ARNI is now the H4H’s contracted first go-to for stroke rehab in the UK.
Armed forces veterans can now be referred by Help For Heroes (H4H) to any of the 135 ARNI Instructors under the new H4H-ARNI contract. Any veteran who has a stroke can apply for an comprehensive assessment and then 10 hours of rehab, followed by a further multiple hours of session if appropriate/as agreed.
Here’s an example testimonial from Mick’s wife, Julie, along with a photo.
ARNI and our lovely amazing instructor Carol have been absolutely fantastic. Mick is a lot more confident and can now get to the floor and back up. The support from Carol has been invaluable and would recommend ARNI to any stroke survivor they give you the tools and confidence for your rehabilitation. All strokes and progress are different for everyone but with ARNI by your side you can do it.
Carol notes:
We’ve been tackling gait control at the moment, and knee extension plus rapid total knee-lockout has been causing Mick distress. We’re tackling this by relatively deep squats and various other squat approaches including using a dipping belt with some weight on.
Then prone leg curls by lying on his bed. I help Mick to do a number of supported repetitions and then get him to use his non-affected leg to help the more-affected leg to mobilise at the knee. We use mental strategies to help him visualise what his hamstrings look like and get him to think of these muscles as they’re moving as strongly as he can.
Then I’ll get him to press both insteps against each other, and do a sequence of curls. Then try for one full rep using his more-affected leg only. And for the next set to do 2 or 3. And on and on like that! We’ve found that he needs to keep doing the curls every 3rd day ideally to assist his walking ability.
