Part of the ARNI Stroke Rehab Army after AGM (those who bothered to go for a drink anyway!
Well done Tom
ARNI rehabilitation specialists provide a treatment program suited to your needs. The evidence shows clearly that although rehab can’t reverse the effects of a stroke, the goal is to restore as much independence as possible by improving your physical, mental and emotional functions. Different types of emphases regarding concepts, principles and augments will be implemented for your specific needs to relearn skills you lost as a result of your stroke. Depending on the parts of the brain affected, rehabilitation therapy will focus on helping you with movement, speech, strength and daily living activities, such as eating, dressing or grocery shopping. Stroke rehab is recommended for all persons affected by stroke, as those who participate in stroke rehabilitation recover better.
Instructors & therapists on the specialist ARNI Functional Rehab after Stroke accreditation listening to lead physiotherapist Fran Brander at the Institute of Neurology at Queen Square (UCL)
Will I get results? If you keep an open mind, apply the strategies shown in this book correctly and progressively with the required persistence over time, you WILL get results - that’s the bottom line.
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This wonderful book helped me tremendously to recover from my stroke! Each and every page is informative and helpful giving you knowledge of everything you need to know. I couldn’t thank Tom enough for taking the time to write his book. You will most definitely get results if you follow his advice and keep going.
Every day there are people achieving a higher recovery than the professionals predicted. Your mindset can make the difference. Remember that!!
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Deep down, you have to believe that change is possible. Hope is a powerful drug that makes therapy so much more effective. Some people hear from their doctors that they won’t get any better after 6 weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year… These timelines are untrue and can destroy hope. Hope alone won’t make you better, but without hope, progress is rare.
Always remember there are online videos and books on our website that will help give you hope in your recovery by providing you with exercises to help you.
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My specialist told me I might never walk again so I thought to myself well I will show you how wrong you are! I bought Tom’s book and hey presto I proved the specialist wrong! 🙌🏼
So, here’s the bottom line. You can be pretty certain that acute stroke represents disconnections in your brain, but NOT any physical damage to the affected limbs. And that you already own the most important ‘intervention’ in stroke recovery: neuroplasticity.
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This superb graph created by ARNI supporter Professor Peter Langhorne for his excellent journal article in The Lancet (also shown in Dr Balchin' 'Had a Stroke', Now What') shows that a fixed therapeutic time window of 3/6 months doesn't necessarily exist - this is proof that you can show all the naysayers. This is 'hope in a graph' as far as I'm concerned - it means that there is no real "end" to recovery and that you CAN continue to recover and do better in terms of action control after many years have passed as long as you continue to stretch to keep muscles long/pliable, do as many ADLs as possible and do at least one 'Rehabby Hobby' as Dr Tom calls it. His main intensive 'rehabby hobby' was DJing. You can read about exactly how he used this in 'Had a Stroke', Now What' and can get ideas about other hobbies which challenge the paretic upper limb to the max ;)
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A new UK study is investigating whether a brain-controlled computer game can help stroke survivors recover movement in their arms.
Participants will wear a wireless headset that records brain activity as they imagine moving their affected arm, with those signals used to control a computer game.
The research, led by Queen’s University Belfast (QUB), is recruiting around 50 people who have had a stroke. It aims to harness neuroplasticity – the brain’s ability to reorganise and allow other regions to take over lost functions.
Many stroke survivors find everyday tasks such as dressing, cooking or writing extremely difficult. Different types of rehabilitation, including game-based approaches, can offer support.
Dr Kathy Ruddy, a neuroscientist leading the research, said: “The brain signals are picked up and used to control a computer game.
“This form of ‘motor imagery’ activates the same brain areas as real movement and it may help keep these body parts healthy and active after a stroke, even when actual movement isn’t yet possible.”
The team at QUB said the research is giving hope to people whose movement or speech remains affected after stroke.
Sign me up 🤩
there is no real "end" to recovery. As long as you put in the work, you can pick things back up at any point. Even; if it's been decades.
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