Balance Exercises For Stroke Patients
Balance exercises for stroke patients are critical for improving walking confidence and returning to normal life What is Balance? Balance is the ability to maintain the center of mass (the body) within the base of support (the feet). Balance is also the ability of the...
Best Exercise Equipment for Multiple Sclerosis
If you have multiple sclerosis, home exercise equipment is critical for maintaining mobility. Neuroplasticity is the brain's ability to re-organize dependent upon exposure to new or novel experiences. After an acute exacerbation, neuroplasticity requires thousands of...
Best Brain Exercises For Stroke Recovery
Best Brain Exercises For Stroke Recovery A stroke can cause long-term damage to the brain, impair movement, and significantly diminish cognitive abilities. Mobility and strength training to retrain the muscles after a stroke is a huge part of the stroke recovery...
Fix Sleep Disorders after a Stroke
Many have a hard time falling asleep or achieving restful sleep after experiencing a stroke. If you or someone you care about has experienced one, there are ways to get to sleep faster and sleep more soundly. In this article, we’ll review the types of sleep disorders...
A Guide to Virtual Reality for Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation
Virtual reality (VR) technology allows users to immerse in a virtual environment, which has been changing the approaches to many industries, such as gaming, training, and education. Many industries are now exploring VR to improve user experience, enhance customer...
Electrical Stimulation and Post-Stroke Recovery
Electrical Stimulation and Post-Stroke Recovery Electric stimulation (e-stim) has long been used to stimulate muscles and activate nerves in recovering stroke patients. It also reduces swelling and is frequently used on foot drops, shoulder subluxation, elbow...
Complete guide to foot drop
Guide to Foot Drop The peroneal nerve includes a branch of the sciatica nerve that enables movement and supplies sensation to one’s feet, toes, and lower legs. Peroneal neuropathy or common peroneal dysfunction results from nerve damage outside the brain or spinal...
Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and Neuroplasticity
Stroke and Brain Injury Background Traumatic brain injuries can result from sudden, violent blows to the head or when an object, such as a bullet, a sharp object, or a piece of skull, penetrates the brain tissue. Mild traumatic brain injuries have temporary effects on...
Does life get better with age?
"All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today." - Pope...
Challenge Your Beliefs
If I told you that you have the ability to accomplish whatever you want in life. Would you believe me? “Whether you think you can or can’t, you are right”. – Henry Ford When I was in high school I started “jogging” with the ultimate goal of being able to do my dad’s...