I just received this email….. “Good day. My brother had a stroke of the left cerebellum a month ago. He had decompression surgery and was in Critical care for 3.5 weeks. He went to rehab 4 days ago but he… Read More ›
cerebellar stroke
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 ›
BPPV
BPPV stands for Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. It just means you’re dizzy. If you have BPPV, here’s why you are dizzy. When I was 2 months out of a massive stroke and had a shaved head, I went to the… Read More ›
Resting vs. Intention
Anyone who reads my blog regularly knows that I speak ad nauseam about the fact that I have an intention tremor. This is the opposite of a resting tremor. Everyone think of Michael J. Fox. Parkinson’s Disease causes a resting tremor. … Read More ›
Meditation Practice
The more I read, the more I’m convinced that meditation is the secret to recovering from a brain injury. Here, here, and here. There is a mind-blowing amount of research that supports the beneficial effects of meditation on the brain. So… Read More ›
