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ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery

4 hours ago

Exercise: Kneeling

I am a big fan of kneeling practice, and I credit it with a great deal of my ability to deal with foot drop on a daily basis. Kneeling primarily affects your ankle, tops of your feet, knees, hip joints, and the muscles of your legs, buttocks, abdominals, and back. If you have foot-drop, it is going to be very painful at the start. You may end up leaning much more on your good side at first. . Clearly if the pain is sharp, you must adjust until you just feel a good stretch.

Technique: Please bear in mind that the weight shift shown in the diagrams does not present the ideal, but the reality of sitting on top of a foot that does not have integral supportive strength. Adaptations are sometimes necessary. For full instructions on how to do this exercise it's fully explained in in The Successful Stroke Survivor book by Tom Balchin
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ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery

5 hours ago

The life of a teacher who had a stroke at Capital City College in Camden was saved on Friday, 30 January 2026, thanks to the decisive and heroic actions of colleague Chris Egwuma. When the medical emergency struck at the Alexandra Centre, Chris was forced to utilise his first-aid expertise and deploy an on-site defibrillator and commence CPR on his unresponsive colleague, ensuring that vital blood flow was maintained during those first critical minutes.

This display of quick thinking reminds us all that immediate intervention is the most powerful tool we have in the fight against stroke, providing the essential foundation for any future recovery and long-term independence 🚑🧠

Such stories of survival highlight the vital importance of the work undertaken by the ARNI Stroke Rehab UK Institute, which focuses on the intensive, long-term journey that begins after the emergency is over. While the ARNI Charity supports survivors in reclaiming their functional abilities through specialised physical training, for sure, without first responders like Chris, many would never reach the stage where rehabilitation is even possible...
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ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery

12 hours ago

Weight bearing exercises are a great way to improve communication between the brain and the arm. Since weight bearing exercises simply involve putting weight through the arm, these exercises can be integrated into daily activities or practiced as part of an exercise program.

Need some help to get started? Call us on 0203 053 0111 or email suport@arni.uk.com to arrange for an ARNI trainer to work with you.
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ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery

1 day ago

Well, it's not just awful in England; the ambulance handover crisis in Northern Ireland has apparently reached a terrifying peak, with stroke patients forced to wait an average of two hours and 29 minutes last week just for paramedics to arrive.

This systemic collapse saw 11,072 hours of emergency capacity lost in December alone, effectively removing thirty ambulance shifts every single day from our roads. For a stroke survivor, these delays are not merely statistics; they represent a catastrophic loss of the golden hour where brain tissue is most salvageable.

To make matters worse, those trapped on unsuitable trolleys face the additional risks of dehydration and pressure damage, while staggering data reveals that any patient over 80 conveyed to hospital now faces an average stay of fifteen days regardless of their initial condition. 🚑📉

This harrowing reality reinforces why the mission of the ARNI Stroke Rehab UK Institute is more vital in 2026 than ever before, as we must focus on the most robust recovery possible once survivors finally make it through the hospital gates.

While the ARNI Charity works to provide the specialised training needed to overcome the disabilities caused by such delays, it is clear that the current pressure on our Emergency Departments is failing those who need time-critical intervention. For us stroke survivors, this situation highlights the absolute necessity of being proactive with a long-term ARNI (or other) physical management to build the resilience required to navigate a struggling healthcare system! 🧠🦾
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ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery

1 day ago

The path to recovery looks different for every stroke survivor. While no therapist can promise a complete recovery, it’s important to set ambitious yet realistic goals.
If you set your goals too low, you may stop before you’ve maximized your chances of recovery. But if your goals are too high, you might become frustrated before you’ve reached your full potential.

Therefore, it’s important to set realistic goals during stroke recovery, and keep setting higher goals as you progress. The more you improve, the more you are able to set new goals for a higher level of healing and recovery.

If you want some help call us on 0203 053 0111 or email support@arni.uk.com We have trainers throughout the country.
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ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery

1 day ago

And it's definitely true for stroke recovery isn't it?
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ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery

2 days ago

One stroke survivor’s decade-long mission proves that the most resilient social infrastructure for recovery is often forged by those who have walked the path themselves 🧠.
Julie Lesslie, a dedicated Croxley mother and long-standing friend of the ARNI Charity, first established her vital support group in 2014 to ensure that local stroke survivors were never left to navigate the complexities of life after a brain injury in isolation.
Having recognised that clinical discharge often marks the beginning of the real struggle, she has spent the last twelve years fostering a peer-support network that prioritises the psychological and social reintegration necessary for a high-performance recovery 🏡.
This grassroots commitment to long-term welfare aligns seamlessly with the ethos of the ARNI Stroke Rehab UK Institute, which has consistently argued that social support is the essential fuel for intensive physical retraining.
While the ARNI Charity provides the elite physiological strategies needed to overcome hemiparesis, Julie’s work ensures that survivors possess the emotional resilience and community connections required to sustain such a demanding rehabilitative regime over many years 🤝.
Today, Julie remains a proactive force in the community, continuing to adapt her group's offerings to meet the evolving needs of survivors by providing a forum where academic insights into neuroplasticity are translated into daily functional victories.
Her enduring efforts serve as a bit of reminder that independence after stroke is seldom achieved in a vacuum... but is instead built through the collective wisdom and tenacity of a motivated survivor-led collective 🦾. Good one Julie!
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ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery

2 days ago

ARNI runs the ONLY available stroke exercise and rehabilitation course of any kind for trainers in the UK which teaches experienced therapists and exercise instructors how to continue the rehabilitation path of stroke and other acquired brain injury survivors.
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ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery

2 days ago

Forget the myth of the static plateau, as new evidence proves that your 'strong' side holds the untapped potential to revolutionise your stroke rehab training 🧠. It's also what ARNI Stroke Rehab UK has been doing for 25 years as one of it's principles of stroke rehab as it worked for Dr Tom way back when, and was emerging in the evidence as a viable tactic to try instead of passive treatment...

An RCT, published yesterday, 2nd February, in the prestigious journal JAMA Neurology, has demonstrated that targeted therapy for the less-affected arm significantly enhances motor control and movement quality (as stroke survivors, we know this). This rigorous research, spearheaded by a collaborative team from Penn State and the University of Southern Cal, utilised a comparative framework to prove that addressing the limb often overlooked by standard protocols leads to superior functional outcomes when measured against current best-practice benchmarks ⚡.

The academic significance of these findings lies in the empirical proof that motor skills in the less-impaired side can be meaningfully refined even several years after the initial neurological event, effectively dismantling the narrative that functional gains must eventually cease in the chronic phase 🦾. By focusing on the sophisticated dexterity and proximal stability of the less-affected arm, stroke survivors can achieve a more symmetrical level of bilateral coordination, which basically serves to alleviate the excessive compensatory burden often placed upon the paretic side and enhances overall quality of life 🌟.

This progressive, evidence-based approach aligns with the professional-grade philosophy of the ARNI Stroke Rehab UK Institute, which has consistently advocated for a total-body strategy rather than a reductive focus on isolated deficits alone 🦾. The ARNI Charity remains dedicated to ensuring that survivors are equipped with the specialised strategies required to optimise every available neural pathway, recognising that the entire post-stroke physique must be trained as a single, integrated functional unit#ARNIstrokerehabc#neuroplasticityh#JAMANeurologyicity #JAMANeurology
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