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Outpatient Rehab: Outpatient or At-Home Therapy

About two-thirds of stroke survivors receive some type of rehabilitation services. Depending on the level of medical care required, a patient can receive inpatient, outpatient, or home therapy. The primary goal of inpatient rehab is to return the patient to their home environment in a safe manner as independently as

Neuroplasticity

Tips for Unlocking Neuroplasticity After Stroke Part 1

It is impossible to fully reverse stroke damage, current research has shown that the brain is capable of relearning lost skills even years after a stroke through a process called Neuroplasticity.

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Stroke Management

In the United States alone, more than 6.5 million people have experienced and lived through a stroke. More than 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke every year, and our objective is to help those survivors and their families through providing resources, information, tools,

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Using the Neofect Smart Glove to Maximize Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy

Constraint Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT) is used to treat people with Hemiplegia by constraining or restricting movement of the non-affected hand to force a person to use their affected hand.

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How Can Electrical Stimulation Help After a Stroke?

Electrical stimulation therapy consists of taking electrodes and attaching them on to the skin over a muscle. Once the electrical stimulation unit is activated, it sends electrical currents to the muscle causing it to contract.

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How Can I Increase My Shoulder Strength and Decrease Pain After a Stroke?

It is important to start doing therapeutic exercises as soon as your doctor clears you to after a stroke. Many people may experience shoulder weakness which can lead to shoulder pain.

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Stroke Recovery Stories - Using Smart Glove for E-Stim

After experiencing a stroke, Glen was searching for alternative therapy options after he ran out of resources with his outpatient rehabilitation. The Smart Glove resonated with him because this at-home stroke rehabilitation device reinforces exercises and habits that stimulate Neuroplasticity.

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Are There Treatments For Numbness After a Stroke?

Many stroke survivors experience numbness in their affected limbs. This makes it very hard for stroke survivors to be functional with their affected limbs. Luckily, stroke survivors have the ability to overcome the numbness.

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Is Biofeedback or a Robotic Hand Better for Rehabilitation After Stroke: a Therapist's Perspective

A stroke is caused by either a blockage of a blood vessel or bleeding in or around the brain, which results in a lack of oxygen to the brain and the death of brain cells. The residual physical effects of the loss of brain cells will depend on the area of the brain that was affected.

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How the Neofect Smart Glove Stroke Rehab Device Aids in Stroke Recovery

The NEOFECT Smart Glove is a stroke rehab device to help stroke survivors regain functionality in their hands and arms.

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Can E-Stim Help Jumpstart Your Outpatient Stroke Rehabilitation?

After an injury to the brain, including a stroke, the muscles of one or both arms can become weak or even partially paralyzed. This happens because the area of the brain that controls these muscles has been damaged. How to repair? The problem isn’t in your muscles though, it’

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5 Ways Brain Games For Stroke Rehabilitation Can Increase Brain Health

Written by guest writer and stroke survivor, Peter Evans Did you know games can help increase your brain health? We think that’s pretty cool too! Keep reading to find out how: 1. Games take us “out of our heads” and into recovery Post-Stroke Depression(PSD), anxiety, and other mental

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All About the Brain: Brain Structure, Common Diagnoses, and Maintaining Brain Health

Read on to learn more about brain anatomy, diagnoses that affect the brain, and how to prevent cognitive decline.

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Stroke Rehab: What Does Technology Have to Do With It?

According to the National Stroke Association, 795,000 American adults each year suffer from a stroke during their life. Of this 795,000, 65% of them require some sort of therapy after a stroke. Many people suffer from hemiparesis or muscles weakness after a stroke. In order to regain range

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Stroke Rehabilitation

In the previous post, we briefly looked at different areas of the brain and its functions related to stroke. . After a stroke, depending on the area of the brain affected, there are different approaches you can consider in terms of stroke rehabilitation. Recovery of motion after stroke is possible through

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3 Common Reasons Why Your Home Rehab Isn’t Working and How To Fix It

Often after a stroke or other neurological injury the recovery process can continue long after traditional rehab and therapy end. Hopefully once you or your loved one returns home you attempt to adhere to a home exercise program geared at maintaining and increasing strength and range of motion. Unfortunately, life

Cognitive Rehabilitation

Neofect Cognition: An Attention and Memory Training Tool

Cognition software has existed for a number of years in Asia but has only recently come to the US under the US rehabilitation technology brand, Neofect, the makers of the Smart Glove and other Smart Rehabilitation products.

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Using Brain Plasticity to Supercharge Your Brain for Stroke Recovery

Brain plasticity, also known as neuroplasticity, is a term used by neuroscientists that refers to the brain's ability to change and grow at any age. This flexibility is critically important during our brain development and in shaping personalities. Prior to the 1960s, scientists believed that changes in the brain only

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Why Neuro-Rehabilitation is Necessary for Stroke Patients

Why Neuro-Rehab is Necessary after Stroke? Every Olympics season, spirits are high. We are enthusiastic about fierce matches and dramatic victories but at the same time we are also impressed by the amazing movements the world class athletes make. The body trained to the human limit and its motions themselves

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4 Tips for Combating Hemiplegia Using the Power of the Brain

With repetition as one of the main keys to improving movement, it’s important to consider creative ways to incorporate repetition into your daily rehabilitation routine. Using virtual reality rehab devices such as the Neofect Smart Glove and Neofect Smart Board can increase repetition 10x (250-300 repetitions) in the same

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Why Neuroplasticity Matters to Post Stroke Rehabilitation

Neuroplasticity for Stroke Paitents' Rehabilitation If you have been in rehabilitation for a brain injury, such as trauma or a stroke you have probably heard the term neuroplasticity. It might sound intimidating, but it is one of the most important concepts related to recovery. Neuroplasticity is simply a catch-all term