by Tara Tobias | Sep 17, 2024 | Activities of daily living, Balance, Brain Science, Neurologic Rehabilitation Concepts
Visual impairment is a very common consequence in stroke survivors—almost 50% of stroke survivors become visually impaired. This is primarily because the brain’s visual pathways are blocked or damaged when a person experiences a stroke. As a result, patients...
by Tara Tobias | Jul 12, 2021 | Caregiver Resources, Mental strategies, Neurologic Rehabilitation Concepts, Stroke, Stroke Treatment
So, you have been discharged from therapy. So, what now? For some, this is a positive step in the rehab process. Some will understand right away that this is progress. On the other hand, for others it can bring up all kinds of negative emotions. “Is my therapist...
by Tara Tobias | Aug 4, 2020 | Caregiver Resources, Neurologic Rehabilitation Concepts, Stroke
hemineglect is a condition where someone loses the ability to attend to, sense, and/or perceive information on one side. This condition is also referred to as unilateral neglect, spatial neglect, and/or hemispatial neglect. Several neurologic condition can cause this...
by Tara Tobias | Jul 27, 2020 | Neurologic Rehabilitation Concepts, Stroke, Stroke Treatment
Pain is a common symptom after a stroke. Unfortunately, pain can be a significant barrier to regaining function. In some cases, there is an identifiable cause related to a movement or a structural problem. The rehab team can identify this, prescribe the...
by Tara Tobias | May 19, 2020 | Neurologic Rehabilitation Concepts, Stroke
The Brunnstrom stages of stroke recovery is one proposed model of how someone with hemiplegia will recover movement. It was developed by a physical therapist in the 1960s and proposes that this sequence of recovery falls into six loosely defined stages. The main...
by Tara Tobias | May 11, 2020 | Neurologic Rehabilitation Concepts, Stroke
In the world of neurologic movement disorders, we talk a lot about “abnormal synergy patterns”. And they kind of “get a bad rap” in how they can inhibit motor (movement) recovery. But functional muscle synergies are not necessarily a bad...
