Stroke Recovery Tips 

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Below are past issues of Stroke Recovery Tips, the quarterly newsletter by Stroke-Rehab.com. Under each link is the content of that newsletter. Subscribe at the bottom of this page for future issues!

Stroke Recovery Tips March 2025 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Regaining Energy
• Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS)
• Exercises to Improve Finger Extension (opening)
• Long Term Caregiving Plan
• Foot Drop or Spasticity?
• Recommended Rehab Products on Amazon.

Stroke Recovery Tips October 2024 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Improving Balance After Stroke
• Balance Device for Home
• Improving Individual Finger Movement
• Resources for Speech Therapy
• Caregiver Coping Mechanisms
• Sexual Dysfunction in Males After Stroke

Stroke Recovery Tips May 2024 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Fear of Another Stroke
• Controlling Stroke Risk Factors
• Functional Activities to Improve Arm/Hand Use
• Leg Exercises That Can Be Done in Bed
• Caregiver Corner: Help for Stroke Caregivers
• Neuralink

Stroke Recovery Tips Fall 2023 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Post-Stroke Fatigue
• Gait and Mobility Exercises
• Caregiver Corner: Medical Complications After Stroke
• Gift Ideas for Stroke Survivors

Stroke Recovery Tips Summer 2023 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Preventing a Second Stroke
• Fine Motor Exercises
• What Causes a Stroke
• Caregiver Corner: Planning for the Future
• How Much and What Kind of Exercise Do Stroke Patients Need?

Stroke Recovery Tips, Fall 2018 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Improving Balance After Stroke
• Movement Disorders After 
• Caregiver Corner - Tips for Traveling 
• Cognitive Rehabilitation

Stroke Recovery Tips, Spring 2018 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Why Am I Not Achieving my Rehab Goals
• Ideas for Goals
• Sensation Problems in the Lower Extremity
• Personality Changes After Stroke
• Caregiver Corner - Tips for Dealing with Your Loved One’s Apathy
• Making Sure Visual Impairment is Addressed in Stroke Patients
• Free Aphasia and Speech Therapy Resources

Stroke Recovery Tips 4th Quarter Issue

Inside this issue

• Symptoms Worsening
• Knee Hyper-extension
• Fatigue After Stroke
• Caregiver Corner - Tips for Daily Care

Stroke Recovery Tips, July 2017 3rd Quarter Issue

Inside this issue:

• Seizures After Stroke
• Variability in Stroke Effects and Treament
• Innovative Stroke Support Groups
• Caregiver Corner - Financial Resources After Stroke
• Stroke Rehab Videos

Stroke Recovery Tips, January 2017 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Brain Healing After Stroke
• New Stroke Forum
• Community Reintegration After Stroke
• Improving Mobility and Gait After Stroke
• Caregiver Corner - Right vs. Left Hemisphere Stroke

Stroke Recovery Tips, November 2016 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Rehab Tips for Common Problems After Stroke
• Caregiver Corner - Answers to Common Questions by Caregivers

Stroke Recovery Tips, September 2016 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Using High Repetitions in Stroke Rehab
• Can I Return to Driving After Stroke
• Stroke Rehab Guidelines
• Caregiver Corner - Long Distance Caregiving

Stroke Recovery Tips, July 2016 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Technology in Stroke Rehab
• Cognitive Retraining
• Caregiver Corner - Ideas for Patient Boredom

Stroke Recovery Tips, April 2016 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Using Suspension for Therapy
• Alternative Therapies
• Caregivers Corner: Attributes for Successful Caregiving

Stroke Recovery Tips, February 2016 Issue

Inside this issue:

• What is Wrong with My Hand?
• Understanding Techniques to “Rewire” the Brain
• Caregivers Corner: Finding a Therapist

Stroke Recovery Tips, January 2016 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Positioning After a Stroke
• Stroke Rehab for the Paralyzed Limb
• Caregivers Corner: Online Stroke Support Forums

Stroke Recovery Tips, November 2015 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Exercises to Improve Walking and Gait Speed
• Finding a Gym for Stroke Patients
• Ataxia
• Caregivers Corner—Home Alone or Not?

