Deans' stroke musings: Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise

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.

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise - Reducing falls and improving function

Something for you do-it-yourselfers, or ask your doctor/therapist for something better. It reminds me of my 24 hour-a-day therapy.
http://sydney.edu.au/health-sciences/staff/docs/lindy_clemson/LiFE_participant_manual_book_3.pdf

Janet also stands on one
leg when posting a letter.
Janet is working hard to stay
balanced.
Posting a letter standing on
one leg and holding the
umbrella challenges Janet’s
balance.
Keep looking for strength and balance activity opportunities
in your daily routine
 To improve your balance keep challenging your balance
 To strengthen your muscles, load them and keep them
working hard
 Look for ways to put more activities into your day
 Make small changes around the house to remind you to do
the activities
 Increase the amount of physical activity you do

45 pages but lots of pictures. You can read the whole thing in 10 minutes.