This is great news! Playing cards, dominos, bingo, Jenga, and ball games will help  to regain arm and hand recovery. There is another important finding here; its gains are similar to the gains from virtual reality games. In other words, if you live in low-resourced settings it does not really matter. Still, you can achieve similar improvement. It is also great news for those living in low-middle income countries. Read about: “Six rules to recover movements after stroke” About the study: The researchers1 included 141 aged 18-85 patients who experienced their first stroke within six months; they had mild-moderate severity…

Exercise helps the brain to recover lost movements. Find out how.

Follow these guides to help the brain to recover walking faster and better.

Follow these six expert recommended best practices for better, faster recovery after a stroke.

This post discusses the concept of stroke rehabilitation. This is where stroke carers have a big role to play. Here, we discuss when the stroke rehabilitation begins, what aspects it includes, and the current expert recommendations. What is stroke rehabilitation? It has three goals: When and how the stroke rehabilitation begins? The experts say it begins at the hospital as soon as the affected is medically stable. It could be as early as 48 hours of the event. The earliest rehab activity could be turning and moving arms and legs while still on the bed. And, with professional supervision, sitting…

Detrimental effects of prolonged bed rest are many. Find out what researchers say.

Researchers uncovered several secrets for better recovery of arm movements, Use those in your recovery journey.

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In your post-stroke recovery journey, experts say to blend cardio exercises with muscle strength exercises

“Homunculus” refers to a small human or a “humanoid” creature. Do we have it on our brain surface? Yes, we can find a homunculus (figuratively) as a map in our brain. Not just one, in fact, we have “two little humanoids”!. This is the story behind this amazing discovery. In 1937, two brilliant scientists, Dr Wilder Penfield and Edwin Boldrey embarked on a journey to unravel the mysteries of the human brain. They were operating at McGill University, in Montreal, Canada with a mission to map the brain regions that receive sensory information from the skin and those that send…