Stroke Recovery Tips, September 2015 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Moving Beyond Basic Balance Exerices
• Do You Know How You Feel? (sensation issues)
• Caregivers Corner—What Do I Need to Know

Stroke Recovery Tips, July 2015 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Getting the Hand to Open
• After Stroke
• Stroke Clinical Trials
• Stroke Rehab e-book
• Caregivers Corner—Saving Your Marriage

Stroke Recovery Tips, May 2015 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Unique One Handed Products
• Rehabilitation Plan
• Manipulating Objects in the Hand 
• Caregivers Corner— Complacency with Stroke Recovery 

Stroke Recovery Tips, April 2015 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Hoarseness and Voice Therapy
• Massage Therapy and Stroke
• Complex Regional Pain Syn-drome
• Caregivers Corner—Top Tips

Stroke Recovery Tips, March 2015 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Visual Changes After Stroke
• Stroke Effects in Different Parts of the Brain
• Aspiration
• Caregivers Corner—Finding Equipment

Stroke Recovery Tips, January 2015 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Stroke and Pseudobulbar Affect
• Goals and Stroke Recovery
• Balance Exercises
• Caregivers Corner: Fall Prevention

Stroke Recovery Tips, November 2014 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Medications and Stroke Risk
• Exercises for Facial Paralysis or Facial Droop
• Keeping on Track with Recovery
• Caregivers Corner: End of Life Planning

Stroke Recovery Tips, September 2014 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Taking Care of Yourself After Stroke
• Improving Balance
• How to Make Rehabilitation More Interesting
• Caregivers Corner: Keeping up With Information

Stroke Recovery Tips, August 2014 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Dysarthria 
• Improving Dexterity/Fine Motor Skills  
• Task Specific Training
• Caregivers Corner—Transfer Aids

Stroke Recovery Tips, June 2014 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Mirror Box Therapy 
• Driving After Stroke 
• Sex After Stroke 
• Caregivers Corner—Leisure Activities for Stroke Rehab

Stroke Recovery Tips, April 2014 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Unilateral Neglect 
• Apraxia
• Depression and Stroke
• Caregivers Corner—Respite Care

Stroke Recovery Tips, March 2014 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Movement Disorders Attributed to Stroke
• Short Term Memory Deficits
• Central Pain Syndrome
• Caregivers Corner—What’s for Dinner?
• Dealing with Stubborn Hand Edema

Stroke Recovery Tips, December 2013 Issue

Inside this issue: 

• Preventing Heart Attack and Stroke During the Holidays
• Standing Balance Exercises
• Physical Exercise Recommen-dations for Stroke Patients
• Caregivers Corner—Preventing Holiday Burnout
• Strategies to Help with Neglect of One Side

Stroke Recovery Tips, November 2013 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Home Modification for Stroke Patients
• Constraint Induced Move-ment Therapy
• Evidenced Based Therapy
• Caregivers Corner—Seizures
• Robotics in Stroke Rehab

Stroke Recovery Tips, October 2013 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Bed Positioning for Stroke Patients
• Hemiplegic Dressing Tech-niques
• Standing Leg Exercises
• Caregivers Corner—Communicating with Physicians

Stroke Recovery Tips, September 2013 Issue

Inside this issue: 

• Emotional and Mental Changes After Stroke 
• Unilateral Neglect 
• Leg Exercises
• Caregivers Corner— Emergency Room Preparedness 
• Can a Stroke Patient Change Their Will?

Stroke Recovery Tips, August 2013 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Orthotics for the Foot
• Exercise Tip of the Month—Weight Bearing to Weaker Leg 
• Aphasia Home Exercises
• Caregivers Corner—Interacting with Respect
• Clinical Trials

Stroke Recovery Tips, June/July 2013 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Recovering From Upper Extremity Hemiplegia
• Exercise Tip of the Month
• Helpful Stroke Websites
• Caregivers Corner— Helpful Caregiver Websites 
• Tips for Dealing with Incontinence

Stroke Recovery Tips, April 2013 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Recovering Balance After Stroke
• Exercise Tip of the Month—Scapular Mobilization
• Adaptive Clothing
• Caregivers Corner—Take Care of Yourself
• Edema in the Hand

Stroke Recovery Tips, March 2013 Issue

Inside this issue:

• Recovering Fine Motor Skills After Stroke
• Home Safety for the Stroke Patient 
• Caregiver’s Corner—Don’t be an Enabler
• Checking Vision After Stroke

Stroke Recovery Tips, February 2013 Issue 

Inside this issue:

• Adaptive Equipment and Clothing
• Following Through with Home Exercise Program
• Apps for Stroke, 
• Latest Stroke Research

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