I want this both for myself and my future therapy gym. From Dean. walking bike for stroke rehabilitation Massive amounts of therapy available in one intervention. Balance. Walking. Upper limb extension. Hand grasping. Sensation – Wind blowing over skin. So… Read More ›
brain
Peer-reviewed
This makes me so sad. Figure out stuff for yourself because no one will do it for you. No one figured out anything for me. NOT.A.THING. I’ve learned to only depend on myself. Evidence-based medicine sure as hell doesn’t mean… Read More ›
How to Cheer Up Stroke Victim
The title of this post was a search term on my blog today. ‘How to cheer up stroke victim.’ Ummm, I’m sure the person that wrote this is newly devastated but I’ve been dealing with this crap for nearly 5… Read More ›
Meditation: proven science – very, very, very proven
Meditation: still considered an “alternative” and “complementary” treatment Meditation: not at all a part of mainstream Western Medicine, only Eastern Medicine Meditation: thousands upon thousands of research articles proving how it positively affects and changes the brain Meditation: might just… Read More ›
Craniectomy
This post is for my family, friends, anyone that has had a craniectomy and their family and friends. Something was said to me yesterday that made me realize that I have not been more than abundantly clear about something the… Read More ›
Options
I had lunch with a lady earlier this week to discuss options for her brother, a stroke survivor. We were talking for a while and she asked “so what are the options for stroke victims?” I responded “there really aren’t… Read More ›
Cerebellum
My therapist told me today that NPR is doing a fascinating series of shows this week about the cerebellum. It obviously caught my attention. Here it is. I kinda always thought that the cerebellum only affected physical stuff, boy was… Read More ›
They think, therefore I am.
The last line of this article is brilliant. The essence of who I am is the exact same as it was before the stroke. Read this.
Meditation and Physical Therapy
A search term on my blog the other day was “meditation and stroke recovery.” So I searched this term myself on both Google and the Yahoo search engine and my blog came up on the second page of the Google… Read More ›
Sound Healing
I went to a sound healing class yesterday and it was INCREDIBLE. I took my mom and sister who also said it was INCREDIBLE. It was an hour-long class of relaxation while gongs were played in a specific way. Here… Read More ›
Referred Pain
Referred pain is tricky. Referred pain means another area of the body hurts than the part of the body that is actually messed up and causing the pain. So your shoulder or fingers might be bothering you but it’s really… Read More ›
Down
I don’t care who you are or where you came from, going downstairs and downhill is harder than going upstairs or uphill. This is because the muscles that control that motion are working very differently. The same muscles control the… Read More ›
Meditation
Sorry I’ve been so quiet the last couple of weeks, I’ve had 2 crappy dental procedures and a car problem. Apparently my last dentist was not so great so I had to have this super-duper cleaning procedure done. For all… Read More ›
Catch Phrase
I have written many, many times about how the transfer of thoughts in my head to words out of my mouth is all messed up. My mind works light years faster than my mouth. There is a HUGE disconnect there. … Read More ›
Neuro Rehab
The company that I work for is 100% orthopedic. My boss has told me that down the road they would like me to maybe do some neuro rehab. Neurological physical therapy. This won’t happen for a few years, I certainly… Read More ›
