When a stroke impairs the brain’s ability to send motor signals to the toes, the muscles and tendons in the foot and toes may respond by tightening; resulting in curled toes. This involuntary tightening is referred to as spasticity.
Stretching the toes consistently to keep the tendons lengthened is important.
The best way to fix curled toes is by rewiring the brain through specific toe exercises.
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🧠 The power of neuroplasticity is enhanced by recording and evaluating rehab ✨ Your brain is amazing: research shows it can rewire itself after a stroke to regain a great deal of function in your more-affected upper limb. 📈 Repetitive, task-specific training is the key to this: by consistently practicing intentional movements, you help your brain forge new neural pathways. This applies to everyone, regardless of how long ago your stroke was.
💪 So, how can you do this? Here are some evidence-based strategies to activate your brain's plasticity:
1️⃣ High Repetition: Consistency is key! The more you practice a movement, the more your brain adapts. Aim for high repetitions in every therapy session and incorporate them throughout your day.
2️⃣ Weight-bearing exercises: Placing weight through your affected hand or arm helps stimulate nerve connections to the brain. Try leaning on a table with your affected forearm while you do other activities.
3️⃣ Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT): For some survivors, restricting the use of the unaffected arm for a period can encourage the brain to focus on retraining the affected limb.
4️⃣ Mirror Therapy: This uses a mirror to create the visual illusion that your affected arm is moving, which can stimulate the motor cortex and help regain function.
5️⃣ Technology-assisted training: Devices like upper limb robots, wearables or VR games can help increase the intensity and repetition of exercises in an engaging way.
The first thing your ARNI rehab specialist will do is to help build up a personalised plan in your special 90 page daily ARNI training log, sent free to all ARNI clients - shown here ;) Every small movement is a victory on your recovery journey! 💖
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Exciting news for the stroke community! 🧠✨ New academic research is shedding light on the incredible potential of fibroblasts, a type of cell with hidden powers to help heal the brain. 🔬🧪
Fibroblasts are the most common cell type of connective tissues; originally thought to just provide structural support, scientists are now finding that they play an active role in recovery by forming protective scars and moderating inflammation after an injury like a stroke. 🚧🛡️
In animal models, these dynamic cells have been shown to help repair the blood-brain barrier and potentially promote neuroregeneration 👏
This is still early-stage research, but it offers a beacon of hope for developing new therapies that could one day enhance the brain's natural healing process and improve outcomes for stroke survivors.
🌟 Keep following ARNI Stroke Rehab for news about these scientific breakthroughs; Dr Tom has his nose to the ground will relay all the latest news to you as soon as he finds new data;)! 🧠
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Approximately 40% of stroke survivors experience this difficulty: to comprehend or produce spoken or written language caused by a cerebrovascular accident. In half of these cases the language impairment still persists one year post-stroke. Aphasia has wide-ranging effects on the ability to function and quality of life of stroke survivors and easily leads to social isolation.
If you need help, ARNI SLT Telerehab can now help YOU, right now, wherever you are in the world!
The latest evidence shows clearly that you can conquer aphasia very successfully with the help of speech and language therapy.
And it also shows that SLT Telerehab is just as effective as in-person, face to face treatment.
We have a team of highly experienced low-cost specialist SLTs (all post-grads from Universities such as UCL, the University of Cape Town etc) who are available to help you right now, in your home, via Zoom. You get a one to one hourly service, based around your diary needs, from the comfort of your own home, with a highly experienced specialist speech and language therapist. Please enquire to arni.uk.com/get-remote-speech-language-help-now/ !
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Lay out an assortment of items in different sizes and textures. Then, try to pick them up with a pair of tongs and arrange them in a row from smallest to biggest. The spring in the tongs provides some resistance as you try to clench your hand, and the activity helps develop hand-eye coordination.
