| Description |
xv, 215 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-185) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Stroke Recovery Essentials -- Plan your work and work your plan -- Say no to plateau -- Use your fantastic plastic brain -- Doctor made for stroke survivors -- Using the wisdom of athletes -- Ultimate stroke-recovery drug -- Measuring progress -- Recovery Hints And Tricks -- Challenge equals recovery -- Use what you have -- Train well on a treadmill -- Mirrors reflect recovery -- Stick to the task -- Let recovery flow -- Recovery calendar -- Roadmap to recovery -- Recovery was so fast right after the stroke-why did it slow down? -- Tips for the caregiver -- Safeguarding The Recovery Investment -- Stay off the killing floor -- Reduce the risk of another stroke -- Protect your bones -- Stretch out -- Shoulder care 101 -- Five tests you should do -- Cool Treatment Options -- Constraint-induced therapy for the arm and hand -- Get your hand back -- Imagine it! -- Stimulate your stride -- Mirror therapy -- Speak musically -- Constraint-induced therapy for speech -- You are game-virtual reality -- Rhythm rehab for the arms and hands -- Rhythm rehab for the leg -- Good trains the bad-bilateral training -- Shocking subluxation -- Elements Of Exercise Essential To Recovery -- Get a home exercise program -- Space to recover-the home gym -- Space to focus-the community gym -- Weight up! -- Bank energy and watch your investment grow -- Recovery Strategies -- Therapy soup-mix and match -- Lifestyle as therapy -- Your work schedule -- Living recovery -- Keep the core values close -- Hard but safe -- Eat to recover -- Make home movies -- Don't neglect the good side -- Guide your doctor -- Spasticity Control And Elimination -- Spasticity-the beast unmasked -- Neuroplastic beats spastic -- Spasticity-Jekyll and Hyde? -- Give spasticity the one-two punch -- Motivation: The Recovery Fuel -- Meeting the challenge of recovery -- Be a caveman -- When help hurts -- Reconsider medications -- Fight fatigue -- Walking your way to better walking -- Recovery Machines -- Those amazing machines -- Resources -- Glossary -- Index -- About the Author. |
| Summary |
From the Publisher: Written for stroke survivors, their caregivers, and loved ones, Stronger After Stroke presents a new and more effective treatment philosophy that is startling in its simplicity: stroke survivors recover by using the same learning techniques that anyone uses to master anything. Basic concepts are covered, including: repetition of task-specific movements; proper scheduling of practice; challenges at each stage of recovery; setting goals and recognizing when they have been achieved. Stronger After Stroke puts the power of recovery in your hands by providing simple to follow instructions for reaching the highest possible level of healing. |
| Subject |
Cerebrovascular disease.
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Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Rehabilitation.
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Self-care, Health.
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Stroke -- rehabilitation.
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| ISBN |
9781932603743 paperback |
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1932603743 paperback |
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