The Benefits of Gait Training During Stroke Recovery
 In the challenging months following a stroke, the first line of defense against further illness or injury is a strong rehabilitation plan. Long-term stroke recuperation is quite common—up to 90...
How to Start a Stroke Support Group
 Mental health professionals know that support groups are an effective way to cope with the stresses, changes, and challenges of going through major life events, like a stroke.Support groups provide...
What Is The NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS)?
The NIH Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is a common diagnostic method for quickly assessing the severity of a stroke experienced by a patient. Unfortunately, family members of stroke patients can have...
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...
Preventing a Second Stroke: 8 Habits You Need to Rebuild
Strokes can come with little to no warning, but quite frequently, they reveal issues that had been building up for some time. And when those problems clearly present themselves, patients...
How Fun Activities Help Stroke Rehabilitation
There are a number of ties between physical activity and reduced risk for stroke. Studies have shown that individuals who remain physically active as they get older are between 25...
Understanding Your Stroke Risk
 The more stroke risk factors you have, the more likely you are to suffer a stroke. Some risk factors are genetic, so they are out of your control; however, you...
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....
Recovering From a Massive Stroke
Since strokes are the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S., everybody should be able to recognize them. A stroke happens when blood flow to part of the brain...