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Free stroke recovery tools to regain movements

This post curates free stroke recovery tools that help to regain movements after a stroke.

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Stroke recovery with exercise: How exercise helps the brain

Exercise helps the brain to recover movements after a stroke. Here is how it happens! The brain is a highly adaptable organ. With the right stimulation, it can learn to compensate for the damage caused by a stroke. Exercise is one such form of stimulation that helps to improve the…

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Stroke recovery: Tips to regain movements and coordination

Important! The first six months after a stroke is crucial for better recovery. Do you know why? Read the brain’s recovery attempts after stroke. 1. Move early “Help to sit out of bed, stand, or walk 24 hours after the stroke event”* NICE Guidelines, (2019)1; *only after the attending physician…

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Carl Wernicke
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Wernicke aphasia: “Fluent aphasia”

aphasia

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Walking sticks for stroke survivors

Another term for walking sticks is canes. These walking sticks (canes) can be a valuable tool for stroke patients in stroke rehabilitation. They aren’t suitable for all; walking sticks are suitable for those with one-sided weakness/paralysis. The word paralysis refers to a complete loss of control. (The correct technical term…

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The right side of the human face in yellow colour and red color blood supply routes to the bain.
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Brain blood supply

brain’s blood flow

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Homunculus: The brain surface map

This is interesting; we can find a homunculus as a map in our brain. What is the homunculus in the brain? They are “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…

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