Every stroke is different, and every stroke survivor will have various effects. Therefore, the best stroke recovery treatment will vary from person to person due to individual impairments and affected functions.
Repetition and consistency are two keys to recovery.
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This is incredible news for chronic stroke survivors! 🧠 Research published yesterday in the journal 'Stroke' shows that a miniaturised, closed-loop vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) system, when paired with rehabilitation, can produce lasting recovery in hand and arm function.
This technology uses precisely timed, gentle pulses to help the brain rewire itself, enhancing the hard work put into physical therapy 💪.
For those living with persistent upper limb impairment, even years after a stroke, this offers real hope for meaningful, long-term improvement in daily life and quality of life.
For more on this study, see www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/STROKEAHA.125.052937 💙
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How can I find out if I am eligible for this Dr Tom?
If you want to balance and walk better better, cope with a fall better, reduce spasticity in the elbow as well as hundreds of other benefits then you need ARNI online video 4.
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You can’t recover well from stroke without getting stronger. It’s as simple as that. Dr Tom will show you exactly what to do and what not to. He shows you everything he has learned over the last 2...Nikki Wiltshire
The shocking case of Graham McGowan, in the Daily Record today, highlights a critical failing within Scotland's stroke services, demanding urgent intervention by the NHS and government.
Doctors carried out a brain scan which revealed a blood clot and they advised he should be treated with a thrombectomy - a procedure to remove blood clots in a large artery. But, ARI's closest specialist thrombectomy hub, in Ninewells Hospital in Dundee, only offers the procedure from Monday to Friday
ARNI Stroke Rehab says that it’s pretty much medically indefensible that access to life-changing thrombectomy treatment should depend on the time of day, leaving patients like Graham, a fit and active 53-year-old, with severe and preventable disability simply because his stroke occurred outside of ‘office hours’.
What do ARNI Stroke Rehab news readers reckon? Please let us know in the comments below.
Tackling this failure probably requires a multi-pronged approach: immediate investment to provide a genuine 24/7 national thrombectomy service with expanded hub hours, a clear strategic plan from the NHS Planning and Delivery Board with genuine accountability for its implementation and robust measures to address geographical inequalities in access to this time-critical care.
Only by rectifying these systemic flaws can we be sure that every stroke patient in Scotland receives the best possible chance at recovery, regardless of when their medical emergency strikes.
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I survived a ruptured brain aneurysm. Ambulance took me to Ninewells where I had a ct scan and emergency surgery to stop the bleeding on my brain. Was then transferred to Edinburgh for more surgery and after 2 weeks in icu back to Dundee. All of this was to save me! Unfortunately I then got hydrocephalus and was left unable to walk, talk etc. this was because the surgeon at Ninewells would not fit a shunt! Eventually I was fitted with a shunt in December, 6 months after my rupture! Then another 4 months of rehabilitation to get me back up walking, talking and get my self back. So after 10 months I got home! I have nothing but admiration for all the NHS staff that helped me, the only one I have nothing for is the consultant who refused to fit a shunt in the first place! But I’m here and still enjoying my life so I’m very grateful! I feel so sorry for the people affected by strokes who weren’t helped in time 😢
This is shocking. NHS is supposed to be health care at the point of need. Not ‘ if it’s between 9-5, Monday to Friday’. 😡
Unbelievable in 2025
Oh wow!! How bad is that . So if you are unlucky enough to have a stroke at the weekend tough!! 😡🤬
My husband had a stroke last year, the ambulance arrived very quickly and he was than taken to Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth Hospital (hub hospital with a thrombectomy unit) He was then left lying in the ambulance for an hour outside the hospital. He then lay on a trolley in a bay in A&E for 5 hours before he was even seen by a doctor!! This was despite our repeated questions as to when a doctor would be arriving and what was going on?? So much for all the act FAST information adverts we see!! Sadly, he was then outside the window of opportunity to have a thrombectomy! All of those hours lying on a trolley when he could have had this treatment!! The staff in the Stroke ward were really angry that he'd been left in A&E for all that time when he should have gone straight for a CT scan. Shocking lack of care and treatment in what is meant to be one of Scotland's top flagship hospitals!! So angry.
I live in Glasgow I had my stroke 4yrs I was left lying on my living room floor waiting over 6hrs for a ambulance the waiting outside a&e for further 2hrs I was 41yr old left with left side disabilities whole system needs overhauled
This has to be tackled nationally not individually by devolved government. Pool and PULL resources together because us here at the suffering end are losing our lives, health and recovery
I stay in scotland and suffered a life changing haemorrhage and received No rehab at all, my joiner friend had to put up all my hand rails and make a ramp as the OT said id never ever recover in any capacity, btw I live independently
It's a disgusting state of affairs 🤬
The NHS need to spend our hard earned funding wisely…. There are MANY ways in which they can do this better, but consider purely the cost of future services that one would need having acrued a life changing disability from something that could’ve been prevented… As they say, “prevention is better than cure” On all counts.
It's not just Scotland. My husbands stroke happened around 8.30 in the evening.. outside of the 12 hrs to transfer him to a hospital that did the op.. whether he would have had a thrombectomy I don't know as it wasn't even considered as out of time bracket!..