If you like this post then please share it with others. Each time that you share a post, you can directly help other people – as who knows which people in the world might find us and gain, either directly from the charity or simply by being able to copy an ‘innovative and useful’ move/trick of the trade that might help them manage after stroke.
Every time you share, you could directly help someone – as knowledge is power ;)
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🧠 Post-stroke recovery is a marathon, not a sprint, and the ARNI approach is helping survivors take control! 🏃♀️💪 Our personalised, home-based training uses repetitive, task-specific exercises to leverage neuroplasticity for improved lower and upper limb function. 🧠✨
Your ARNI instructor🙋♀️ will help you work on functional tasks tailored to your goals, like picking up meaningful objects ☕️📚 and you'll also learn vital physical coping strategies for building resilience and confidence, like how to safely get up from the floor. 🤸♀️ Plus, they'll guide you through stroke-specific resistance training to build strength and stability.🏋️
For self-training, you can most definitely become your own champion! 🦸♀️ ARNI encourages survivors to create a dedicated training spot at home. 🏡 It's all about high-repetition practice of the ‘real tasks’ you've worked on with your instructor, integrated into your daily life. 🗓️ A training diary keeps you focused and helps track your amazing progress. 📈
And many survivors who engage with ARNI find that the best part of their guided retraining is they're encouraged not to waste money: that free or low-cost equipment is everywhere! 💡 You can use simple household items like a cup or a towel to build strength and improve hand function. ☕️🧻 And get yourself a ‘rehabby hobby’ as Dr Tom Balchin, the ARNI founder terms it.. it's the secret to consistent long-term gainz, especially for upper limb progress 🖐️
This amazing combination of expert guidance and self-reliance is what makes the ARNI approach so powerful for long-term recovery ✨💖
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Big Shout to ARNI Instructor Tash:
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ARNI Stroke Rehab has found out that at a few of its sites, NHS is currently running pilot programmes in new models of community-based rehab for stroke survivors to address recognised variations in post-hospital stroke care. Initial insights from the pilot sites offer examples of these evolving models:
Northamptonshire: In addition to standard physical therapy, it incorporates psychological support and vocational rehabilitation services. This model reflects a holistic understanding of stroke recovery, prioritising psychosocial well-being and sustainable community reintegration.
North Central London: This site is deploying mobile rehabilitation teams to deliver intensive therapy directly to survivors in their homes. This approach aims to maximise therapy intensity and consistency, potentially improving motor learning and functional recovery by facilitating practice within the survivor’s natural environment.
Northumbria: The Northumbria pilot prioritises the provision of psychological support and the establishment of peer networks. This focus acknowledges that the emotional and social impacts of stroke are significant contributors to recovery outcomes. By fostering peer support, the programme seeks to reduce isolation and enhance emotional resilience among survivors and their caregivers.
These pilot initiatives are basically, as far as ARNI Stroke Rehab can tell, about the evaluating these innovative delivery models to develop an evidence base for providing more intensive, personalised and holistic care to stroke survivors, which can only be a good thing if the pilots actually translate to sustainable services going forward ;)
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Today's tip - walk five steps, ten 10 steps, looking only at one point on the wall ahead of you. Don't worry when you look down again , your feet will really still be there.
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Introducing ARNI Stroke Rehab UK Instructors, who are trained to use functional strategies that help stroke survivors take charge of their own recovery. There are over 140 active ARNI instructors available around the country to pair with people: this is done by calling the ARNI Stroke Rehab Charity.
Research has shown that ARNI community-based training programmes are overwhelmingly positive, helping survivors find purpose and improve function long after their formal therapy ends.
A trial a few years ago, funded by the Stroke Association down at Exeter University, also investigated an ARNI-based programme and found it to be safe and acceptable for participants. It's about getting back to real life with practical coping strategies and building resilience.
For example, survivors learn get up safely from the floor on their own after a fall; a skill that restores so much lost confidence and facilitates survivors to become independent again. It's the gatekeeper skill to learn after stroke 🙏💪💖
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