The Tipster exercise: This exercise is a critical self-stretch you can do for loosening up your fingers if they become seriously curled into your palm and painful after concentrating hard on performing any task-related training or ADL(activities of daily living).
The action mimics the offering of a secretive tip or bribe to someone behind your back (seen only in the movies!) Think about that word ‘tip’ though: it ultimately serves to ‘tip’ your fingers away from your palm.
From The Successful Stroke Survivor book by Tom Balchin
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A testimonial on why The Successful Stroke Survivor book is the right book for someone recovering from a stroke.........Following my traumatic brain injury, I was determined and relentless to get back on the road to recovery. For guidance on the road to functional recovery and alongside my physiotherapist, this was the book for me. Tom Balchin details the latest evidence based techniques and ARNI approaches to help recovery. I found particularly useful the ways to help reduce spasticity and decline in upper limb as well as how to regain hand and finger function as well as strengthening exercises for lower limb function. Through such detailed and informative advice, married with clear illustrations you are taken through detailed text involving key concepts such as brain plasticity followed by the steps to retrain your affected limbs for the purposes of functionality. For example, to get up from the floor. If you stick with Tom's methods and practice practice practice, you are sure to see results! I even followed this with a session with Tom himself! Absolutely great! charity#neurorehabr#strokeexerciser#neuroplasticityi#ARNIstrokerehabr#arnistrokecharitya#strokesurvivorsi#strokesurvivorscanrscan
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THIS DOT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE! In a proper 'sign of the times', we now have incredible, tiny, magnet-controlled microrobots which deliver stroke clot-busting drugs!! 🧠🤖
We know that getting thrombolytic drugs directly to the source of a stroke is vital, but high doses throughout the body can cause serious side effects like internal bleeding.
This microrobot, just produced and tested by ETH Zurich are is the solution. It's a tiny, spherical capsule with a dissolvable gel shell, containing medication and magnetic nanoparticles that allow doctors to steer it with an external magnetic field. It also has a contrast agent so it can be tracked via X-ray!
These tiny ;swimmers', some less than two millimetres in width, can be guided through complex blood vessels, even against fast blood flow, with over a 95% success rate in lab tests. Once it reaches the stroke-related clot, doctors activate a high-frequency magnetic field that heats the nanoparticles, dissolves the gel shell, and releases the drug exactly where it's needed!
This precision delivery minimises side effects and maximises effectiveness, opening the door to treating hard-to-reach areas of the brain. The technology has already been successfully tested in realistic vessel models and in large animals like pigs and sheep. The research team hopes to begin human clinical trials as soon as possible.
ARNI Stroke Rehab UK says that this is a massive step forward and offers hope for faster, safer and more effective treatments for us all in the fu#ARNIstrokerehab.#ethzurichR#microrobotsb#MedicalBreakthroughb#HopeForFuturee#stroketreatmento#innovationrokeTreatment #Innovation
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All movement is beneficial during stroke recovery. Try your best to engage in therapeutic movement on a daily basis.
Not sure what to do? Call us on 0203 053 0111 or email support@arni.uk.com to find out if there's an instructor near you who can help you.
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Approximately 40% of stroke survivors experience this difficulty: to comprehend or produce spoken or written language caused by a cerebrovascular accident. In half of these cases the language impairment still persists one year post-stroke. Aphasia has wide-ranging effects on the ability to function and quality of life of stroke survivors and easily leads to social isolation.
If you need help, ARNI SLT Telerehab can now help YOU, right now, wherever you are in the world!
The latest evidence shows clearly that you can conquer aphasia very successfully with the help of speech and language therapy.
And it also shows that SLT Telerehab is just as effective as in-person, face to face treatment.
We have a team of highly experienced low-cost specialist SLTs (all post-grads from Universities such as UCL, the University of Cape Town etc) who are available to help you right now, in your home, via Zoom. You get a one to one hourly service, based around your diary needs, from the comfort of your own home, with a highly experienced specialist speech and language therapist. Please enquire to arni.uk.com/get-remote-speech-language-help-now/ !
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Hey everyone! 👋 I have some truly exciting and hopeful news for those of us in the stroke community who are dealing with hemianopia (partial blindness) after our stroke! 🧠
Researchers have developed an innovative new treatment that combines visual training with a special kind of brain stimulation called cross-frequency transcranial alternating current stimulation, or cf-tACS ⚡️
This pioneering approach involves using low-intensity electrical currents to re-orchestrate brain signals, specifically by synchronising brain waves between the primary visual cortex and another motion-sensitive area of the brain. It basically mimics the brain's natural communication patterns that were disrupted by the stroke.
