Posts Tagged ‘stroke’
Stroke, how to care for loved ones
Great article on how to care for your loved ones after a stroke well worth 5 mins. Right at Home in Los Angeles: How to Care for Loved Ones After a ... By Right at Home Rehabilitation. Undergoing rehabilitation is very important before returning home. But some stroke survivor refuse any rehabilitation effort usually because of hopelessness. [...]
Stroke Facts and Myths – The Sun
Different strokes: Facts and myths of killer attacks This means you need to see your doc pronto, for tests and treatment. FACT: You need to get to hospital ASAP if you are having a stroke. Quite right. ... See all stories on this topic
Mirror Therapy what happens in the brain?
http://www.borsook.com/painfrontiers/?p=53 Although mirror therapy has been shown to be effective for treatment of phantom limb pain, complex regional pain syndrome and other pain conditions, little is known....
rewire the brain
The magical mirror: How a simple mirror is rewire the brain and ease pain. Phantom limb pain (PLP) is a common sequela to amputation. The majority of amputees report pain, often very severe, which seems to emanate from the missing limb. A growing body of evidence suggests that PLP is associated with maladaptive neuroplastic changes in the [...]
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall – Stroke Rehabilitation
Stroke patients may have a new tool in their rehabilitation shed: a mirror. http://www.wellsphere.com/brain-health-article/mirror-mirror-on-the-wall-stroke-rehabilitation/437295;jsessionid=65B9918EEF1BDA45406099E3D8D42013?query=Oncology+Rehabilitation
Stroke treatment
Learn more about treatment of stroke | Eureka! Science News a mechanism in the brain involving this factor, which potentially will be a revolution in the treatment of stroke. Together with our clinical colleagues at ...
Mirror Therapy Improves Hand Function in Subacute Stroke
Mirror Therapy Improves Hand Function in Subacute Stroke: A ... To evaluate the effects of mirror therapy on upper-extremity motor recovery, spasticity, and hand-related functioning of inpatients with subacute stroke. ...
Stroke rehabiliation using singing therapy
This is not mirror therapy but helps stroke rehabiliation in the same way. The brain is very plastic and has a great ability to rewire another part of the brain to take over from the effected area of the brain. There are lots treatments to help archive this, including Mirror Box Therapy that has lots of evidence that it works. Singing [...]
Stroke Rehabilitation
Great Video on what a stroke is and how it is treated. It discribes the differance between a hemorrhagic stroke and a ishemic stroke. http://media.staywellcustomweb.com/GSAnimations/player/sw_gui2_player.html?id=stkt
The Independent report on mirror therapy.
News | The Independent UK - Mind Over Matter: Mirrors relieve pain ... By The Independent Professor Ramachandran has also tried mirror therapy on "neglect syndrome" patients who have suffered a stroke or some sort of brain damage to one half of the brain, which causes them to be oblivious to one side of their visual field. ... News | The [...]