Stronger after stroke :your roadmap to recovery /Peter G. Levine.

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Community of Christ Library

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Description

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. xv, 215 pages :illustrations ;23 cm

Book Details

Author

Levine, Peter G.

Publication Subjects

Cerebrovascular disease. Cerebrovascular disease--Patients--Rehabilitation. Self-care, Health. Stroke--rehabilitation. Cerebrovascular disease.--fast--(OCoLC)fst00851361 Cerebrovascular disease--Patients--Rehabilitation.--fast--(OCoLC)fst00851384 Self-care, Health.--fast--(OCoLC)fst01111506

Call No.

RC388.5 .L48 2009

ISBN

9781932603743, 1932603743

LCCN

2008026248

Notes

Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-185) and index. Carrier type: volumencrdacarrier Media type: unmediatednrdamedia Publication Info: New York, NY :Demos Health,{copy}2009.