Happy Xmas from ARNI Stroke Rehab UK! This pic was created by young stroke survivor @Alex Roantree-Roesch, a young stroke survivor who first came to ARNI Stroke Rehab Charity as a very young lad - and still comes along to training to this day - Happy Xmas to Alex, his mum and dad - and @Sally Roesch (who is also on ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery Facebook too) 😉Alex made this as a Xmas card using his more-affected hand, practising placing his fingers flat enough on the paper to make Santa's beard! Well done Alex! This image served as the ARNI Xmas card for at least 5 consecutive years because we liked it so much!
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✨ Staying Connected and Strong Together This Christmas! ✨ Christmas time season can be a bit of a whirlwind, and for many in our stroke survivor community, it sometimes brings feelings of isolation or the heavy pressure to keep up with the festivities.
When your energy levels have changed, communication feels like an uphill battle, or your confidence isn't quite where it used to be, the bright lights and loud rooms can feel a little overwhelming. 🎄💔 ARNI Stroke Rehab UK charity reminds you you are not alone in feeling this way and that your journey is valid exactly as it is. One of the most powerful things we can do as survivors is to reach out and lift each other up during these weeks. 🤝💪
Whether it is sending a simple text to a fellow survivor just to say 'I'm thinking of you' or sharing a quiet moment of understanding that doesn't require any words at all, these small acts of connection can break through the feeling of being left out. Let’s remind one another that it is perfectly okay to step away for a rest when neuro-fatigue hits or to take all the time you need to find your words. 🧠💤 🛡️✨
To help keep that sense of community alive, ARNI Stroke Rehab UK is staying right by your side throughout the entire holiday period! 📱🌟 We will be continuing to write and share Facebook posts about stroke issues every single day over Christmas and all the way into the New Year. We want to ensure that whenever you log on, you find a helpful tip, a bit of encouragement, or a reminder that there is a whole family of survivors rooting for you. 🗓️🚀
If you are looking for a way to truly tackle those feelings of isolation and build your confidence back up for 2026, a fantastic way to do that is to get matched with a low-cost ARNI stroke rehab instructor. 🏋️♂️🏠
You can start planning your next steps by visiting the ARNI Stroke Rehab UK website today.... and please ask questions of us - Dr Tom and his staff are available for you via email throughout Xmas if you need them L🧠💪
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In order to efficiently rewire the brain, you need high repetition because that’s how the brain rewires itself. Each time you repeat a movement, the connections in the brain become stronger. If you aren’t consistent, then the connections quickly grow weaker and fail to produce results.
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Are you or a loved one looking for a way in the New Year to keep making gains in your stroke recovery journey? 📈 The ARNI (Action for Rehabilitation from Neurological Injury) approach is making waves in the survivor community for its extremely cost effective, yet life-changing results! 🌊🤝
Unlike some traditional therapies that might slow down after you leave the hospital, ARNI is all about taking charge of your own recovery. 🏠🛋️ It focuses on:
🎯 Functional Task Training: Practicing the real-world skills you need every day; like reaching for a cup and drinking from it with your affected hand or standing up safely!
🏋️ Stroke-Specific Strength Training: Building the power and stability needed to move with confidence.
🛡️ Physical Coping Strategies: Learning innovative ways to manage challenges, including safe techniques for getting up from the floor.
Research shows that intensive, task-specific practice can drive neuroplasticity; the brain's amazing ability to rewire itself even years after a stroke, and that's exactly what the one-to-one ARNI Approach is well-evidenced-based to do for you! 🧠💥
Ready to find a specialist instructor like Lucas (pictured), and learn more about this evidence-based method? Check out the ARNI Institute website for resources and local support. 🇬🇧🗺️ Let’s keep pushing the boundaries of what’s possible! 🚀🙏
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Knowledge is power.; and even more so for stroke recovery!
In the field of stroke rehabilitation there are new advances, major and minor, emerging regularly. You need to keep as current as possible. You need to know what you need. And if you find things that seem appropriate to your needs, investigate them further to work out whether they’re suitable applications to streamline your retraining or self-management.
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Tom doing sledgehammer levering work in his home gym with his homemade loadable axe-lever. Tom had this made at his local blacksmiths. This isn't something for 99.9% of stroke survivors to be doing, but there's no reason not to work your grip and wrist power as hard as possible, however possible, on your stronger and weaker sides. Type in 'weaver stick work' to Google for an example of how to do lever-bar work for wrist powe#arnistrokecharity
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Although the brain is in a heightened state of plasticity immediately after stroke, neuroplasticity may be activated throughout the recovery process; whether it has been a few months or a few decades since a stroke, the brain is still capable of healing and rewiring.
Studies have shown that the brain is changing itself throughout an entire life time. This means that recovery is continuous. Whenever you stimulate your brain with positive, consistent and repetitive stimulus, the brain will respond.
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Exercise: Wall squat hold
Did you notice that this technique is called a wall-squat hold? There is a reason that you don’t attempt to turn it into a squat, and try and rub yourself up and down a wall. Such an attempt won’t work for stroke survivors, mainly because the affected foot will slip away, and you could easily be unable to slide up the wall because of the friction involved.
This exercise is to slide down the wall and hold until near failure, then lean forward, push away from the wall and stand upright. You should not feel pain or discomfort in your knees at any time during this exercise. When you think you are coming towards the end of failure, just move to a standing position. Over time, your judgement concerning extending the failure window and successful successful completion of the set will be honed.
Read full Techniquein The Successful Stroke Survivor book by Tom Balchin
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Jeanette says: ‘We thought you might like to see these photos of Dom. I have been working with Dom as an ARNI Instructor for some time now. I have found that his multiple strokes have significantly compromised his capabilities. One of his passions pre stroke was sailing; he is a master yachtsman. I introduced him to Sailability this summer at Rutland Water’.
