A type of rehabilitation program that allows the brain to rewire itself has been successful in improving the lives of people with long-COVID “brain fog”.
Ahrens says he was struck with Lyme 10 years ago and had brain fog, joint pain, andAccording to Ahrens, neuroplasticity-based therapies help combat whatmay be a lingering memory of past infections that lead to a heightened immune response, causing lingering symptoms.
Studies are underway at the University of Alabama at Birmingham to examine whether constraint-induced therapy -- an approach rooted in neuroplasticity and historically used for loss of limb and speech function -- is also effective for cognitive impairments like brain fog.
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