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Home After a Stroke: Getting to See My Family
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Home After a Stroke. Work Smarter Instead of Harder. September 27, 2011. Getting to See My Family. I'm going on a ten day trip to see my brother Mark. We haven't seen each other for almost two years because the horrific snow storms last winter made it too difficult to travel at Christmas. He's looking forward to showing me his new boat and doing fun things together in Michigan. We keep in touch via e-mail and telephone, but I'm looking forward to seeing him in person and giving him a big hug. Im a little...
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Home After a Stroke: A Stroke Turned Me into a Lizard
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Home After a Stroke. Work Smarter Instead of Harder. June 16, 2015. A Stroke Turned Me into a Lizard. Paralyzed) side. Sweat started pouring from my temple on the hemiplegic side of my face, but not on the sound side. I wiped off the sweat repeatedly so people would not see sweat streaming down my face. My hemiplegic foot became red and hot. It was scary to know my body could not cope with these drastic 24 hour fluctuations. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Tricks for Stretching a Tight Hemiplegic Hand.
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Home After a Stroke: The World's Tiniest Hand Splints
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Home After a Stroke. Work Smarter Instead of Harder. June 26, 2014. The World's Tiniest Hand Splints. Problem #2. Pushing a heavy shopping cart makes my thumb bend severely. Solution #2. I slip a piece of foam over my thumb. The foam keeps my thumbnail from digging into the side of my index finger. Problem #3. I have to grip a peanut butter jar tightly which makes my index finger and thumb bend sharply (see black line). A severely bent thumb means I am strengthening a bully who is already too strong!
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Home After a Stroke: Changes in Swallowing Inspired by PoNS Therapy
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Home After a Stroke. Work Smarter Instead of Harder. March 15, 2015. Changes in Swallowing Inspired by PoNS Therapy. So it is worth a try. The Brain's Way of Healing Itself. New York, NY: Penguin Books; 2015. March 15, 2015 at 1:50 PM. Great idea. While mt tongue and mouth still feel like a dentist visit, my tongue actually feels and operated a little slower on my affected side. I blame my throat muscles for my choking because unless I double swallow quickly my affected side will spasm. I still have to t...
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Home After a Stroke: Resting Splints Revisited
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Home After a Stroke. Work Smarter Instead of Harder. May 5, 2015. When I joined the staff of a nursing home as their first OT I opened a stroke survivor's hand after her fingernails grew into her palm because the nursing staff did not know how to inhibit her high muscle tone. I remember that visual image when I read that stroke survivors get no benefit from wearing resting splints. This conclusion is based on studies that looked only at hard plastic splints which are static. He stopped wearing the splint...
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Home After a Stroke: Are Resting Hand Splints a Waste of Money?
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Home After a Stroke. Work Smarter Instead of Harder. May 1, 2014. Are Resting Hand Splints a Waste of Money? Studies of resting hand splints make me cringe when researchers ask the wrong questions. Studies done by Lannin (1) and Burge (2) asked if resting hand splints improve functional hand use. A resting splint that places the hand in one static position does not retrain the brain. Spasticity while other studies have more subjects with mild. Realignment orthosis prevents hand pain in patients acute str...
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Home After a Stroke: Smart Phones and Stroke, Part 1
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Home After a Stroke. Work Smarter Instead of Harder. May 26, 2015. Smart Phones and Stroke, Part 1. Part 1 is about how a stroke limits what I can do with a smart phone and how I feel about it. I do not have to worry about falling while staring at my smart phone as I walk. My one good hand is busy controlling the cane I walk with due to my poor balance. My sitting balance is not as good this guy on the boat. I do not have to worry about missing a whale because I cannot stop staring at my smart phone.
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Home After a Stroke: Smart Phones and Stroke, Part 2
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Home After a Stroke. Work Smarter Instead of Harder. July 26, 2015. Smart Phones and Stroke, Part 2. I decided to buy a smart phone before I took my next long trip. A smart phone is an essential adaptive device for stroke survivors who travel. July 26, 2015 at 11:32 PM. July 27, 2015 at 11:06 AM. July 27, 2015 at 12:10 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Tricks for Stretching a Tight Hemiplegic Hand. New Hope for More Hand Recovery After Stroke. Solutions for My Extreme Sleep Deprivation. Grateful My...
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Home After a Stroke: Arm and Leg Synergies are Different and the Same
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Home After a Stroke. Work Smarter Instead of Harder. April 7, 2012. Arm and Leg Synergies are Different and the Same. Arm and leg synergies seen after a stroke are different. The hemiplegic. Paralyzed) arm is dominated by the flexion synergy. To point my toes I have to straighten my whole leg (photo on left). To bend my ankle I have to bend my hip and knee (photo on right). Which makes me stub my toes (photo on left). Solution #1. I faithfully wear my leg brace because it prevents falls. Thank you for th...
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Home After a Stroke: Tricks for Stretching a Tight Hemiplegic Hand
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Home After a Stroke. Work Smarter Instead of Harder. June 4, 2012. Tricks for Stretching a Tight Hemiplegic Hand. I am haunted by a client who had her fingernails grow into her palm because the nurses couldn't open her tight hemiplegic hand until after I treated her. Facilitating active hand movement requires a deep understanding of how the 18 hand muscles work together, but passive stretching is less complex. Here are tricks that make opening a tight hand easier. Trick # 1. For people who have a caregiv...
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