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Get your ARNI trainer to help you regain upper limb movement and control after a stroke by helping you retrain with the Bioness H200 Wireless system! 💪 This advanced, wireless Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) device helps re-educate your muscles and nerves to improve hand and arm function.
Survivors in the UK can access this technology through specialist neuro-rehabilitation clinics like PhysioFunction and Morrello Clinic. It's also offered by HCA Healthcare UK at various London locations.
For those looking to purchase one, you may find used devices on sites like eBay UK, where a used system was recently listed for around £1,700 (the one shown in the pic). However, it is essential to consult with a physio to ensure the device is right for your specific needs. Some clinics may also offer the H200 Wireless as rental options. 💙🧠
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Thank you so much for all the info you continue to provide x
Why you need The Successful Stroke Survivor video Volume 3
In this video Dr Tom takes you into the realms of serious gait control. Learn how to cope with balance challenges whilst static and moving and learn strategies to combat walking compensations. Tom shows you how to cope with the effects of drop-foot so well that you can look like any non-stroke survivor as you walk down the street. He shows you how to turn smoothly without falling and shows you real-life emergency action control techniques to make yourself confident and safe now that you have removed the need for using a walking stick. Then you get to understand how to cope with steps and slopes… to walk again with surety and control.
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2. This video is focusing on walking. It is full of clear explanations and easy to follow demonstrations of simple and short exercises, techniques, helpful ideas and tips that all support the different phases of using and re-using our legs from hip to toes. If you want to help a stroke survivor or you are a stroke survivor who is ready to get back this vital skill, this part is a must.
Get your copy from here:
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I need this, do you have qualified therapists in the states, Oklahoma?
Can psychedelic drug DMT help in stroke recovery? A just-published 2025 study suggests that Dimethyltryptamine (DMT), a psychedelic compound, could help protect the brain after an ischemic stroke🧠✨.
Preclinical cell studies have shown promising results, indicating that DMT can reduce brain damage, swelling, and inflammation. It works by stabilising the blood-brain barrier and decreasing the brain's inflammatory response via a specific receptor.
Importantly, these potential benefits appear to occur at sub-psychedelic doses, meaning the 'tripping' effects are not necessary.
While human clinical trials are currently underway, we're still a long way from any definitive conclusions or real-world application. The idea is that it could eventually be used as an add-on therapy alongside existing treatments, even in emergency settings, to help improve recovery for stroke patients.
A truly fascinating and hopeful area of science! 🧪#ARNIstrokerehabo#neurosciencee#StrokeResearche#dmt##brainhealthc#futuremedicinea#ClinicalTrialsc#scienceadvanceials #ScienceAdvance
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You’ve heard of FES but have you heard of FEE-ES?! It stands for Finger-Equipped Electrode Electrical Stimulation and it's designed to help stroke survivors with severe hemiplegia to regain arm mobility! 💪🧠
This isn't your typical FES; FEE-ES involves a therapist wearing a special electrode on their finger, allowing them to manually and precisely control the electrical stimulation delivered to the patient's affected limb. This means they can perfectly time the pulses with the patient's intended movements, even if there's very little or no voluntary movement happening initially. 🤏
This therapist-controlled approach helps rebuild those crucial brain-muscle connections, boosting recovery and encouraging neuroplasticity. 🌟 FEE-ES is NOT a product, it’s a specialised clinical technique requiring a trained therapist. It's offered as part of a physiotherapy programme in clinics equipped with standard electrical stimulation devices.
So, while you can't buy it, you can access this innovative therapy through specialist rehabilitation services, both within the NHS (where available) and privately! 👩⚕️🧑⚕️
For costs, this is typically included within the charges for therapy sessions, which vary depending on location and whether it's through the NHS or a private clinic. 💸 If you're a stroke survivor interested in FEE-ES, chatting with your ARNI trainer or physio is the best first step! 💬
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I have no ARNI therapists near me and my OT wouldn't have access to this at all sadly
Jess Wellstead, physio and personal trainer on Saturday's specialist ARNI Stroke Rehab course run by Dr Tom sent in this pic! Superb day with a great group of 20 professionals from all over the UK (even from as far away as the Isle of Arran!)
Thanks Tom, reckon anybody could guess my favourite Disney character!? 🤔 See you on Day 3 😁
Speculation time! 🚨 Imagine if all UK paramedics were equipped with portable optical blood flow monitors (they aren't currently)... 🧠🔬
Instead of relying only on the FAST test, paramedics could get a much faster, more accurate reading of what's happening in a patient's brain in real-time. This could be a game-changer for stroke care… 🚀 Think of the benefits:
Paramedics could instantly tell the difference between a stroke and a ‘stroke mimic’, and even pinpoint the type of stroke. This would help with getting patients to the right specialist hospital, with the right resources. 🏥
Every second counts with a stroke. By reducing prehospital and in-hospital delays, patients could receive life-saving treatments like thrombolysis or thrombectomy sooner, improving their chances of a full recovery. 🚑💨
What do you think? Could this kind of portable tech revolutionise prehospital care in the UK? Let us know in the comments below! 👇
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My wonderful colleague Dr Anna Kuppuswamy has asked me to share the work that she's doing at new new Fatigue Lab at the University of Leeds - a VERY interesting read it is!
