| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
xxiii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
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Book tlcgt |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-251) and index. |
| Note |
"Fully revised and updated"--Cover. |
| Contents |
Stroke recovery essentials -- Plan you work and work your plan -- Say no to plateau -- Use your fantastic plastic brain -- A doctor made for stroke survivors -- Neuroscience: your new best friend -- Using the wisdom of athletes -- The 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 -- The mind, the brain, and sticking to the task -- Let recovery flow -- The recovery calendar -- Roadmap to recovery -- Tips for the caregiver -- Safeguarding the recovery investment -- Reduce pain to increase recovery -- Stay off the killing floor -- Reduce the risk of another stroke -- Protect your bones -- Don't shorten -- Shoulder care -- Five test you should do -- Cool treatment options -- Constraint-induced therapy for the arm and hand -- Get your hand back -- Imagine it! -- Electrical stimulation for frugal dummies -- Stimulate your stride -- Mirror therapy (MT) -- Recovery of feeling -- Speak musically -- Constraint-induced therapy of speech -- You are game virtual reality -- The good trains the bad bilateral training -- Rhythm rehab for the arms and hands -- Walking in rhythm -- Shocking subluxation -- The neuroplastic model for "pusher" syndrome -- Elements of exercise essential to recovery -- Horizontal rehab: good sleep=good 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 -- The four phases of stroke recovery -- The subacute phase: recovery's sweet spot -- Expanding the therapeutic footprint -- Therapy soup: mix and match -- Lifestyle as therapy -- Your work schedule -- Living recovery -- Keep the core values safe -- 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, tone and contracture: even clinicians get it wrong -- Spasticity: Jekyll and Hyde? -- Give spasticity the one-two punch -- Motivation: recovery fuel -- Meeting the challenge of recovery -- Be a caveman -- When help hurts -- Reconsider medications -- This just got real: psychological adjustment after stroke -- Fight fatigue -- Walking your way to better walking -- The young adult stroke survivor (YASS): driven to recover -- Recovery machines -- Those amazing machines. |
| Summary |
Puts the power of recovery in the reader's hands by providing simple-to-follow instructions for reaching the highest possible level of recovery. The book's neuroplastic recovery model stresses repetition of task-specific practice, proper scheduling of practice, setting goals, and measuring progress to achieve optimal results. Researcher Peter G. Levine breaks down the science and gives survivors evidence-based tools to retrain the brain and take charge of recovery. Introduces readers to leading-edge stroke recovery information while simplifying the process to attain specific benchmarks. Also included is a sample recovery schedule, a helpful glossary of frequently used stroke recovery terms, and a list of resources for readers to research emerging stroke recovery options. Also features: Complete update of all chapters to reflect new knowledge about maximizing recovery; the latest research insights applied to individual recovery programs; steps to cope with challenges at each stage of recovery and achieve success; DIY strategies to save time and money; new chapters on using electrical stimulation, reducing post-stroke pain, and understanding spasticity"--Back cover. |
| 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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| Genre/Form |
Popular Works.
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| Subject |
Cerebrovascular disease. (OCoLC)fst00851361
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Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- Rehabilitation.
(OCoLC)fst00851384
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Self-care, Health. (OCoLC)fst01111506
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| ISBN |
9780826124135 |
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0826124135 |
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9780826124715 (ebook) |
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