What kind of exercise that might be can help me?

[nganjuk88]

I had stroke on October 2008 and until right now I still can not use my right hand. My question is "Is there any exercise I can do at home especially for my right hand and my right shoulder?"
I have limited movement on my right body.

[Bluebethley]

Thanks for your commenting.  My husband has a neurologist (female) and physical therapist (female).  Both have commented on how slowly the brain heals and to expect extreme fatigue throughout this first year of recovery.  The physical therapist said that all of the stroke patients she sees  struggle with extreme fatigue and to expect such fatigue even after such a "simple" task as reading.  We will be seeing both later in March and I will attempt to get references to support their comments.  

Perhaps research will not validate this experiential link between brain healing and extreme fatigue, but I found it a useful concept in supporting my husband, anticipating his needs, and in knowing others have struggled with this issue.

Beth

[oc1dean]

"The neurologist told him that the extreme fatigue he's experiencing comes from physical exertion AND mental exertions (such as reading!) as the brain heals"
Sorry about the double post. If your neurologist has an explanation for the extreme fatigue, demand that he give you research references on it since no one else in the world knows what causes it. Then please post the answer here.
Dean

[oc1dean]

The neurologist told him that the extreme fatigue he's experiencing comes from physical exertion AND mental exertions (such as reading!) as the brain heals.  

[Bluebethley]

What kind of exercise that might be can help me?
Hello.  My husband had an ischemic stroke in Dec 2009 that affected his entire left side.  His doctors are encouraging him to walk every day (he's up to about 25 minutes now), and he's been given balance exercises (about 10 minutes a day).  He is slowly recovering, but the doctors say it will be about a year or more.  Also everyone is saying that he should not lift more than 5 or 10 pounds for the next year (to avoid raising blood pressure).  The neurologist told him that the extreme fatigue he's experiencing comes from physical exertion AND mental exertions (such as reading!) as the brain heals.  

He also has used a small ball (one of those stress relief rubber balls) to squeeze.  I hope this helps. Beth

You wrote:
by nganjuk88, Feb 23, 2010 12:34AM
Tags: Exercise, right, hand, shoulder
I had stroke on October 2008 and until right now I still can not use my right handHand or foot spasms
Hand tremor. My question is "Is there any exercise
I can do at home especially for my right handHand or foot spasms
Hand tremor and my right shoulder shoulders intensive treatment
Shoulder arthroscopy
Shoulder pain?"
I have limited movement on my right body.

[oc1dean]

If you have no movement at all you probably need to start neuroplasticity by these methods;
Passive movement;
I couldn't see the complete study but starting at here,
http://recoverfromstroke.blogspot.com/ and looking at the relax and recover section it will lead you to here,
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15003755
The effects of repetitive proprioceptive stimulation on corticomotor representation in intact and hemiplegic individuals.
Mental imagery;
Using Motor Imagery in the Rehabilitation of Hemiparesis , .
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Volume 84 , Issue 7 , Pages 1090 - 1092
J . Stevens
Mental imagery for promoting relearning for people after stroke: A randomized controlled trial1 , *1 .
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation , Volume 85 , Issue 9 , Pages 1403 - 1408
K . Liu , C . Chan , T . Lee , C . Hui-Ch
Mental practice and imagery: a potential role in stroke rehabilitation. Author's reply
R VAN LEEUWEN, JT INGLIS, J RAVEY - Physical therapy reviews, 1998 - cat.inist.fr
Mirror-box therapy
Rehabilitation of hemiparesis after stroke with a mirror
Altschuler EL, Wisdom SB, Stone L, Foster C, Galasko D, Llewellyn DME, Ramachandran V
The Lancet - Vol. 353, Issue 9169, 12 June 1999, Pages 2035-2036
You can register for this magazine online and see the complete article.
Dean