Use the labels in the right column to find what you want. Or you can go thru them one by one, there are only 33,762 posts. Searching is done in the search box in upper left corner. I blog on anything to do with stroke. DO NOT DO ANYTHING SUGGESTED HERE AS I AM NOT MEDICALLY TRAINED, YOUR DOCTOR IS, LISTEN TO THEM. BUT I BET THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET YOU 100% RECOVERED. I DON'T EITHER BUT HAVE PLENTY OF QUESTIONS FOR YOUR DOCTOR TO ANSWER.
Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain!trillions and trillions of neuronsthatDIEeach day because there areNOeffective 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.
Three poses revealed: Nicky Cossins highlights downward dog, pigeon pose, and bridge pose as key for walkers to enhance mobility, stability, and strength.
Why it matters: These yoga moves can counteract posture strain from backpacks, improve breathing on climbs, and stretch muscles after long walks.
Injury prevention: Regular practice may reduce stiffness, boost ankle and hip mobility, and support stronger strides on uneven terrain.
Yoga stretches assist muscle recovery after long walks
According to Nicky Cossins, yoga stretches help relieve tight muscles after extended walking sessions. This practice supports physical recovery following long-distance walks.
Downward dog stretch targets calves, hamstrings, and spine muscles
The downward dog yoga pose stretches the calves, hamstrings, and spine muscles. This helps release muscle tension that can build up from prolonged walking sessions.
Pigeon pose engagement of gluteal muscles and deep hip rotators
Pigeon pose activates the gluteal muscles and deep hip rotators. These muscle groups play a role in stabilizing the pelvis during activities such as hiking on uneven terrain.
Bridge pose strengthens glutes and hamstrings
Bridge pose targets and strengthens the gluteal muscles and hamstrings. These muscle groups are important for generating forward propulsion during walking, particularly when moving uphill.
I need as much cognitive reserve and
resilience as possible since I probably used all of mine up just
surviving my stroke. Ask your competent? doctor for EXACT PROTOCOLS TO BUILD RESILIENCE AND RESERVE! Your doctor NEEDS TO GUARANTEE REBUILDING YOUR RESERVE TO PREVENT DEMENTIA!
Siddhant Rajhans1*, Dr. Somlata Jha2, Prakhar Singh3, Anuj Anand4, Vaibhav Saini5
1*Department Of Computer Science & Engineering, Himalayan School Of Science & Technology, Swami Rama Himalayan
University, India.
siddhantrajhanssrhu@zohomail.in
2 Assistant Professor, School Of Yogic Science, Swami Rama Himalayan University, India
3Department Of Computer Science & Engineering, Himalayan School Of Science & Technology, Swami Rama Himalayan
University, India.
4Department Of Computer Science & Engineering, Himalayan School Of Science & Technology, Swami Rama Himalayan
University, India.
5 Department Of Computer Science, Vivekananda Institute Of Professional Studies, India
*Corresponding Author: Siddhant Rajhans
siddhantrajhanssrhu@zohomail.in
Abstract
In this ever-changing modern world, people should be highly adaptable and have the ability
to adjust to any situation. We aim to do extensive research on the relationships that exist
between yoga, neuroplasticity, and artificial intelligence (AI), and also the methods for
developing a high level of cognitive resilience. In order to identify pathways to cognitive
wellbeing, we examine the cultural foundations of yoga, the transformative potential of AI,
and neuroplasticity in this paper. To get the most useful understanding of how to promote
cognitive resilience, people must be able to recognise the intersection and synergy between
these components. Only then will they be able to learn how to promote cognitive resilience
when confronted with life's challenges, as well as how to think differently going forward by
applying these useful strategies.
Yoga is widely used for stroke rehabilitation — in rare cases, it can also cause a stroke.fizkes – stock.adobe.com
“Ironically, certain types of yoga can be helpful in aiding motor recovery following stroke,” Dr. Jeremy M. Liff, a senior member of the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery at NYU Grossman Long Island School of Medicine and Northwell Lenox Hill, told The Post.
“However, other yoga poses can potentially cause strokes by injuring the arteries that run from the neck to the brain.”
A cervical arterial dissection is a tear in the wall of a neck artery. A stroke occurs when blood enters the damaged wall and forms a clot that travels to the brain.
