What you need to know about recovering from a stroke

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What you need to know about recovering from a stroke 

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (Good Things Utah) – May is National Stroke Awareness Month. The needs of stroke survivors vary and everyone’s recovery journey is different. University of Utah Health knows that’s the case and has developed rehabiliation programs to help.

A team of highly trained stroke experts with University of Utah Health designed the Stroke Rehabilitation program to help restore order in your life using state-of-the-art practices and technology at the Craig H. Neilsen Rehabilitation Hospital – an accredited program that specializes in stroke rehabilitation, which ensures that the care you receive at University of Utah Health is among the best in the nation.

When it comes to stroke recovery, the vast majority of stroke patients are faced with the following challenges:

• Neurologic restoration—Whether you’ve lost the ability to speak or the function of your arm, hand, or leg, our rehabilitation team will give you the tools you need to restore your natural movements as much as possible. Our goal is to get you as close as possible to your normal level of function that existed prior to the stroke
• Functional adaptation—We understand that any stroke-related impairments may make your life difficult. However, we will show you the methods you need to acclimate and adjust to a new normal. (But that new normal is not what survivors want! They want the old normal, which means 100% recovery! Don't you ever talk to survivors without invoking the tyranny of low expectations?)
  

The UofU Health program will teach you about the adaptive spiral — a way to make every day a little better than the day before. In time, you will achieve balance and fulfillment in multiple aspects of your day-to-day life.

As a stroke survivor himself, Dr. Edgley is passionate about this work. His aim is to promote greater functional independence in stroke patients throughout the clinical continuum of care and through the spectrum of impairments related to stroke.

Rehabilitation for Stroke

• Physical therapy
• Occupational therapy
• Speech therapy
• Rehab Psychology
• Advance technology

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UofU Health offers different kinds of rehabilitative environments for every type of stroke patient. UofU Health believes that rehabilitation should fit the patient’s current status of function.

Visit UofUHealth.org/rehabstroke for more information. Or call 801-646-8000.