Deans' stroke musings: Improving outcomes for stroke survivors

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.

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Improving outcomes for stroke survivors

Notice that there is absolutely nothing for your doctor to do for your recovery.
http://www.texarkanagazette.com/news/features/story/2018/apr/16/improving-outcomes-stroke-survivors/722175/

When Tiger Woods tied for fifth place at Bay Hill last March, it showed that his two-year-long recovery from knee and back surgeries was paying off. Now Tiger fans expect fewer strokes every time he plays.

That same principle of stroke recovery applies to the 7 million Americans who are stroke survivors. But far too many aren't getting back in their game because they've missed essential post-stroke recovery steps.

According to the American Heart Association, fewer than one in 100 stroke survivors is following all the recovery guidelines. They include: not smoking, getting regular physical activity, eating a healthy diet, plus achieving normal body mass index, blood pressure, glucose levels and total cholesterol. And we'd add two more: Learning how to manage stress and getting post-stroke rehab.

Rehab—as early as possible—boosts quality of life. It involves putting together a team of doctors, family, caregivers, physical and occupational therapists, nutritionists and others(They have no protocols to get you 100% recovered, you're screwed). To help figure this out, check out strokeassociation.org. Search for "Choosing the Right Stroke Rehab Facility."

To meet the dietary guidelines, adopt the MIND Diet (Mediterranean-DASH Diet Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay) to protect the brain. To reduce the increased post-stroke risks of elevated glucose, BP and LDL cholesterol levels and ease depression and fatigue, boost your physical activity, along with medical management, if needed.

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