Cervical arterial dissection is responsible for 1% to 2% of all strokes and up to 25% of strokes in young and middle-aged people, clinicians noted in a 2022 case report about a 63-year-old man who suffered arterial dissection after a yoga session.
People have experienced spontaneous carotid artery dissection — a type of cervical artery dissection — for a variety of reasons, “from hyperextension of the neck during yoga or alcohol consumption to violent coughing and vomiting or chiropractic manipulation,” researchers wrote in April in the Annals of Vascular Surgery.
Dr. Jeremy M. Liff reveals how certain yoga poses can lead to stroke.Courtesy of Dr. Jeremy M. Liff
Yoga poses that involve extreme neck extension or place weight and pressure on the head can be hazardous, particularly for those who are older or who suffer from cervical spine disease, Liff said.
Here’s a look at three yoga moves that have been linked to strokes.
This is the “wheel” pose. It involves neck extension as the chest and spine arch backward.Donald Pearsall / NY Post Design
The deep backbend, also known as upward bow or Urdhva Dhanurasana, is supposed to open the chest, shoulders and hips while strengthening the arms, legs, spine and core muscles.
‘Fish’ pose
The “fish” pose, also called Matsyasana, is a reclining back-bending move.
Physical therapist Susan Eaton said she ran into trouble doing an advanced version of the pose that added more weight to her head and neck.
The “fish” pose involves extreme backward extension of the neck, which can put pressure on the cervical spine.Donald Pearsall / NY Post Design
“It’s a hyperextended neck pose that as a physical therapist I later questioned,” Eaton told NBC News at the time. “I had done this pose before, but this time I was uneasy, as though I knew I might be pushing myself to the edge.”
She suffered a stroke four days later, having torn her left carotid artery.
Hollowback handstand
Yoga influencer Rebecca Leigh said she was practicing the “pretty intense” handstand when her vision became blurry.
“This pose requires you to extend your neck, drop your hips back and arch your lower spine all while upside down in a handstand,” she explained.
She visited the emergency room two days later, when her right eye drooped and her pupils appeared to be two different sizes.
A hollowback handstand involves arching your neck and back.Donald Pearsall / NY Post Design
“The doctor on staff said, ‘Well, you, my dear, had a stroke,’ ” Leigh said.
“We spent the next two days in the neurological intensive care unit while they tried to figure out why a healthy, happy, active, non-smoking, healthy eating, lifelong athlete of 39 years had just had a stroke.”
Yoga may improve cognitive function in older adults at risk for decline
Yoga may prevent inflammation and cognitive
decline in those at risk, according to a poster presentation at the
Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.
“Brief mind-body practices can be a useful
adjunct preventive strategy that can reduce stress, improve sleep,
reduce inflammation and provide neuroplastic effects on the brain with
improved structural and functional connectivity and improved cognitive
performance, especially in those who are interested in integrative
medicine approaches,” study author Helen Lavretsky, MD, MS, a professor in the department of psychiatry at UCLA, told Healio.
In a randomized controlled trial of 79
patients, Lavretsky and colleagues assessed the efficacy of Kundalini
yoga vs. memory enhancement training on mood and cognitive function in
women with a mean age of 66.5 years.
The group that participated in yoga
demonstrated improvements in seriousness of forgetting at both 12 weeks
and 24 weeks. Participating in yoga prevented decrement in gray matter
volumes compared with memory training. Furthermore, the researchers
found that right hippocampal volume increased after participating in
yoga. Compared with the yoga group, the memory enhancement training
group had higher levels of inflammation.
“Yoga could be a useful adjunct strategy for
prevention of cognitive decline with possible anti-inflammatory effects
and direct neuroplastic effects on the brain that result in improved
subjective cognitive impairment,” Lavretsky said.
Ideggyogyaszati Szemle,
01 Jan 2023, 76(1-2):11-17Language:hun DOI:
10.18071/isz.76.0011PMID: 36892300
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Abstract
Stroke
is nowadays one of the most prevalent diseases worldwide causing
devastating impairments and negative consequences for survivors. It is a
main cause of adult onset disability and it can have a negative impact
on psychological health, cognitive function and quality of life.
