by Alyanna Ta | Jul 1, 2025 | Neurologic Rehabilitation Concepts, Stroke Balance
The Missing Link in Stroke Rehab: Why Strength Isn’t Enough How Plyometric Exercises Can Improve Your Post-Stroke Walking Recovering from a stroke is a journey that takes patience, effort, and persistence. Maybe you’ve been faithfully following your rehab plan—doing...
by Alyanna Ta | Jun 18, 2025 | Neurologic Rehabilitation Concepts, Post Stroke Shoulder Management, Stroke, Stroke Arm Exercises, Stroke Treatment
Why Does My Shoulder Hurt After a Stroke?Understanding the 6 Most Common Causes and What You Can Actually Do About Them Let’s be real — if you’re recovering from a stroke and your shoulder still hurts, it can feel really defeating. Especially if you’ve been doing “all...
by Tara Tobias | Jun 9, 2025 | Neurologic Rehabilitation Concepts, Stroke
Doing the exercises… but still not getting stronger?You’re walking. You’re moving. Maybe even getting stronger.But everything still feels hard. Like walking across a room takes full concentration. Or standing up while talking feels like solving rocket science....
by Tara Tobias | Jun 7, 2025 | Neurologic Rehabilitation Concepts, Spasticity, Stroke
Stroke Recovery: Spasticity vs. Adaptive Shortening vs. Contracture Muscle tightness after stroke is common and can be the greatest barrier to restoring normal arm and leg movement. But not all tightness is the same. To treat it effectively, you need to understand...
by Tara Tobias | Jun 2, 2025 | Neurologic Rehabilitation Concepts, Stroke Treatment
Why Everything Feels So Hard (and What That Actually Means for Your Recovery) If you have ever said: “Why is this so hard?” “I could do this yesterday—why not today?” “Why can’t I remember how to move?” You are not alone. If you’ve had a stroke and you’re in...
by Tara Tobias | Jun 2, 2025 | Movement and Rehab, Neurologic Rehabilitation Concepts
Blocked, Random, or Distributed? How to Choose the Right Practice Schedule in Stroke Recovery Let’s talk about one of the most overlooked pieces of stroke recovery: How you practice. Not what…Not how long…But how the practice is structured. Because believe it or not,...