ARNI Instructor research on hand therapy
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Many stroke survivors can be assisted to retrain by advising them to have one place and a set amount of times per week in which they devote time to their retraining. I tend to promote the importance of setting up a small matted ‘training area’ in your house, which needs only to be a few square metres wide. You also need a chair and a small table with a task-board, more advanced challenge board and other small items on it.
You need to finding your own task specifics, according to your goals. You also need to work on ‘close-simulations’. Even though simulations are probably not as effective for motor learning as performing the actual task, and remember, we are after significant performance improvement via task practice, you can see that this approach gives you some great advantages. It keeps you in the training area, keeps you working on-task and keeps you safe. And then outside of the training area, you need to make an effort to practice the tasks (or the components of them that you can manage), as part of your ADLs (activities of daily living), noting changes when you can.
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The deadlift will do the job of providing real, useable strength better than a hundred lesser exercises. The name of the exercise sounds ‘fierce’, but don’t worry, it’s not really. You will grow to love it, however old you are, for it is the safest and most results-producing exercises for you as a stroke survivor to do. But only if you do it properly; with attention to the technique.
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Overall, the road to recovery looks different for everyone. It’s important to do everything you can to keep recovering; and try not to compare your recovery journey with that of someone else.
Not sure what to do? We can help you. We have trainers throughout the country who can work with you on your recovery. Call us on 0203 053 0111 or email support@arni.uk.com to find out if there's one near you.
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Here's an article about the importance of dietary copper intake in improving cognitive functions in older adults, especially those with a history of stroke.
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Copper may protect brain health after stroke
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Research shows dietary copper intake boosts cognitive function in older adults, particularly those with a stroke history, highlighting its neuroprotective role.
Challenge helps your brain get better. Challenge exists when you push yourself just beyond your current ability level. But not too much.
In order to get better, you need to find your current level of ability and challenge yourself by pushing slightly past it. Not too little, not too much.
So go on. Challenge yourself today!
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A friend introduced me to a Sacred spiral holistics at a naturopathy that helped her heal her stroke std I got orders and it helped me too i have been feeling so fine now for a month have you tried reaching out to him support organization for help they might be able to provide you with the resources and support Lovely greens
Dr Tom told me: There's little doubt that teaching stroke survivors to get up from the floor may help to allay their fears and those of their carers. If a fall does occur, being able to rise independently or with a minimum of assistance may avoid ‘long lies’ and their consequences as well as give people the confidence to participate in society knowing that they can ‘help themselves’ if need be, wherever they are.
At ARNI, as he is showing on the mat here, many stroke survivors who come to train with our Instructors simply cannot, at first, figure out how to get get down to the floor and get up again, or do it badly, dangerously or plain wrongly. For example, many stroke survivors report that they are shown how to lower themselves into a ‘kneeling position’. Unfortunately this takes a lot of courage to perform without holding onto anything. And often, limitations caused by drop foot means that stroke survivors anticipate falling forward or into the ‘gap created’ on the good side. And so they don’t do it, either instinctively realising that it’s impossible, or they crash to the floor with one knee in the attempt to stay upright as they descend. There are lots of badly bruised knees out there!
Can you get down and up from the floor with confidence now, after stroke? Please let usknow!!
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Very important 👌🏽👍🏽
I can get down and up again without assistance or even using my hands. But... not everytime... depends on my fatigue level...but I can get up
This was one of the things my PT taught me in rehab after my stroke and I’m so glad he did!!
Only just, at 82.
My gym instructor puts a chair against the wall and I put my good arm on it bend down and sit on the floor do the exact opposite to get up .
O don't know how to do it. Is there a video showing the technique?
Lost my ability to do this and it's destroyed my confidence
The device was implanted last week in a 52-year-old man whose strokes have severely limited his mobility,
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UW's new brain implant offers fresh hope after stroke
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UW doctors are testing a brain stimulator that may reshape stroke rehab for millions of patients.
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Cardiovascular exercise is defined as any type of exercise that gets your heart rate up and keeps it up for a prolonged period of time. It isn’t difficult to do and there are lots of options.
Walking, jogging, running, cycling, stepping, swimming, boxercise and rowing are examples for those who haven’t suffered a stroke. Options for stroke survivors are narrowed somewhat from these choices but at least one or other of the above can probably be achievable, either supported or unsupported.
When you do these types of activities, your respiratory system starts working somewhat harder as you begin to breathe faster and more deeply. Your blood vessels expand to bring more oxygen to your muscles, and your body releases natural painkillers (endorphins).
exercises like walking and swimming, which can be done with friends or family, are a great way to socialise while achieving some exercise. Sometimes you won’t be able to get out and about as often as you need, to do a form of exercise , so it’s a good idea to plan how you’re going to get it done by yourself at home.
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You've heard of Tai Chi, yes? And the moderate to strong evidence for in assisting functional recovery from stroke?
And Ki-gong (or Qigong, qi gong, chi kung, chi 'ung, or chi gung - same things)?
In essence, for stroke survivors, I think it's better than Tai Chi because it's a pretty static (and v powerful) system of coordinated body-posture and movement, breathing, and energy-focus/production.
I practiced it extensively in my own acute to chronic recovery (I basically bought a couple of books and taught myself how to do it - and did it - every day without fail). I used Wong Kiew Kit's book - and he's done lots more since - see Amazon,
PLEASE INVESTIGATE IT - watch some youtube vids and then get outside or even next to an open window if it's raining - and do it! V good for balance, gait control and upper limb - all-round proprioception recovery, really...
A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on the effect of Qigong exercise on motor function in stroke patients has just been published (25 Jul 2023) in the Journal 'Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation'
Methods: Randomized controlled trials that evaluated the effect of Qigong on motor function of stroke patients were obtained from PubMed and Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure through May 2022. Mean values and standard deviations of the post-intervention score in both experimental group and control group were collected to calculate the mean difference (MD) and corresponding 95% confidence interval (95% CI) of each study, which were quantificationally summarized using the Review Manager 5.3 software.
Results: Nineteen randomized controlled trials enrolling 1487 stroke patients were included. Pooled results indicated that Qigong exercise had beneficial effect on balance function (Berg Balance Scale), limb motor function (Fugl-Meyer Assessment); upper limb, lower limb and walking function (6-min walking test) of stroke patients. It was also found to be associated with an improvement in trunk function as indicated by the Trunk Impairment Scale.
Conclusions: Available evidence supported potential benefits of Qigong exercise for improving motor functions of stroke patients. As a safe and widely applicable exercise, Qigong is worthy of further promotion in the rehabili#neuroplasticity #StrokeRecoverya#arnistrokecharityp#ARNIstrokerehabe#neurorehabr#ARNIstrokerehab##arnistrokee#strokerehabilitations#arnistroke##walkingafterstrokee#kigonga#chigongNIstroke #walkingafterstroke #kigong #chigong
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Motor impairment is one of the most common defects after stroke, which could seriously affect the life quality of stroke patients. Exercise intervention gradually becomes a popular alternative reha...