In a recent trial, patients with chronic hemianopia who underwent this combined therapy showed significant improvements in their vision! Many experienced measurable expansions in their visual fields and even reported real-world improvements in their daily lives. One patient could see his wife's arm when she was driving, something that was impossible before the treatment! It's unknown however whether this improved his quality of life... (forgive me!) 😮
This is big news because hemianopia has traditionally been considered largely permanent after the initial months of recovery. This new therapy offers a genuine possibility of restoring lost visual function, rather than just teaching compensatory strategies.
ARNI Stroke Rehab UK comments that while this is still in the trial phase and not yet widely available, it offers incredible hope that we can continue to recover and improve our quality of life in unexpected ways! 🙏💖 Keep believing in the power of neuroplasticity (and innovation)
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Balance control is basically the foundation of your ability to move and function independently. Becoming more skilled at balance recovery helps make you more adaptable to being off balance and more skilled at recovering balance in unstable situations and/or after perturbations. This is why we ask stroke survivors to challenge themselves with off-balance training. Personally, I never fall completely over, even if I trip up. Even when stumbling when breaking into a run for the train or tripping over a raised pavement slab. This is because, over time. I have learned to do something important. My brain knows, via practice, when my balance has failed, and has learned to move my good foot forward instinctively and very quickly, to cope with the trip. This rapid step is key. It allows me to shift the balance of my weight back to a position from which I can recover. I might have to bring my good hand right to the floor at worst to steady myself and cope with the trip, especially when going upstairs, but I do not fall heavily onto my hip and shoulder like so many stroke survivors. You can attain this ability too, by practising balancing on one leg and other techniques which actively invite off-balanceness.
From The Successful Stroke Survivor book Tom Balchin
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A Mars Bar for you if you can guess the link between broccoli 🥦 and stroke!! Well, the answer is that Did a natural compound found in the everyone's favourite veggie (ahem),called sulforaphane, has been shown in numerous preclinical studies to have amazing protective effects on the brain during a stroke ;)
Researchers found that this powerful compound works in a few key ways. It acts as a super-strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agent, basically fighting off the harmful 'oxidative stress' and inflammation that happen right after a stroke and cause damage to brain cells.
Studies show that treatment with sulforaphane can significantly reduce the size of the damaged area in the brain (infarct volume), reduce brain edema (swelling), and improve long-term neurological function and memory outcomes. The key mechanism is that it activates a crucial protective pathway in our bodies called the Nrf2 signaling pathway, which tells our brain cells to ramp up their natural defenses and protective enzymes.
What's really exciting is that some research even suggests that a broccoli-derived compound could potentially improve the effectiveness of existing clot-busting medications like tPA, making those treatments more successful! It can also help reduce the formation of blood clots in the first place, acting as a preventative agent for those at high risk.
While this is mostly in preclinical trials and animal studies right now, it highlights how powerful a healthy diet rich in cruciferous vegetables can be for our brain health and recovery journey. It's a great reminder to eat our gre#ARNIstrokerehabi#strokesurvivorr#broccoli##sulforaphaner#brainhealthS#Neuroprotectioni#healthyeatingp#HopeForFuturelthyEating #HopeForFuture
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Six tips to help you find your Monday motivation:
Focus your attention only one thing at a time.
Write A List.
Stick To A Plan.
Make Sure Your Goals Are Within Reach.
GO FOR IT - MAKE IT YOURS 😉
Make The Most Of Your Time on Task
Review Your Performance.
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At Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield, disco dancing is the new therapy! Stroke patients have introduced 'Disco in the Bay'🕺💃 Basically, they're turning a rehab bay into a dance floor every Friday afternoon to support physical recovery and encourage patients to socialise. How brilliant is that?
We all know rehab can sometimes be tough and monotonous, but this innovative idea is proof that staying positive and finding joy in movement makes all the difference! It helps with balance, coordination, and strength in such a fun way! Plus, the social aspect is huge; battling the isolation that can come after a stroke and building community support is probably as important as the physical exercise. 💖
This brings music, movement and laughter back into the recovery journey. What a fantastic way to improve physical and mental well-being ;)👋 ✨
Let's take inspiration from this amazing initiative at Pinderfields! 'Finding the fun' in the journey really is key. Keep dancin', keep smilin' and k#arnistrokerehabstrokesurvivorn#discointhebays#pinderfieldshospitalv#RehabInnovationy#staypositives#StrongerTogethern#dancetherapyPositive #StrongerTogether #DanceTherapy
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