Friday, March 16, 2012

400 Year Old Thinking A Roadblock To Stroke Recovery?



"Stroke is the #1 cause of disability in the U.S. and the #3 cause of death.

Yet stroke recovery is one of the most under-funded, under-supported, under-treated, under-researched conditions a person can face.
Limited insurance coverage for treatment and the belief that there is a one year limit on recovery prevent many stroke affected people from realizing their maximum functional potential.
That is why Stroke Nation has come to exist."

Are 400 year old medical beliefs creating a nightmare scenario for the persons who have been affected by stroke community? According to some experts like Dr. Norman Doidge, author of the popular book, "The Brain That Changes Itself", the thinking and training  of health care professionals in the health care and insurance industries have somehow gotten stuck in the long forgotten past. People who have sustained brain injury due to accident or stroke and their families are routinely told there is only a small window of time through which recovery is possible. That window is referred to as one year to eighteen months at most.
Hundreds of thousands of persons affected by stroke are left to fend for themselves, facing anything from long term care in a care home to finding the knowledge and courage to continue recovery on their own.
Because of the more recent research as reviewed  in Dr. Doidge's book on the topic of neuroplasticity and the efforts of visionary thinking in stroke recovery treatment, a new project has been born.
Stroke Nation is a project from the mind of West Coast physio therapist (Rose Ann) and her assistant (Alex). Their goal is to prove that recovery is possible long after that so called window has closed.  The project has barely begun but already results are far greater than could have been expected given the gloomy picture still painted by health care professionals in hospitals everywhere.
The fact that 850,000 strokes occur in North America every year makes this project key to the long term treatment received by persons affected by stroke and their success in being able to return to a life of reasonable independence. 

Click Here to visit Stroke Nation's web page and learn more about Rose Ann and Alex's project and how YOU can help.
www.strokenewz.blogspot.com


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