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This is a previous blog on this topic. An important aspect of stroke recovery and well worth re-sharing.
It can be easy to think that emotional changes will never improve; but research shows that you may well come to terms with the after-effects of your stroke, which may in turn help responses and mood to become more balanced.
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Coping With & Conquering Emotional Responses After Stroke | ARNI
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Emotional responses to stroke are very varied indeed – and are influenced by a host of issues. For example, by the severity of your difficulties and perceived losses, your individual coping style…
All requests for a ARNI Instructor, handled by the ARNI Charity, are then passed for referral to Stroke Solutions www.strokesolutions.co.uk for professional administration and monitoring (each session, throughout the lifespan of all sessions). Stroke Solutions is the ARNI Charity's Referral and Monitoring Agency. This is a typical intro pack, posted to anyone enquiring for help with stroke rehab.
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So, how do you best go about trying to resolve your drop-shoulder? What's the latest best practice /advice?? So, research indicates that dynamic neuromuscular stimulation represents the most effective one treatment option (probably not the best 'training option' or 'management option' options I can think of btw) for resolving post-stroke shoulder subluxation and associated hemiplegic pain 🧠.
To effectively self-treat sublux, survivors should try transitioninf from passive slings, which can potentially exacerbate muscle shortening and malalignment, toward active bracing such as the SaeboStim One for functional electrical stimulation ⚡.
By applying neuromuscular electrical stimulation to the posterior deltoid and supraspinatus, one creates a biological sling that utilises electrical pulses to physically re-seat the humerus into the glenoid socket. For superior structural integrity, dynamic supports such as te the GivMohr Sling (available on Amazon and from other sources) provides essential upward compression through a four-point harness that prevents the common issue of the arm sliding forward 🛠️. This stability allows for the high-repetition, neuroplasticity-driven task-specific training required to regain the physiological muscle tone needed to support the limb independently.
Advanced recovery would involve weaning off these devices through specialised ARNI-style training, like utilising Dr Tom's 'squat-chin' exercise, performed with feet on the floor, which challenge the outdated clinical dogma suggesting that all pulling movements are detrimental to subluxation 🏗️. Experience shows that subluxation typically recedes when the arm is moved strategically rather than being left to linger in a stat#ARNIstrokerehabm#strokerecovery.#shouldersubluxationh#neurorehabilitationS#Physiotherapytion #Neurorehabilitation #Physiotherapy
Stirring the pot, as taught to me by the awesome Jim Watts sorted mine in a matter of weeks!
Fortunate I didn't get sublux but ended up with restricted movement and physio did nothing...I paid privately and got a range of movement and exercise to do and it helped but took a long time.... prevention better than Han re-covering if you can .....Saebo one stim works for me with hand and finger movement too
Only had this lightly a few times.
Shoulder shrugs helped me get over this
My husband has this problem with his shoulder. The information sounds like double Dutch to me, sorry if I'm being dim. Anyone able to put the self help part into idiot proof format for me. We really do need help with his shoulder problems
The evidence base shows that you MUST perform some exercises routinely to help yourself to recover well. But what do you do? in the ARNI online video set Dr Tom Balchin shows you exactly what to do. A stroke survivor himself, he has built, via via over 18 years of teaching survivors and trainers evidence-based practice and creating innovative techniques, an internationally-respected approach to functional rehabilitation training after stroke which WORKS.
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How can this book change your life after stroke?
You can learn the techniques that will help in the recovery process.
This book helps survivors regain confidence in their recovery. It presents all the necessary information, starting from the condition, through the effects on the body, to the rehabilitation possibilities.
It focuses on how to retrain both the brain and body for the best and fastest possible recovery.
Dr. Tom Balchin used his own experience, knowledge of stroke, and his work over the past two decades to write this book.
Have you got your copy yet?
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🎥So, did anyone watch the BBC Tech Now on Saturday and watch STH neurologist Dr Sheharyar Baig speaking about new 'at-home' tech?⚡ If you didn't, in the programme Dr Baig talks about the innovative Triceps trial and its potential impact on those living with stroke where they use a specialised device and connected earpiece to stimulate the vagus nerve to strengthen hand and arm mobility while carrying out rehabilitation exercises.
Unlike earlier versions of vagus nerve stimulation, which required surgery to implant a device, the Triceps treatment is non-invasive and can be used at home. For example, Amanda, who suffered a stroke six years ago, and still has problems moving her right hand, used the device for up to an hour a day as part of her rehab over 12 weeks, combining it with exercises and everyday tasks.
"At first I didn't think it was going to work at all," she says. "But after a couple of weeks, I started to see changes in my hand." One of the biggest milestones for her was returning to sewing – a passion she could not initially pursue after her stroke. "I can put my socks on, I can do my shoes, I can do my house," she told the BBC.
More than 220 people have taken part in the trial so far, which is running across 19 NHS hospital sites across the country, including the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. Recruitment for the trial - which has now been expanded to 270 participants following an independent review - is ongoing, with recruitment due to close in July.
If you think you'd like a go on the trial (and haven't been turned down for it like Dale?!), apply to Trial Manager: Kirsty McKendrick (kirsty.mckendrick@sheffield.ac.uk).
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Is it near Southern London? (Im in Crawley, near Gatwick?)
Do you have any trials in northern california?
Are they doing this in kent
Is this on nhs in midlands erea im 14yrs post could this work for my left affected arm /hand
Are there anywhere on Maryland
Are there any locations in Washington state?
I've done this trial (TRICEPS)
I did the trial, it's a no brainer! Everyone improves by the sheer hour a day excersise, regardless of if you were on the minimum stimulation or not. I can't wait to see my results ( whenever they may be)
Is it available in any African country?
You need to have movement in your arm and hand to be eligible. They replied really quickly when email sent. Unfortunately my husband still has no movement in right arm/ hand and therefore didn't qualify for the trial 😕 😑
Tracey Quail Was Litten any good for you x
Here's the link to the trial website which has lots of information and list of participating sites (UK) if that's of help sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/triceps-trial/home
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You may not always do things perfectly but you can always do your best, correct any mistakes and learn from them.
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Passive range-of-motion exercises are movements where another person is moving your affected limbs through their range of motion on a regular, ideally daily, basis. Although you aren’t “doing it on your own,” passive movement helps stimulate the brain and activate neuroplasticity.
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When something is done frequently, it lets the brain know that task is important and the brain responds by making that task easier to accomplish.
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So, perhaps you would like to walk upstairs independently. Great!
That might be a longer-term goal. First you must be able to stand with support. Then, you need to be able to lift one leg and support your weight with the other leg. Then you need to move yourself up a step. Review what you can do now and work from there.
Stepping up could be a very difficult thing to do straight away, so your short-term goals might include specific exercises, for example marching, or squats, that strengthen the muscles that you need to climb the stairs. Once you have mastered this, you could increase the repetitions, or move on to stepping up to a low step. Then increase the height of the step, or the number of steps, and so on, until you complete the longer term goal of walking up stairs independently.
Whatever your personal goal, the trick is to break it down into smaller, achievable tasks.
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