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Exercise: Hip push-pulls
This movement is fantastic. It is a static, gross motor movement exercise which can be turned into a warm-up exercise. It resembles a deadlift movement with no weight.
Find out more about this exercise in The Successful Stroke Survivor book by Tom. Balchin
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A bit of a stroke rehab tech history for you today!👨🔬🧠 Many years ago, researchers at Rice University developed a pioneering device known as the 'Rice Wrist': a prototype exoskeleton for the wrist and forearm 🦾 While you won't see this exact model on the market today, its legacy is a HUGE part of the incredible upper limb robotic exoskeletons that are now helping stroke survivors in clinics all over the world.
The Rice Wrist was a crucial stepping stone, allowing scientists to explore how haptic feedback and intensive, repetitive therapy could help rebuild motor function after a stroke. 📈 By carefully studying how the device interacted with patients and their progress, the research team gathered vital insights that paved the way for more refined and user-friendly technology. Think of it as a historical artifact of rehabilitation science! 🏛️
So, what happened to it? 🤔 It fulfilled its purpose as a research prototype and is not, and never was, a product for sale. The findings and patents from that project have been instrumental in informing the design of modern-day robots that are helping people regain movement today. It’s a perfect example of how academic research drives innovation in real-world clinical applications ❤️ It's proof that what starts as an idea on campus can eventually lead to a better quality of life for thousands. 🚀
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Every exercise you do isn't just 'one' exercise and every workout isn't just a 'workout'. Everything you do is related. They are all just a point on a continuum that must constantly be improving. Improvement is the name of the game!
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📢 Absolutely incredible news for stroke survivors and the world of rehab! 🤖🚶♀️ Associate Professor Aaron Young and his brilliant team at the George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech in the U.S., have just unveiled a game-changing AI exoskeleton designed specifically to help individuals regain lower limb mobility after a stroke.
Traditional robotic exoskeletons often fall short because they're designed around the steady gaits of healthy individuals, forcing us survivors to adapt to the machine rather than the other way around. Young's team set out to change this paradigm, and their solution is nothing short of brilliant! ✨
Their breakthrough lies in harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to create an exoskeleton that learns from the user's unique gait in real-time. 🧠⚙️. Sensors on the hip exoskeleton, which provides targeted support at the hip joint, capture the user's movements, and the AI translates those signals into precisely the right amount of power to assist each individual step.
This AI system can accurately learn a person's gait pattern in just one to two minutes and adapts as they move. This speed and accuracy have been demonstrated in tests, showing a 70% reduction in errors compared to standard exoskeletons when tracking stroke patients' walking p#ARNIstrokerehabw#strokerecoveryR#AIInnovation #exoskeletone#georgiatechresearcho#rehabilitationi#FutureOfMobilityhabilitation #FutureOfMobility
Task-specific practice is said to be one of the best weapons we have to help retrain the brain. I Meaning simply to train the action to be performed in a natural environment. E.G. if you wanted to lift a mug and drink from it, you take a mug and practice lifting and drinking from it, over and over again … and attempt to improve progressively and consistently.
For those with significant supper limb spasticity to retrain the ability to open a glasses case to get your specs, for instance… you practise opening up a glasses case.
Task training is critical as it will ‘force’ you to practice using your more-affected limb.
Try to do MORE with your more-affected upper limb each day. Repeated attempts in training creates a form of practice that can potentially lead to further improvement in performance. The ideal is to find oneself in a ‘virtuous circle’, in which spontaneous limb use and motor performance will reinforce each other and re-teach your body to control the position of an affected limb.
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 retraining. I tend to promote the importance of setting up a small ‘training area’ in your house. It needs only to be a few square metres wide. With a chair and a small table with a task-board, more advanced challenge board and other small items on it.
You need to find your own task specifics and work on ‘close-simulations’. Even though they may not be 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, and working on-task, and keeps you safe. Outside the training area, you need to make an effort to practice tasks (or the components that you can manage), as part of your ADLs; noting any changes.
One great example: I created ‘DJ-Therapy’ to get my upper limb working. I basically made up a hugely successful paradigm which was suitable for me. How I did it is all listed in The Successful Stroke Survivor.
Making training ‘not training’ is one of the biggest secrets to getting optimal success with upper limb function. I wish more people would have a go at this. Have a think about what might be suitable for YOU to keep YOU practising and interested.
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Have you ever heard of 'Beauty Parlor Stroke Syndrome'? 💇♀️ A new study highlights this rare but serious condition, caused by the hyperextension of the neck when you lean back into a salon shampoo bowl.
For a small number of people, this position can put pressure on the vertebral arteries in the neck, leading to a stroke. Research shows that 80% of those affected were women of varying ages. While extremely rare, it's a good reminder to protect your neck 🧠 Next time you're at the salon, you can ask for a rolled-up towel to support your neck or adjust the chair to prevent it from being tilted too far back.
Signs and symptoms of BPSS are similar to a stroke and can include weakness or numbness on one side of the body, confusion, trouble speaking or swallowing, vision changes, dizziness, and severe headaches. Additional symptoms may involve nausea, vomiting, tinnitus (ringing in the ears), and vertigo or loss of balance. If these symptoms occur, it is crucial to seek immediate medical attention.
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If you want to focus on upper body this is the upper body section of the Successful Stroke Survivor book. You'll love this aid to retraining, as you can just keep it open on the table whilst practising. Also available on Kind#ARNIstrokerehabr#strokeexerciser#neuroplasticityi#neurorehabr#strokerecoveryo#strokerehabr#arnistrokecharitya#strokesurvivorscanr#strokearmrehabrehab
Upper Body Rehab - Self-help Resource Manual (The Successful Stroke Survivor Book 5)
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This book is Volume 5 in the series of 5 taken from best-selling book and manual The Successful Stroke Survivor by Tom Balchin. The 5 Volumes are all that those who have suffered a stroke and have rea...
⚠️ Don't skip breakfast! A major new study in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology has revealed a strong link between missing your morning meal and a significantly increased risk of death from stroke. 🧠
Researchers found that forgoing breakfast was associated with a higher likelihood of cardiovascular events. Experts are urging everyone to make time for this vital meal, emphasizing its role in maintaining overall health.
Making a simple change to your daily routine could be a key step in protecting your long-term health. 🍳🍓☕
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Really interesting.... Issue for me is I don't feel that hungry.... But I'll definitely try to change this.....
I find it so confusing the conflicting information out there. I do intermittent fasting so only eat between 12pm and 8pm. Or I try anyway.
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Training with Tom online video
Real-life training on the mat with Dr Tom. He takes a stroke survivor through a training session (although an extended one in order to show you lots more things you can do). Starting with a warm-up, you will see the stroke survivor guided through a session where he is does first static exercises, gait control work, balance training, strength training and some seriou supper limb training. You will see how to put everything you’ve seen on online videos 1 to 6 into practice – and you’ll see a stroke survivor starting to work on the edges of his current ability in many areas, particularly when challenging his upper limb. This video is where many of the exercises, techniques and strategies will really come to life for you as you see how they work together, if practised carefully and with some dedication, to produce a trainee who is totally transformed in terms of action control, strength and confidence in the ability to move and function normally in society again.
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Definitely interested..... I know we all recover differently hence consultants never give us a trajectory but I'm guessing this will help most of us with some things as we might differ with spasticity or tone?
