Deans' stroke musings: One in four stroke patients who recover does not return to work: Singapore study

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.

Friday, February 13, 2026

One in four stroke patients who recover does not return to work: Singapore study

Is your doctor one of the incompetent? ones that can't get you 100% recovered/? I'd suggest asking immediately if any of your doctors' previous patient fully recovered! If not, LEAVE IMMEDIATELY!

One in four stroke patients who recover does not return to work: Singapore study

The number of stroke cases increased from 6,100 in 2011 to more than 9,600 in 2021, according to the Singapore Stroke Registry Annual Report 2021.

The data showed that more people in their 30s and 40s suffered strokes, with a 48 per cent increase among those between the ages of 30 and 39 during that period.

Returning to work matters for younger patients as they derive a sense of purpose from being able to contribute to their families and society, said Adjunct Assistant Professor Benjamin Tan, a consultant with the neurology division of the National University Hospital’s (NUH) department of medicine.

Prof Tan, who led the research, said physical recovery alone is not enough to determine whether a patient is ready to return to work.

“Cognitive and psychological barriers are often less visible and not easily assessed, and should be systematically assessed in post-stroke patients,” he added.