Deans' stroke musings: How some people's brains make an extraordinary recovery from stroke

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.

Sunday, June 28, 2026

How some people's brains make an extraordinary recovery from stroke

Interesting, the ASA still has 10% full recovery and 25% minor impairments

How some people's brains make an extraordinary recovery from stroke

Around a third of people are able to almost fully rebuild their brains after a stroke and uncovering why is pointing the way to better treatments for everyone

A well-known actor who had experienced a stroke was treated by stroke specialist Sandor Nardai. The actor had been left with aphasia, or an impaired ability to speak – brutal for anyone, but “probably the most devastating thing that could happen to an actor”, says Nardai. After three months of recovery, though, the actor was able to say some words. After a year, he voiced a commercial. Remarkably, he eventually got well enough to return to live theatre, says Nardai, who is at Semmelweis University in Hungary.

For every happy story like this, though, there are many people who survive stroke but have less encouraging ones. Strokes send the brain into freefall, damaging areas that control cognitive and physical functions. Only an estimated 35 per cent of survivors make a full recovery or live with only minor impairments.(Nothing in the abstract references 35%! That number is still a colossal failure by your stroke medical 'professionals'!) The majority have profoundly life-altering issues, like aphasia, paralysis, behavioural changes or cognitive and sensory challenges. The numbers are dizzying: almost 100 million live with the after-effects of a stroke, making it one of the most common causes of disability globally.

As the actor’s story shows, the brain is capable of extraordinary transformation and restoration after a stroke, but some people reap more of those benefits than others. Now, we are learning why – and with that knowledge, developing new treatments that can help more of us recover.

Why some brains recover after a stroke

A stroke occurs when a blood vessel serving the brain either bursts or is blocked by a clot. That starves the brain of needed oxygen, killing off neurons, which can leave people with severely compromised abilities to reason, learn, communicate and move. In the aftermath, the immune system also cranks up inflammation, potentially causing further damage.

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