Facial Retraining

Facial Retraining is a technique developed by Dr. Richard Balliet at the University of Wisconsin. It involves isolated muscle work, equalizing tone on both sides of the face, mirror, and therapist feedback. It is effective at minimizing dissymmetry while awaiting nerve regeneration and maximizing facial control of thoes muscles which are re-innervated. Any facial palsy which results from damage to the peripheral facial nerve can benefit from treatment. 

Typical conditions treated include diagnoses such as:

• acoustic neuroma
• Bell's palsy
• Ramsay-Hunt syndrome
• Guillain Barre