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Innovative training durations maximise neurological recovery after stroke! 📢 Do you prefer shorter or longer sessions of rehab training though? Let us know in the comments below!
he evidence base for neuroplasticity suggests that high intensity and high repetition are the essential drivers for restoring functional movement and strength. Clinical research indicates that shorter sessions often fail to reach the threshold required to induce lasting changes in the motor cortex of the brain.
By extending ARNI home stroke rehab sessions to a full hour or even ninety minutes clinicians can ensure that enough time is dedicated to both preparation and intensive task specific training. This prolonged engagement allows the nervous system to move beyond initial fatigue and enter a state of optimal learning for complex motor skills.
Unlike standard thirty or forty five minute appointments these longer durations provide the necessary volume to achieve hundreds of massed-practice repetitions over a training block. Significant experts in the field of rehabilitation such as Dr Tom Balchin and the ARNI academic board emphasise that physiological adaptation requires sustained effort over time. Providing the option for ninety minute sessions ensures that survivors with higher stamina can push the boundaries of their physical potential within a safe and supervised environment.
ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery says that extending session lengths to ninety minutes also allows for the thorough integration of strength training and sensory retraining that is often rushed in shorter clinical windows 🧠📈💪✨
These are really great for people to try, if there is spasticity or flaccidity present – and this is the stepping stone that we have found for countless ARNI clients over the years that works to progress their hand from one phase to another.
Get yours today to help yourself or your loved one with ARNI style upper-limb training… and get Dr Tom’s invaluable fully-illustrated 10 page accompanying Guide with it!
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70% of survivors will be left with upper limb difficulties. The Successful Stroke Survivor manual and corresponding online videos contain lots of exercises to help you train your more-affected upper limb. Given that you can be in a seated position, you will not be endangering yourself in terms of balance, leading to a possible fall. Take your affected hand and play with it with your good hand ceaselessly, stretch it, try to do tasks with it all the time, and do the myriad of trial and error experiments to try and produce breakthroughs.
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This is a clip of a stroke survivor getting up from the floor using the ARNI method. If you want to learn how to do this you need ARNI online video 1 which is available from the website.
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We are saddened by new reports today that Princess Michael of Kent is understood to be seriously ill after suffering a stroke. Princess Michael of Kent is 81 and married to the first cousin of the late Queen (Prince Michael, Duke of Kent), who kindly came to an ARNI Stroke event in London in 2016 to meet us.
She has long been admired for her high public duty rate and remains very well thought of by the nation. This significant health setback follows a difficult period where she was previously seen in splints following a fall at Kensington Palace. A close friend confirmed to the Daily Mail that the Princess is sadly now bedridden as she attempts to recover from the neurological event.
Medical experts often highlight that the road to recovery for survivors in their eighties requires specialised and consistent support to manage the physical sequelae of a stroke. The news has sparked widespread concern across the United Kingdom as her family and medical team provide the necessary care during this critical time.
Despite the severity of the reports the resilience shown by the Princess in her long years of service remains a source of inspiration. Her dedicated attendance at royal events even while injured demonstrates the tenacity that's so vital during the long term rehabilitation process and means that she has the potential to recover as much action control as will be possible.
ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery says that such high profile cases serve as a sobering reminder that a stroke can affect anyone regardless of their status or history of service and that for the Princess, regaining functional movement IS possible through the implementation of evidence based task specific retraining and professional support. 🏥🙏✨
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Speedy recovery slow and steady does impost two strokes and I know he is on my side but IM walking talking just left side upper hemiplegia.dont give up 🙏 for you
Hope you have a good recovery
Correction - Princess Michael of Kent is married to Prince Michael of Kent, not Prince Edward of Kent.. hope she has a speedy and comfortable recovery.
Wishing her well x
Wishing a good recovery from us all at Stroke Survivors Speech & Language Support Group
L ictus non guarda in faccia nessuno
Hope we arent paying for her treatment. Shes done nothing for us in her whole life.
Unexpected stroke symptoms can often defy typical recognition! 🧠A sixty three year old survivor from Bonnyrigg has shared his experience of a haemorrhagic stroke where the solitary symptom was an acute inability to read written text. Gordon Robb found that words on screens and in emails appeared as if written in a foreign language despite the absence of facial drooping or slurred speech.
Clinical experts estimate that such isolated difficulty in recognising written words affects fewer than one per cent of individuals at the onset of a stroke. This rare presentation highlights the critical importance of seeking emergency care even when standard diagnostic signs are not immediately apparent.
Mr Robb is now participating in a British Heart Foundation funded clinical trial led by the University of Edinburgh to investigate the safety of antiplatelet medications. Researchers are currently evaluating whether drugs such as clopidogrel can safely prevent future vascular events in those who have experienced a prior brain bleed. While this specific medication trial is ongoing in Scotland it provides vital data for future routine implementation across all United Kingdom stroke services.
ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery says that awareness of these atypical neurological deficits is essential for ensuring that every survivor receives a rapid and accurate diagnosis. 🚲📖✨
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ARNI - I find myself ALWAYS sharing my symptoms. I think people overlook Stroke altogether as a ....."it will never happen to me/it's for the over 80s to worry about/I have high BP but I'm fine" ...... I keep sharing because I had no idea a stroke would be so devastating.... People don't get why you can't lift your arm or hand, or hold a cup or brush your hair..... And you always get told "I had a friend and they're back to normal now"....... A stroke or TIA affects your brain and it will not remake dead cells - they're gone❤️🩹 ANY and all research to stroke prevention, recognition and better aftercare is to be welcomed. Sorry for the long reply ☹️
New Stroke Cognition Calculator transforms future recovery predictions! 📢Researchers at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences have developed a really interesting prediction tool to identify long term cognitive changes in stroke survivors soon after hospital admission: have a read....
This innovative Stroke Cognition Calculator achieved a seventy six per cent accuracy rate during testing by analysing routinely collected data such as age and stroke severity alongside the Oxford Cognitive Screen. Unlike previous models that only predicted decline the team led by Professor Nele Demeyere accounted for the fact that thinking skills can improve or stay stable over time.
Study author and colleague of ARNI Stroke Rehab Charity, Andrea Kusec, highlights that because the tool utilises existing NHS medical records it remains an affordable and easily implemented solution for clinical practice. Further validation across thirty seven hospitals in England confirmed the reliability of these predictions for diverse healthcare settings across the United Kingdom. This personalised approach aims to reduce the uncertainty families face regarding invisible effects like memory and planning difficulties after leaving the ward.
By providing a more informed estimate of future needs clinicians can better prepare patients for their specific recovery trajectory and ensure appropriate support is in place. ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery says that this research represents a vital advancement in managing the psychological and cognitive complexities that us stroke survivors encounter during our long term journey... 🧠📈✨
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Great idea but let's get basic aftercare support in place first!
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing Nickers
Great going
Gillian Wilson
Something for you to think about over the weekend......
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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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Do you know the best way to regain movement after a stroke?
The answer is by practicing movement.
But not just any movement – it must be specific, therapeutic, and highly repetitive. This helps stimulate neuroplasticity in the brain and improve control over your muscles.
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Every time you share, you could directly help someone – as knowledge is power ;)
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When starting to increase walking can it cause cramp in the good.leg?
Ras Whitaker?
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