Be FAST - Expand Stroke Symptom Awareness nothing is changing
Promising research offers new hope for stroke recovery! Maraviroc, an HIV medication is being investigated in clinical trials for its potential (off-label) to improve recovery in acute stroke survivors by affecting brain plasticity and reducing neuroinflammation.
Preclinical data and observational studies suggest Maraviroc can significantly improve motor skills and cognitive function in stroke survivors, leading to a Canadian trial (CAMAROS) testing it with exercise for upper and lower limb recovery and an Israeli trial (MARCH) for cognitive impairment after subcortical stroke and improve outcomes for stroke survivors by augmenting intensive rehabilitation.
Studies indicate that by blocking the CCR5 receptor, the brain may be better able to rewire itself, with early findings suggesting benefits not only for motor skills but also for learning, memory and reducing post-stroke depression. While larger, placebo-controlled trials are still needed to confirm these effects, the scientific community is encouraged by the potential for this repurposed medication to become a game-changer in neurological repair.
Stay informed about these exciting developments by continuing to read ARNI Stroke Rehab News ✨
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But as far as I can see this is not something that us stroke survivors can get prescribed yet; so we need to wait for further news before asking our GPs. But it's jolly hopeful news that the future holds potential treatments like this... if it even does some good for even a subset of stroke sequelae, that's all good. Tom
So, a number of friends are asking if Maraviroc shows potential for improving recovery in chronic stroke survivors - and the answer, as far as I can see is yes, by affecting both brain plasticity and neuroinflammation, as evidenced by preclinical studies and human genetic data. Studies in mice demonstrate Maraviroc improves motor and cognitive recovery by reducing neuroinflammation and modulating synaptic plasticity, while human genetic studies show that individuals with a CCR5-deleting mutation, a naturally occurring genetic variation that blocks CCR5, exhibit better outcomes after stroke. Tom
Awesome 👍
Can it be given even 20 years after?
If this will fix my right side let’s go
I’m in
Me too
I’m def in.
Give me 50 % more arm and leg I would happy
100% in as a rat.
Interested
I want it
Wow! And this is why we have to keep the hope alive. Side affects don’t sound good though
Sign me up
Id be happy to be a tester
Id definitely give it a go as I'm not great right now, even after 3 years
Yes please
I’m in
Would like to be part of any Canadian trials please
Available if a volunteer is required (I also have brain herniation because of the stroke)
Sign me up i will try them
Please tell me more
I'll be a guinea pig I'm up for some brain healing
Is it possible to take part in trials
Mark Brinklow
Learned non-use is a serious, but common, secondary effect of stroke. This occurs when stroke survivors neglect their affected side and use only their unaffected side. With time and this non-use, the muscles become weaker and function can be lost completely.
Fortunately, learned non-use after stroke is treatable. The key to is to engage with your affected side every day; incorporating it into as many functional activities as possible. This will activate neuroplasticity and help rebuild the connections to your muscles.
Talk to your ARNI trainer for specific exercises you can try at home. Don't yet have a trainer? Call us on 0203 053 0111 or email support@arni.uk.com to find out if there's a trainer near you who can work with you on your recovery.
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Think I have this despite trying to engage weak. side as Much as I can I'm 10 years in now and 68
HOW UPPER-LIMB STROKE REHAB CAN BE OPTIMISED BY NEW TECH -
Through mental practice, even if a you can’t move your affected muscles, you can still visualize a movement or mentally practice an exercise before performing it. This stimulates the brain and activates neuroplasticity.
Additionally it’s accessible to everyone during all stages of recovery.
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Hey Pam, I mentally practice not paying my corporation tax bill but it's not working - what advice can you give me? ;0 Tom
Exercise: Self-assisted arm curl . This exercise will help you to retain the relative length of your bicep muscle and maintain its strength. Be aware that if you have spasticity in the arm, you certainly don’t need to concentrate on building the strength of the bicep. It is usually held in a contracted position anyway, which slows down strength-loss whilst the joint is more immobile than that of your other arm. You do need to do this exercise to support muscle gain, even though spasticity is about flexion strength: akin to placing your foot on the accelerator and holding it there.
By providing support to a certain spot just above your elbow, you will find that you can move the arm away from your body, curl it up towards your neck, and more importantly, extend it fairly well again. This is very empowering and you will be surprised at the control this support from the good hand gives you.
ind out more about this exercise in The Successful Stroke Survivor book by Tom Balchin.
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A big tip to everyone with this exercise if you have upper limb spasticity after stroke is to 'concentrate on the down' - ie, the extension of the triceps is the most important part - indeed you could help the fist up to an elbow position (Fig 9) with your good hand and turn the emphasis of each rep into the eccentric, negative portion. So the bit where one injects the hard work is to extend the arm again. This is what I'd do anyway (and did do when I was dealing with upper limb combined spasticity and flaccidity presentation - Tom
but it dont get rid of the stupid pain or swelling.......makes it worse i think
I do this perhaps 100 tines a day thanks for the tip
Today's top tip! Wear a big chunky, heavy watch on the wrist of your affected side with the face on the underside of your wrist so you have to look at your affected arm and turn the wrist to read the time. The ‘heaviness’ of a watch can also serve to make you more ‘aware’ of your affected hand. Try it and you’ll see what I mean.
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Thank you! 😊😊
