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.

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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.

Sunday, August 18, 2013

skydiving stroke rehab

At a dinner I was at a couple of nights ago a discussion among 5 of us was on skydiving. 3 of us had already done it and there was some interest in doing it as a group. I did it twice with a static line - the chute is automatically pulled out as you exit the plane from 2800 feet. I didn't do any more because after 2 times you were expected to pack your own chute and I wasn't going to trust my own packing.

The training consisted of jumping off a picnic table to mimic the force of the landing. I did it when I was 21 and my steeplejack co-worker goaded me into doing it. Now there it no way I could manage to  jump off of anything. Leaving the plane consisted of putting your left foot on a little step on the outside of the plane door grabbing the strut with your left hand and then your right hand and dangling your right leg in space in the wind. Your instructor would count to three and slap you on the butt to signal you to let go of your hands.

You would somewhat control your direction by pulling on cords at about head height to close vents in the round chute. That would be impossible for my left arm/hand right now.  Floating down was so peaceful. I'm sure I could do the tandem jump with an instructor now. Ask your therapist for the nearest skydiving school and tell her/him it's needed for sensation therapy. Extra blood flow by increasing your blood pressure.
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  1. AmyAugust 18, 2013 at 6:25 PM

    That sounds like my worst nightmare right now, I would blow chunks at 300 feet.

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  2. Barb PolanAugust 19, 2013 at 10:10 AM

    As an adolescent, I was sure I would skydive someday. As an adult, though, I developed a fear of heights and, pre-stroke, was repelled by the idea. Now I wouldn't even consider it.

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