More than tiredness - what's really behind post-stroke fatigue?
biologicalsciences.leeds.ac.uk
Over half of stroke victims live with a debilitating and often misunderstood condition called post-stroke fatigue.My colleague Dr Leisle Ezekiel, lecturer in Occupational Therapy at Southampton University just mailed me: 'this is exactly how I understand triggers of fatigue when I interview people. I am a bit wary of "sensory" overload because OTs get obsessed with sensory integration and sensory modulation - and go off track. But if we think about overload in terms of attention processes and information processing ( which is all sensory), it makes absolute sense. Of course, I need to read it properly but that is my first take!'
Sensory overload makes a lot of sense to me. I was at my daughter’s for a barbecue, I didn’t know any of the other guests so was not engaging in much conversation. I was really surprised how exhausted I felt later due to my brain just processing the conversation around me even though I wasn’t conversing very much myself. Similarly, if someone asks me a question that needs a considered response while the tv/radio is on or grandchildren playing in the background I am unable to think clearly and respond.
I would say its trying to use and move things that you don’t have a pathway from the brain to your muscles it’s exhausting
I feel sometimes we are our worse enemies. Our brains have been injured and it needs to rest and heal. In my case, sometimes I refuse to let my stroke dictate what I can and cannot do. I know I over do and I refuse to rest, calling myself lazy. But it’s my body telling me to slow down.
Veey very interesting, as someone who experiences this Id love to read more, I feel my fatigue is trivialised and dismissed as just being tired or lazy.
I'm 9 years in n and it's still a major issue, I don't think there is any point in trying to fight it, rest is the best way I've found to deal with Neuro Fatigue. I've been tired before but this is something very different. Only those of us who've experienced it really understand what if feels like. It's well know the body and especially the brain need sleep to heal so that's what it's trying to tell us. Rest up weary warriors.
The human brain is capable of many wonderful things... repairing itself in an awakened state is not one of them. It would help all the survivors if this were explained to them from Day 1 instead of them carrying around this burden for who knows how long.
Over 2 years post stroke, fatigue is terrible, by far the worst effect. But can’t agree with the sensory overload theory. I always feel terrible in the mornings after a good nights sleep, struggle to shower get dressed, doesn’t ease a bit until around lunchtime.
I am 7 yrs post stroke and the fatigue is overwhelming!
Two years post-stroke and I massively struggle with fatigue still :-(
Its very difficult to describe the fatigue as it would appear more mental than physical but manifests itself being heavy of limb
My Husband had a major stroke at the end of January and this article has certainly given me a better understanding of why he is sometimes very tired without much physical activity and why he is reluctant to interact with others. Hopefully this will improve as his brain re wires
This is my biggest issue! Zzzz no one understands
9 years post stroke. Main impact was hemianopia. 3 or 4 hours intensive reading / computer use and I crash. Other triggers, too. Personal observation being along similar lines reported here - sensory overload leading to brain fatigue. I just finished a week trying to beat a deadline. Got it done. Needed 3 days to recover!
These findings align with my observations of PSF in my young daughter. We have certainly observed a distinction between concentration and distractibility, with the latter being the dominant issue.
One of my clients has been incredibly interested in tracking their post stroke fatigue and looking into it in further detail. It’s been incredibly interesting. I shall share this with them.
Listen to your brain. If you do too much it’s inevitable. Pace and clean living.
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I suffer from fatigue after having two strokes one in 2019 the second in 2022 my fatigue seems to be getting worse not better like a lot of us any ideas?
ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery i know Leiisle well.
I am 12 years post stroke and I’m sick of the fatigue daily and fighting hard not to just disappear into my bed all the time .
Big news for stroke survivors with aphasia in Guernsey... 🎉 A new Communication Club is launching at the Ron Short Centre, offering a valuable space for people living with aphasia to practice communication in a safe and welcoming environment. 🗣️💬
This fantastic initiative is designed to help members strengthen their skills, increase confidence, and connect with others who have shared experiences.
Peer support is so important for recovery, and this new group, supported by the Stroke Association, will be a wonderful resource for the local community ❤️
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Brains learn what they do. And for such adaptation to happen optimally, you must be prepared to do some focused work with whatever movement you possess, even if you believe you have none at all. Over and over again, with as much attention to detail as you can muster.
Not sure what you need to do? Call us on 0203 053 0111 or email support@arni.uk.com to see if there's a trainer near you who can work with you on your recovery.
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