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.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Blood Pressure Medicine + Exercise = Recovery from Stroke

I just had to post this because the whole advertisement is not to be trusted, blood pressure medicine is to prevent the next stroke. Exercise only can help recovery for the hemiparesis deficits. You will have to ask them hard questions on how to recover hemiplegic deficits. If they don't know the difference find someone else.
http://thejacksonclinics.com/2011/12/blood-pressure-medicine-exercise-recovery-from-stroke/
About every 45 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke, making it the leading cause of long-term disability. Survivors are often left with physical deficits and fear of suffering another stroke. As a stroke survivor, you can do two things to reduce the risk of a second stroke: control your blood pressure with medication and stick to a properly designed exercise program appropriate to your age and health status.

High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, increases the risk of stroke. If you have high blood pressure, the heart must work harder to push blood through your body. A variety of medications can help to lower blood pressure, but to be effective, you must take them regularly as prescribed, probably for the rest of your life. This may be difficult to remember because high blood pressure, known as the “silent killer,” causes no obvious symptoms such as pain or shortness of breath. As members of your stroke rehabilitation team, part of our goal is to make sure you take your blood pressure medicine as directed.

The other part of our goal is to design an appropriate exercise plan for you. Exercising after a stroke may seem counterintuitive. After all, exercise makes the heart work harder. But a properly designed program can

  • strengthen the heart
  • improve stamina without endangering your health
  • restore physical abilities lost because of the stroke
  • help prevent another stroke
  • allow you gradually to increase your activity level and stamina

Regular exercise has other benefits, too. It helps to lower cholesterol, lower blood pressure, encourage weight loss, improve the regulation of blood sugar and decrease the amount of inflammatory agents in the blood.

It is important that we work together as a team to develop an exercise program that helps reduce your chances of having another stroke, regardless of your age or physical limitations. Rehabilitation from stroke is a lifetime commitment. You need to keep taking your medications and let us help you improve your health and prevent another stroke through appropriate exercise.

Make sure you read these advertisements with critical attention.

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