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Mental practice involves mentally rehearsing something before you actually do it. Professional athletes are known to implement mental practice to improve their sport, and stroke survivors can also benefit from this technique.
Try mentally practicing your rehab exercises for 5 minutes before you practice them in real life. Studies have shown that visualizing yourself moving helps activate neuroplasticity the same way that physically moving does.
Mental practice is especially helpful for survivors who are affected by paralysis and cannot move without assistance yet. It provides a way to help the brain rewire itself without requiring movement. This technique can also be combined with passive rehab exercises where someone is moving your affected limb for you.
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So what is subluxation? It is a partial dislocation of the arm at the shoulder joint that occurs in many people after a stroke. In most cases the humerus (upper arm bone) drops down out of the shoulder joint. This condition is caused by inappropriate neural drive to the muscles of the shoulder, causing either extreme muscle weakness or spastic muscles.
Stand relaxed, with your shoulders at your sides. Now you need to try to think about squeezing your shoulders towards the level of your ears. The aim is for the slope of your shoulders to become as symmetrical and as close to the horizontal as possible. Breathe in as you pull the shoulders up, hold for a few counts at the top, whilst squeezing your neck muscles together hard. Then slowly lower your shoulders again whilst breathing out. Do not rotate your shoulders – no need for that. Up, hold and down works best. Try doing this whilst looking in a mirror and evaluate your progress. Do not get down-hearted however, if it appears that your drop-shoulder is very significant. Provided it is not misaligned, I have seen the problem, and usually the pain, lessen in most cases. And over time, for many people, it will disappear as long as you are taking part in effortful exercise, especially if you able to get further into resistance training No need to hold onto any weight for now. Any weight held in your hands can come later once you are happy with the technique.
Taken from The Successful Stroke Survivor book
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There's always a way!
Therapists worked with Milie, , making some modifications to a LiteGait therapy device to help her skate once again. As she skates you can see she's all smiles. Making everyone who saw her smile as they rooted her on.”
Go Millie go!!
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89-Year-Old Ex-Roller Skating Champ Skates Again Following Stroke
An 89-year-old former roller skating champion’s quest to skate again following a stroke has seen her become a viral star.Millie Lewis – who was known as Magnificent Millie during her roller skatin...
There's a great exercise in The Successful Stroke Survivor book called Stick Sword-play. It's an advanced, multi-joint movement, movement, suitable for you when you have a fair degree of voluntary control. The technique is straightforward.
It’s your time to get busy with your ‘sword’, with an imaginary opponent in front of you.
Have you tried it?
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In the news today........
An article about neurites, that wire neurons together. These connections are vital for everything the brain does, including learning and memory.
As a result of research stroke patients, for example, could be treated early on with anti-inflammatory agents to shield neurites from damage and preserve cognition.
Interesting!
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Cognitive problems are confusing and frustrating. But, there are some things you can to do help. Find out more in this article.
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18 Ways to Improve Cognitive Problems after Stroke | ARNI
A change in cognitive ability is common after a stroke. Did you know that as many as two-thirds of stroke survivors may experience cognitive impairment as a result of their stroke.? If this is you…
For the results you deserve (as this is your life) you ideally need to train one to one with a trainer until you can learn enough to train yourself, or you must train yourself. That’s the bottom line!
Call us on 0203 053 0111, or email support@arni.uk.com to find out if there's a trainer near you who can help you.
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Exercise: The Metronome This exercise consists of moving from one foot to another, trying to force weight through the affected leg and equalise your hip placement in relation to your stance. This will go some way towards increasing your confidence in your ability to cope with drop-foot and instability. Even subjects with severe limitations from stroke are able to improve their speed and precision of weight shifting by reducing the weight-transfer time toward both legs in a proportionate manner17. The technique is slightly different from simpler weight shifting, because from the onset of training in a standing position, you should be trying to ‘rock’ quite dynamically, challenging your balance. You may find that you have slightly slower weight shifts toward the affected side but keep working on it. Think of ‘becoming’ a metronome, ticking away back and forth. If you have an I-Phone, or have a friend who does, you can get an application with a visual display of a metronome on the phone. I use this a lot with patients and it’s useful for varying training rhythm to current capabilities. Extend the time you spend on one leg as you shift weight, and over time, you will hopefully find that you are quite comfortable spending a few seconds balancing on the affected leg with knee bent, then rocking over to spend time on the good leg. Simply focus on what you are doing and get inside (explore) the movement. The exercise seems to re-teach the brain about the limits of where balance can be lost to the affected side. This is instructive, and it will buy you some extra milliseconds when you do fall (and help you cope with falling).
Technique
Figs. 1 - 2. Stand with your feet at shoulder width. Keep your knees unlocked. Then simply sway from one foot to the other, lifting the feet alternately. Spend one or two seconds on each leg. Build up a rhythm and find a speed you are comfortable with. Tip for helper However good you think you are at standing up, have someone around when you try this technique for the first few sessions. They should stand behind you ready to help you regain your equilibrium if you get into trouble. All the ‘spotter’ needs to do is to be ready, in the same way that they can help when you get up from the floor for the first time, by being ready to push a solid arm out on the left or right side of your body, to help restore balance.
From The Successful Stroke Survivor book by Tom Balchin.
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