I loved this, it came from from penngwyn on stroke network.
But the reason I mention that here is that one of my classmates was a doctor who turned out to be a specialist in rehabilitation. He told me that in his experience, the most powerful tool in recovery/rehabilitation was to convince ones brain that there was no boundary, no impairment or limitation. "Act like you can do everything, and your brain and body will find ways to make it work." he said.
This corresponds to a saying that is engraved on a plaque above my wifes' desk.
'What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?'
Use the labels in the right column to find what you want. Or you can go thru them one by one, there are only 28,972 posts. Searching is done in the search box in upper left corner. I blog on anything to do with stroke.DO NOT DO ANYTHING SUGGESTED HERE AS I AM NOT MEDICALLY TRAINED, YOUR DOCTOR IS, LISTEN TO THEM. BUT I BET THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET YOU 100% RECOVERED. I DON'T EITHER, BUT HAVE PLENTY OF QUESTIONS FOR YOUR DOCTOR TO ANSWER.
Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.
I like that quote very much. I see such a mixture of people who are just giving up on life and others who are "Doers" who get on with life one way or another.
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