


Caregiver Training: Helping someone stand
Standing is one of the most critical skills to relearn after any type of neurologic injury. Standing helps with digestion, bone health, and joint health. It can also reduce spasticity, and facilitate motor recovery. The caregiver role is almost more important than...
Walking After Stroke (Early Stage)
Walking after a stroke is important to a ton of stroke survivors. A stroke causes hemiplegia (weakness on one side of the body which can make standing and walking difficult. With this in mind, I get a ton of questions from stroke survivors and their...
Brunnstrom Stages of Motor Recovery
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...
Gym Ball Exercise Routine for Better Balance
A Gym ball exercise routine is a great way to improve your balance. If provided with the correct exercises, they can challenge almost every “problem area” for a stroke survivor. The main areas that are problematic after a stroke are steadiness, symmetry,...