A tragic inquest has highlighted the devastating impact that systemic clinical failures and fragmented communication can have on the safety of elderly stroke survivors during the critical transition from hospital to home. 🏥 We bet that some of our ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery readers have their own horror stories.. if you're up for sharing, please let us know in the comments below
Mary Powell, a 91-year-old grandmother, was originally admitted with pneumonia before being transferred to Ross-on-Wye Community Hospital for rehabilitation, where she was ultimately discharged on a Saturday without an electronic summary or the vital medication required to manage her stroke risk.
The inquest heard that her family, distressed by ward conditions, opted for an unplanned discharge but were unaware that her previous aspirin regimen had been replaced by a new anticoagulant for which they received neither a supply nor a prescription. This lack of clarity meant Mrs Powell went 20 days without the necessary blood thinners, a period during which her GP remained unnotified of the medication changes, highlighting a catastrophic breakdown in the 'hospital-to-home' care pathway. 🧠
For the ARNI Stroke Rehab UK Institute and Charity, this heartbreaking case underscores the absolute necessity of rigorous patient advocacy and the seamless integration of medical management with rehabilitation efforts. Ensuring that survivors and their families are fully empowered with clear, written discharge plans and immediate access to life-saving secondary prevention medication is as vital as the physical retraining itself. This story serves as a real reminder that we can only try as survivors to do our best in rehab if we have a healthcare system that prioritises safety - and ESPECIALLY communication - at every stage of the journey. 🦾
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All requests for a ARNI Instructor, handled by the ARNI Charity, are then passed for referral to Stroke Solutions www.strokesolutions.co.uk for professional administration and monitoring (each session, throughout the lifespan of all sessions). Stroke Solutions is the ARNI Charity's Referral and Monitoring Agency. This is a typical intro pack, posted to anyone enquiring for help with stroke rehab.
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So, how do you best go about trying to resolve your drop-shoulder? What's the latest best practice /advice?? So, research indicates that dynamic neuromuscular stimulation represents the most effective one treatment option (probably not the best 'training option' or 'management option' options I can think of btw) for resolving post-stroke shoulder subluxation and associated hemiplegic pain 🧠.
To effectively self-treat sublux, survivors should try transitioninf from passive slings, which can potentially exacerbate muscle shortening and malalignment, toward active bracing such as the SaeboStim One for functional electrical stimulation ⚡.
By applying neuromuscular electrical stimulation to the posterior deltoid and supraspinatus, one creates a biological sling that utilises electrical pulses to physically re-seat the humerus into the glenoid socket. For superior structural integrity, dynamic supports such as te the GivMohr Sling (available on Amazon and from other sources) provides essential upward compression through a four-point harness that prevents the common issue of the arm sliding forward 🛠️. This stability allows for the high-repetition, neuroplasticity-driven task-specific training required to regain the physiological muscle tone needed to support the limb independently.
Advanced recovery would involve weaning off these devices through specialised ARNI-style training, like utilising Dr Tom's 'squat-chin' exercise, performed with feet on the floor, which challenge the outdated clinical dogma suggesting that all pulling movements are detrimental to subluxation 🏗️. Experience shows that subluxation typically recedes when the arm is moved strategically rather than being left to linger in a stat#ARNIstrokerehabm#strokerecovery.#shouldersubluxationh#neurorehabilitationS#Physiotherapytion #Neurorehabilitation #Physiotherapy
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The evidence base shows that you MUST perform some exercises routinely to help yourself to recover well. But what do you do? in the ARNI online video set Dr Tom Balchin shows you exactly what to do. A stroke survivor himself, he has built, via via over 18 years of teaching survivors and trainers evidence-based practice and creating innovative techniques, an internationally-respected approach to functional rehabilitation training after stroke which WORKS.
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How can this book change your life after stroke?
You can learn the techniques that will help in the recovery process.
This book helps survivors regain confidence in their recovery. It presents all the necessary information, starting from the condition, through the effects on the body, to the rehabilitation possibilities.
It focuses on how to retrain both the brain and body for the best and fastest possible recovery.
Dr. Tom Balchin used his own experience, knowledge of stroke, and his work over the past two decades to write this book.
Have you got your copy yet?
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🎥So, did anyone watch the BBC Tech Now on Saturday and watch STH neurologist Dr Sheharyar Baig speaking about new 'at-home' tech?⚡ If you didn't, in the programme Dr Baig talks about the innovative Triceps trial and its potential impact on those living with stroke where they use a specialised device and connected earpiece to stimulate the vagus nerve to strengthen hand and arm mobility while carrying out rehabilitation exercises.
Unlike earlier versions of vagus nerve stimulation, which required surgery to implant a device, the Triceps treatment is non-invasive and can be used at home. For example, Amanda, who suffered a stroke six years ago, and still has problems moving her right hand, used the device for up to an hour a day as part of her rehab over 12 weeks, combining it with exercises and everyday tasks.
"At first I didn't think it was going to work at all," she says. "But after a couple of weeks, I started to see changes in my hand." One of the biggest milestones for her was returning to sewing – a passion she could not initially pursue after her stroke. "I can put my socks on, I can do my shoes, I can do my house," she told the BBC.
More than 220 people have taken part in the trial so far, which is running across 19 NHS hospital sites across the country, including the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. Recruitment for the trial - which has now been expanded to 270 participants following an independent review - is ongoing, with recruitment due to close in July.
If you think you'd like a go on the trial (and haven't been turned down for it like Dale?!), apply to Trial Manager: Kirsty McKendrick (kirsty.mckendrick@sheffield.ac.uk).
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Passive range-of-motion exercises are movements where another person is moving your affected limbs through their range of motion on a regular, ideally daily, basis. Although you aren’t “doing it on your own,” passive movement helps stimulate the brain and activate neuroplasticity.
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When something is done frequently, it lets the brain know that task is important and the brain responds by making that task easier to accomplish.
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