829-07:002010-10-28T13:45:23.829-07:00I used to always have to stop,think and then ask s...I used to always have to stop,think and then ask somebody else whether is was decorticate or decerabrate until a Dr told me to remember the "cor" or center and that's when the arms are into the center of the body.Never had to think and then worry if I had just charted the opposite of what I meant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-78684686678141247042010-10-28T13:06:57.665-07:002010-10-28T13:06:57.665-07:00I'd be interested in your comments on daily li...I'd be interested in your comments on daily life postures and the importance, or not, of flexibility--for example, sitting up straight--does posture at the computer matter?; importance/nonimportance of walking as erect as possible; stretching (does the flexibility yoga aims for have any real benefits? I'm convinced that chanting Omm doesn't); pillows and positions while sleeping (thick or thin or doubled pillows good or bad, or it doesn't really matter, sleep is what counts?) Tummy sleeping, side or back sleeping, or it doesn't matter? I've always envied people who can bend over and put their hands flat on the floor--but do they have any advantages I don't? (Or should I just put that one in the category of Neener, neener, look how I can roll my tongue, and you can't?)<br />Anne <br />P.S. (And you may not want to discuss this--but if you do, I'm wondering--okay, it's none of my business, but I'm curious--about yawning, swimming, humming, yelling, whispering, spitting, brushing teeth, coughing, coughing up phlegm, etc., after your surgery.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com