Achieving Neuroplasticity: How Many Reps Does It Take?
The damage inflicted by a stroke is unique to every patient, and so is the recovery process. It is not a one-size-fits-all proposition. The brain consists of 100 billion neurons...
25 Hand Exercises For Stroke Recovery
Reclaim Your Dexterity by Exercising Your Hand If you’ve suffered a stroke, learning how to perform basic daily tasks, such as eating or getting dressed, can feel like an overwhelming...
Reclaim Mobility With At Home Leg Exercises For Stroke Recovery
Stroke recovery can be a long process. Each year nearly 800,000 people in the United States alone will suffer from a stroke, leaving them with ongoing physical and neurological damage....
The Brunnstrom Stages of Stroke Recovery
Life after a stroke can be challenging. Many patients wonder if they will ever fully recover their muscle coordination, or how long or difficult the process of recovery may be....
Benefits of Rehabilitation Gloves and Hand Splints For Stroke Recovery
Stroke is among the top three causes of death in the United States, but nothing comes close to stroke as the leading cause of long-term disability. After patients survive a...
Reclaim Your Reach With Shoulder Exercises For Stroke Recovery
Recovering your arm and shoulder movement after a stroke can be challenging. If you can't easily grasp and release objects, move your arms forward, or use your arms to support...
Important Facts About Stage 2 of Stroke Recovery
As stroke survivors recover, most gradually regain strength and movement in the muscles and may eventually enjoy full restoration of function. They may regain reflexes first, then voluntary movements, and...
Hand Splints and Contracture: What Occupational Therapists Need to Know
Suffering a stroke is debilitating and scary, and survivors are often affected much longer than the stroke itself actually lasts. Many patients experience spasticity and contracture during their stroke recovery...
35 Fun Rehab Activities for Stroke Patients
After suffering a stroke, many survivors find themselves with some loss of physical function. While much of this is due to brain damage from the stroke itself, there are additional...
Treating Hemiplegia and Hemiparesis After Stroke
After a stroke, it’s common to experience weakness or paralysis on one side of the body, depending on which side of the brain your stroke occurred. Right-sided weakness or paralysis...
What to Expect when Recovering from a Stroke
 After experiencing a stroke, survivors can begin to recover through rehabilitation. However, recovery from stroke is a process that survivors need to continue throughout their lives. Formal stroke rehabilitation is...
Preventing a Second Stroke: 8 Habits You Need to Rebuild
 Strokes can come with little to no warning, but quite frequently, they reveal issues that had been building up for some time. And when those problems clearly present themselves, patients...