Engaging in rehabilitation with an ARNI Stroke Rehab UK instructor is a powerful strategy for stroke survivors aiming to increase action control and confidence. 🧠💪
The ARNI Approach was founded way back in 1999 on functional task-related training, physical coping strategies and stroke-specific resistance training. This method moves WAY beyond passive treatment by actively engaging survivors in repetitive, meaningful activities that stimulate neuroplasticity.
By working directly with a qualified ARNI instructor, survivors are empowered to take charge of their recovery, moving on from assistive devices and regaining functional independence with greater stability and strength.
This evidence-based personalised, challenging and long-term neurorehab model fosters self-reliance and builds the confidence needed to navigate real-life scenarios, such as moving safely from the floor or managing daily tasks.
And the de-medicalised context and supportive guidance of ARNI instructors have been reported to positively influence participant’s function and participation in life post-stroke, bridging the gap when formal NHS rehabilitation pathways have ended.
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📢 Have you ever heard of Acalculia after-stroke? 🧠 Acalculia is a neurological condition; a cognitive challenge that impairs a person's ability to process and understand numerical information, significantly impacting daily life tasks like managing money, telling time or even measuring medication doses.
While the exact prevalence can be hard to pin down due to inconsistent screening, recent epidemiological data suggests it could affect a substantial portion of stroke survivors, with estimates placing the figure between 30% and 60%.
Research indicates that acalculia is caused by brain damage, but can occur regardless of the specific area, because numerical processing uses multiple brain regions. A recent qualitative UK study, driven by the insights of stroke survivors, highlights the urgent need for better assessment tools and useful rehab resources for this condition.
Do you reckon YOU might have this? If so, let us know in the comments below please ;)
ARNI Stroke Rehab UK says that addressing this issue could vastly improve the independence and quality of life for a significant number of stroke survivors.
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If you suffer from shoulder pain due to shoulder subluxation, frozen shoulder, or spasticity, the electrical stimulation may be worth considering.
Electrical stimulation helps the muscles contract and the upper arm to go back into the socket.
It won’t happen all at once, but combining electrical stimulation with exercise is shown to produce better results.
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ARNI offers an initial telephone consultation to find you the best solution to your individual requirements.
Stroke survivors & Families: to discuss the possibilities of receiving rehabilitation and exercise after stroke training from one of the ARNI-trained instructors around the UK.
Therapists & Professional Exercise Instructors: wishing to register on the ARNI Functional Rehabilitation and Exercise Training After Stroke Qualification Course.
Call 0203 053 0111
Phone lines: 9.00am to 5.00pm. Monday-Friday
IMPORTANT: OUR LINE GETS VERY BUSY, SO IF YOU DON’T GET THROUGH FIRST TIME, PLEASE LEAVE A VERY QUICK MESSAGE ON THE ANSWERPHONE AND SOMEONE WILL RING YOU BACK IMMEDIATELY.
Email: support@arni.uk.com
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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) at the Queen's Medical Centre (QMC) in Nottingham now offers a mechanical thrombectomy, a procedure which restores blood flow to the brain, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Lets hope this change happens in more areas soon.
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Contrary to the long-held belief that younger brains recover better after injury, recent UK research suggests a more complex picture for paediatric stroke outcomes. 🧠
ARNI Stroke Rehab UK has found several studies, including a significant UK-funded analysis, which challenge the assumption that a younger age at stroke is a protective factor against long-term cognitive and motor deficits.
In fact, findings indicate a nonlinear effect, with children who experience stroke during early childhood (around 29 days to 6 years) showing significantly worse cognitive outcomes (particularly in areas like processing speed and verbal learning) compared to those with neonatal or later childhood strokes.
This vulnerability is evident even when controlling for lesion size and location. While neonates can experience long-term emerging deficits, and mortality rates are high in infancy, older children also face significant risks, highlighting that stroke's impact is not uniform across pediatric age groups.
These findings emphasise the need for targeted rehab strategies based on the child survivor’s developmental stage at the time of stroke.
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I do hope we integrate this excellent innovation in NHS stroke wards sometime soon... Neuralert is a new, highly useful wristband technology for detecting in-hospital strokes, providing 24/7 continuous monitoring for signs like asymmetric arm movement (which are often missed by manual checks).
By immediately alerting medical staff, it drastically reduces the time it takes to identify a stroke, which can lead to significantly better patient outcomes and lower hospital costs.
While the NHS is actively incorporating AI to speed up stroke diagnosis via scanning, particularly the AI scanning system rolled out across all 107 stroke centres, it does not appear that Neuralert is currently integrated into UK NHS stroke wards.
Most of the information on Neuralert's current use comes from the US, where it was developed and tested at the University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania Health System. 🧠💻
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How often do you need to retrain? And what should you try to do? You should try to do cardiovascular work every day, and if you have upper limb difficulties, you should do some upper limb task training twice daily. Then you should do resistance training and coping strategy work three times per week. If you can do this, your progress is going to be remarkable and it will be obvious to yourself and everyone else. If you can’t, then don’t worry. Progression may be a tiny bit slower, but then, it may not. It’s difficult to know, so the point is: just do what you can do.
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Did you know that pregnancy and the postpartum period increase younger women's vulnerability to stroke due to significant physiological changes affecting the cardiovascular system? 🤰🩸
The risk is notably higher in the third trimester and particularly in the first six weeks following delivery, though it can remain elevated for up to 12 weeks. Major risk factors include hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, such as preeclampsia and eclampsia, which can lead to ischemic stroke from impaired blood flow or hemorrhagic stroke from elevated blood pressure causing vessel rupture.
Other contributors include gestational diabetes, a hypercoagulable state that promotes blood clots to prevent excessive bleeding during childbirth and certain infections.
Raising awareness about these risks and promoting close monitoring, especially for women with pre-existing conditions or those developing pregnancy-specific complications, is critical for prevention and timely intervention, ultimately improving maternal outcomes. 🧠💖
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