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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.

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

15 Things Your Walk Reveals About Your Health

You will have to read the complete article at the link. See #3 and 13.
http://www.caring.com/articles/things-walk-reveals-about-health?utm_medium=email&utm_source=suggests&utm_campaign=health&utm_content=20120131 Check out the ones that apply to you.
Walk into an exam room and a trained eye can tell a lot about you in seconds: Your stride, gait, pace, and posture while walking can reveal surprising information about your overall health and well-being.

Walking clue #1: A snail's pace

May reveal: Shorter life expectancy

Walking clue #2: Not too much arm swing

May reveal: Lower back trouble

Walking clue #3: One foot slaps the ground

May reveal: Ruptured disk in back, possible stroke


Walking clue #4: A confident stride (in a woman)

May reveal: Sexual satisfaction

Walking clue #5: A short stride

May reveal: Knee or hip degeneration

Walking clue #6: Dropping the pelvis or shoulder to one side

May reveal: A back problem

Walking clue #7: Bowlegged stride

May reveal: Osteoarthritis

Walking clue #8: Knock-kneed appearance

May reveal: Rheumatoid arthritis

Walking clue #9: A shortened stride on turns and when maneuvering around things

May reveal: Poor physical condition

Walking clue #10: A flat step without much lift

May reveal: Flat feet, bunions, neuromas

Walking clue #11: Shuffling

May reveal: Parkinson's disease

Walking clue #12: Walking on tiptoes, both feet

May reveal: Cerebral palsy or spinal cord trauma

Walking clue #13: Walking on tiptoes, one foot

May reveal: Stroke


Walking clue #14: A bouncing gait

May reveal: Unusually tight calf muscles

Walking clue #15: One higher arch and/or a pelvis that dips slightly

May reveal: One leg is shorter than the other

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  1. CuttlefishFebruary 18, 2012 at 8:35 PM

    You missed mine! Two students in an applied physiology class noticed my walk, and had some (frankly, astonishing) things to say about it. Their guesses were not right, but what they observed was consistent with the real diagnosis. 'sokay, though... my doctors missed it for several years.

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