What stroke rehab protocols do you need?
You should have one for every deficit you have, taken from a publicly available database with efficacy percentages. If your doctor hands you off to the therapists with a prescription of ET(Evaluate and Treat) that means you are getting nothing with a proven background. Your doctor has just proven they know absolutely nothing about stroke recovery,. Why the fuck are you even paying them? But none of this exists because your stroke medical professionals still believe in the fuckingly stupid statement of: 'All strokes are different, all stroke recoveries are different'. Besides that our fucking failures of stroke associations haven't even attempted to create a database of stroke protocols. They are still stuck in the conscience laundering phase of prevention and F.A.S.T.
The solution?
Have the boards of directors hire a president that will create a great stroke association.
Your children and grandchildren need this if they expect to recover much better than you have.
PAY IT FORWARD!
This is as good a reason as any why stroke never seems to get anywhere. No one is even tackling all the problems in stroke.
The angry old man reared its ugly head once again.
I totally agree with this. For the first year post stroke I spent tons of time researching stroke and was very frustrated that there are so many promising devices, methods, studies etc. but no place are they organized into database, decision tree, or any way to decide what & how much is appropriate. So useless to a patient or caregiver. I have talked to several therapists and I like to ask them how they know what to do next at the various stages of recovery, or what they have to refer too as a guide. No response, except experience. Very hit & miss.
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