Life After Stroke Blog
life after stroke blog
Stroke recovery is challenging for all, including the survivors and their caregivers. In this blog you will find useful articles and resources that will help you stay mentally and physically healthy in life after stroke.
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Speech and Language Therapy: What Stroke Survivors Can Expect
Speech and language therapy is a crucial intervention for stroke survivors who often face challenges like aphasia and other speech
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Building a Support Network After a Stroke
Experiencing a stroke is a life-altering event that affects not only the individual but also their family and friends. The
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Mindfulness Techniques for Stroke Survivors
Written by : Tristan Carroll, RN Stress is a part of everyday life. For a stroke survivor, chronic stress can
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NUTRITION & STROKE
Written by : Tristan Carroll, RN March is National Nutrition Month. It’s a great time to start thinking about your
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Understanding the Connection between Stroke and Heart Health
Written by : Tristan Carroll, RN Understanding the Connection between Stroke and Heart Health February is Heart Health Awareness Month.
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Stroke Recovery Resources – Activity Workbooks Made for Stroke Survivors
Christopher D. Morgan is an IT manager, New York Times & USA Today bestselling author, blogger, husband, parent, world traveler,
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Holiday Gift Guide
The holiday season is a time for joy, connection, and thoughtful gestures. If you have a stroke survivor or caregiver
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Mirror Therapy During Stroke Recovery
A stroke can be a life-altering event, leaving survivors grappling with physical and emotional challenges. However, hope and innovation abound
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Safety First: Preventing Falls and Injuries Post-Stroke
Written By: Aundrea Steenblock, OTD, OTR Falls and injuries are common occurrences after someone has experienced a stroke. According to
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Nitai’s Story
Stroke in young people has seen an increase in the last 15 years — 11% more young people are now
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The Role of Occupational Therapy in Stroke Recovery
Written by: Aundrea Steenblock, OTD, OTR What is an Occupational Therapist? Occupational Therapists play a vital role in rehabilitation after
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Vision Problems
A stroke is a serious medical condition that can lead to various complications. One of these complications can be vision
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Home Modifications After Stroke
A stroke is a life-altering event that can cause significant physical, cognitive, and emotional changes. One of the most challenging
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Apps for Aphasia
Aphasia is a language disorder that affects a person’s ability to communicate effectively. It can be caused by stroke, brain
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Board Games for Memory Improvement
Board games are a fantastic way to spend quality time with family and friends while also improving your cognitive abilities.
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Ataxia
Ataxia is a neurological disorder characterized by lack of coordination in voluntary movements. It can result from a variety of
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Survivor’s Guilt
Stroke is a serious and life-altering medical event that affects millions of people worldwide. Survivors of stroke often experience a
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Why Repetitions Matter
A stroke is a neurological condition that can have severe consequences, such as paralysis or weakness on one side of
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Caregiver Tips
Caring for a loved one who has suffered a stroke can be a challenging and overwhelming task. Stroke survivors often
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Emotional Changes After a Stroke
A stroke is a life-changing event that can cause a range of emotional changes. It’s normal to experience feelings of
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Stroke Awareness Month
May is Stroke Awareness Month, a time dedicated to increasing awareness about stroke, its causes, and its impact on individuals
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Meditation and stroke recovery
Meditation can be daunting, but with the right tools it can change your life. Simple daily meditations can over time
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Stroke in young people
When we think of stroke, we often think of an older population being affected. However, strokes can happen to anyone,
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Caregiver burnout: what is it and how to prevent it
Caring for a loved one who has suffered a stroke can be a challenging and rewarding experience. While providing care
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What happens during a stroke?
Explaining what happens during a stroke can be challenging. This informational video hosted in TED ED and accessible through YouTube,
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Ashley’s story — the silent cavernoma
Two days after giving birth to her son, Ashley felt there was something wrong with her. She decided to have
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Jeri’s “Stroke of Luck”
It had been four days of an intense headache for Jeri. Sitting on the couch around 10pm, she was working
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Neuroplasticity and stroke recovery
What is neuroplasticity and what role does it play in stroke recovery? The brain is an extremely complex part of
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Andrea’s story — stroke after pregnancy
Andrea’s story begins three weeks before her due date; she had been going to regular check ups due to increased
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Keith’s story – Strength After Stroke
Keith’s stroke story is one of difficult challenges and inspiring next steps. He had a fantastic family, a beautiful house
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Stroke in women – risk and symptoms
Although more men have strokes per year than women, women’s strokes tend to be deadlier. This is due to a
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Gabriela’s story
My name is Gabriela and I survived a massive sinus vein thrombosis that left me paralyzed on my right side
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Supporting someone with aphasia
It is estimated that 20-40% of stroke survivors will have some type of aphasia with varying degrees of impact in
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Types of aphasia
Aphasia is the inability to speak, read, write and/or listen. Around 20-40% of stroke survivors will experience some degree of
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7 goals to add to your recovery plan
Recovery after a stroke isn’t just about the physical aspect of getting your strength and mobility back. Our minds are
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Coping with uncertainty after a stroke
Uncertainty can be a large part of the stroke recovery journey. After a stroke, you may find yourself asking questions
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Disability after a stroke
Every year, 15 million people around the world are affected by stroke. Of those, it is estimated 50% will live
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Armored — Dawn’s care-coaching story
A caregiver is rarely “ready” to start taking care of someone battling an illness. And sadly, stroke doesn’t announce itself
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Changes in behavior after a stroke
Changes in behavior after a stroke are common, expected and treatable. Stroke survivors will usually experience changes in mood, depression,
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Taking care of your mental wellbeing as a caregiver
Caregiving is physically challenging, time-consuming, and mentally draining — taking care of your mental wellbeing as a caregiver is as
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Constraint-induced movement therapy (CIMT)
Rehabilitation of upper limbs can look very different for many people. However, constraint-induced movement therapy (or CIMT) is frequently used
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Telehealth during quarantine
Since lockdown started, pretty much everything in our lives changed. Our entire routine was thrown out of the window and
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Stroke prevention — what you need to know
As mentioned in the warning signs, there are elements of stroke we can control and others we don’t. Those factors
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What are the types of stroke?
There are three main types of stroke; each one of them results in different treatment and recovery therapies. Ischemic stroke
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Stroke risk factors — what we do and don’t control
As with most diseases, there are elements of risk that we can control or do something about and others that
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Warning signs of a stroke
Understanding and being aware of the warnings signs of a stroke — as well as acting F.A.S.T — could save a life
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YouTube channels for rehabilitation exercises
For many stroke survivors getting in to see a physical therapist is difficult and sometimes just not a possibility at
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Tips for getting a good night’s sleep
After a stroke you may experience difficulty sleeping. The causes can vary — from side effects of medicine you may
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Five tips for caregivers during quarantine
Quarantine has been difficult for everyone, and being a caregiver is in and of itself a huge challenge. We have
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Team involved in stroke rehabilitation — who are they?
For many people stroke rehabilitation begins at the hospital, usually as soon as you’re awake. There is a wide array