Facial retraining

[valeriegilling1]

Facial retraining - has anyone out there who suffers from synkenisis ever managed to delink the eye from the mouth please and if so how long thank you

[hje23]

I have in the past, but as I suffer with reoccurring Bell's palsy, I'm currently working on retraining everything. It's not a quick recovery. Took a couple of years persevering with physio exercises the first time. Not had long enough between the last few episodes to get it to that point. It's a case of being patient I'm afraid.

[25clai]

I’m in the process of trying to delink my eye from the mouth and stop the eye muscles overcompensating for other facial muscles not working. I am improving, it’s been a year now. Still a way to go, so not thinking in the short term.

[Indygirl25 in reply to 25clai]

What exercises have you been doing to delink all that you mentioned? Did you get help for doing this from a physiotherapist? Sadly, where I live, finding qualified help is a losing battle, so any tips/advice would be greatly appreciated.

I got BP 3 years ago and have synkinesis similar to what you’ve mentioned you have.

Thx so much & best of luck to you!

[valeriegilling1 in reply to Indygirl25]

Go into you tube put in Queen Victoria hospital facial exercises - there are 4 videos

[Indygirl25 in reply to valeriegilling1]

Thanks!