Reclaim Mobility With At Home Leg Exercises For Stroke Recovery
Stroke recovery can be a long process. Each year nearly 800,000 people in the United States alone will suffer from a stroke, leaving them with ongoing physical and neurological damage....
A Timeline of Stroke Recovery
As a patient recovers from a stroke, both they and their caregivers must understand that the process is slow and uncertain. This is because the severity of the stroke can...
8 Arm Exercises For Stroke Recovery You Can Do At Home
A stroke can often rob a patient of arm movement, making it difficult to perform simple tasks like moving the arm forward or grasping and releasing objects. Performing basic exercises...
The Brunnstrom Stages of Stroke Recovery
Life after a stroke can be challenging. Many patients wonder if they will ever fully recover their muscle coordination, or how long or difficult the process of recovery may be....
Benefits of Rehabilitation Gloves and Hand Splints For Stroke Recovery
Stroke is among the top three causes of death in the United States, but nothing comes close to stroke as the leading cause of long-term disability. After patients survive a...
Important Facts About Stage 2 of Stroke Recovery
As stroke survivors recover, most gradually regain strength and movement in the muscles and may eventually enjoy full restoration of function. They may regain reflexes first, then voluntary movements, and...
Hand Splints and Contracture: What Occupational Therapists Need to Know
Suffering a stroke is debilitating and scary, and survivors are often affected much longer than the stroke itself actually lasts. Many patients experience spasticity and contracture during their stroke recovery...
Treating Hemiplegia and Hemiparesis After Stroke
After a stroke, it’s common to experience weakness or paralysis on one side of the body, depending on which side of the brain your stroke occurred. Right-sided weakness or paralysis...
What to Expect when Recovering from a Stroke
After experiencing a stroke, survivors can begin to recover through rehabilitation. However, recovery from stroke is a process that survivors need to continue throughout their lives. Formal stroke rehabilitation is...
Benefits of Cortical Priming for Stroke Rehabilitation
After someone suffers a stroke, there are several conditions that need attention. One of these is impaired motor function, or the loss of movement or use of a particular...
Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy After Stroke
When a stroke causes a person to lose the use of one of their limbs, they can easily get frustrated, stop trying to use it at all, and start relying...
Stroke Rehab Exercises: Passive Vs. Active
After a stroke is over, its survivor is not in the clear. A stroke leads to neurological damage that affects the motor system, making limbs weak and limiting movements....