Neuroplasticity repetitions

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Neuroplasticity is a relatively new term. It wasn’t used when I was in PT school. I didn’t know it was a thing. It’s been a realized medical phenomenon in the last 10 years or so – since my own stroke…. Read More ›

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  • Forum

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    Back in the days when my blog was really active, when I would post almost everyday and reply to comments immediately, life looked a lot different. I was 30 years old, on disability and couldn’t work. This was 4 years… Read More ›

  • Continuing education course

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    Someone contacted me recently with a request for any advice I could offer on overcoming a cerebellar stroke. He ultimately told me that his current PT will be buying the course I wrote on cerebellar strokes. This had never occurred… Read More ›

  • Shattered Life

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    A few months ago, I promised to start blogging again consistently and I haven’t so I want to apologize to anyone that might have been counting on that.  I got a lot of heartwarming messages that made me cry having… Read More ›

  • Meditation and Physical Therapy

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    A search term on my blog the other day was “meditation and stroke recovery.”  So I searched this term myself on both Google and the Yahoo search engine and my blog came up on the second page of the Google… Read More ›

  • Neuro Rehab

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    The company that I work for is mostly orthopedic.  My boss has told me that down the road they would like me to maybe do some neuro rehab.  Neurological physical therapy.  This won’t happen for a few years, I certainly… Read More ›

  • Empathy vs. Sympathy

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    I linked to this blog post in my previous post but I’m linking again because I think it’s really good and important.  There is a BIG BIG difference between empathy and sympathy.  I’ve gotten a whole of a lot of sympathy, not… Read More ›

  • Question on Brain Surgery

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    This is exactly why I created the forum and hope it takes off. Glenda left a comment on my post titled ‘Craniectomy‘ and I didn’t see it for a while and it was never replied to. Here is the question…… Read More ›

  • Feelings of Guilt

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    You sure didn’t choose this to happen to you. Please remember that. This is something that happened TO you through no fault of your own. The people in your life that are closest to you need to understand that and… Read More ›

  • Only those who know will know

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    A stroke survivor had emailed me recently to ask for advice, specifically because he had a cerebellar stroke and that’s how he found this blog. One concern he shared was that his doctor had told him “only the people that… Read More ›