Post-stroke rehabilitation may reduce long-term disability, and in
recent years several innovations have emerged to improve recovery.
Decades of research suggest that mindfulness-based interventions support
a greater capacity to live with chronic medical conditions and
contribute to lowering stress levels. Previous works report positive
results amoung stroke survivors, improvements in mood, mental fatigue
and in some degree in cognitive and physical functioning, plus represent
a promising option in secondary prevention. Since the early 2000s,
numerous clinical studies have investigated the efficacy of
mindfulness-based interventions in post-stroke rehabilitation. In this
paper the main results of the relevant international research is
reviewed and also, the main modalities of the mindfulness-based
interventions are presented. Our primary goal is to evaluate the results
in order to draw attention to the importance of rehabilitation of
patients with stroke and hopefully the theoretical and practical
knowledge of the review will contribute to development effective and
secure protocols in future research. Mindfulness-based techniques can
become clinically valuable complementary therapeutic interventions in
post-stroke rehabilitation. More research in this area is warranted: to
evaluate these specific practices and their suitability; using
randomized, controlled, follow up designs, rigorous methods, and
different treatment settings; expanding outcomes to include
physiological, health care use, and health-related outcomes; exploring
mediating factors; and discerning dose effects and optimal frequency and
length of practice.
'May help' is NOT GOOD ENOUGH! Your stroke medical 'professionals' need to create protocols for your recovery, not this crapola of guidelines and lazy crapola.
When
people join yoga classes, they generally have a goal. Some want to do
yoga for better gut health, others think it is a great way to destress.
It turns out, yoga may also help stroke patients. Stroke is a type of
cardiovascular disease that can interfere with speech. It can also cause
memory problems, or affect the way your arms and legs move. According
to Harvard Health Publishing, stroke also can lead to difficulty with
balance, which means that there is an increase in the risk of falling
down. Read on to find out how yoga can help in stroke recovery.
To know how yoga can fit in a stroke rehabilitation therapy, HealthShots reached out to Dr Mickey Mehta, a global leading holistic health guru and corporate life coach.
Yoga can help in stroke recovery. Image courtesy: Adobe Stock
Breathing
in through the nose and breathing out slowly through the mouth is the
way to do it. This way large volumes of air can ease out. This will help
to improve your vital capacity of oxygen in your lungs and saturation
of oxygens immediately.
2. Sit quietly and do nothing
Just
resting and shutting your eyes brings order in place and gets you back
in rhythm flow and gets you synchronised, says Mehta.
Resorting to sweets like honey, raisins, dates, figs, jaggery (ways to eat jaggery) and chocolates usually help in elevating mood and conditioning your heart better, making it pump better.
Do low intensity yoga asanas if you just had a stroke. Image Courtesy: Freepik
Yoga for stroke recovery
Yoga is more about our body and mind connection, which is why it can greatly help in stroke recovery (health benefits of yoga).
So, coming to yoga asanas that can help to improve and recover from
stroke. Here are some of the asanas that Mehta recommends.
1. Ustrasana
• Sit in kneel down position then inhale. • Slowly bring your hands down towards your heels or simply keep your hands behind your back. • Exhale, bring your head down and then relax.
2. Setu Bandhasana
• Lie down on your back and fold your legs at shoulder level distance. • Inhale and lift your chest and back up then exhale and slowly come down.
3. Bhujangasana
• Lie down on your stomach and keep your hands next to your chest. • Inhale, arch your back, straighten your hands, with your shoulders back and hold. Exhale then come back.
This yoga pose can benefit your heart. Image courtesy: Freepik
4. Paschimottanasana
• Sit with your legs straight. • Inhale and stretch your hands up and then exhale and bend forward.
5. Seated Parvatasana
• Sit in a comfortable position or Padmasana. • Inhale and lift your hands up in the namaste position then exhale and relax.
Also,
heavy foods and exercises are a complete no. So, avoid foods that have a
lot of carbohydrates. Take a break from running, cycling and jumping if
you did all this before the stroke. Do not engage in high intensity
sports activities. In fact, even in yoga, low intensity asanas are what
you should stick to if you just had a stroke. Stretching your body just
to ease out is also something that you can try.
