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ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery

2 hours ago

Could more of your brain have been saved after your stroke? There's now a machine available that can literally hoover the clot straight out of a blocked artery!

This astonishing new machine is called THUNDERBOLT and it's for ischaemic strokes, ie the ones where a big clot blocks a major artery to the brain and every minute counts.. Its been made by Penumbra in California, and the American FDA cleared it for stroke back in June.. and it's also got a European CE mark.

You already know there are two ways to get a clot out; a little mesh 'stent retriever' that grabs it, or steady suction that draws it out. THUNDERBOLT is the suction sort, but the difference is what it does with that suction. Instead of one constant pull, a computer (Penumbra's 'Engine') pulses the vacuum, flicking between a deep vacuum and normal pressure to, in effect, wear the clot down and break its grip on the vessel wall. And it does this very fast; up to 12 times a second!

Pressure sensors let it tell the difference between clot and flowing blood, so it knows when it's actually onto the clot and drags the whole thing into the catheter in one go, rather than the surgeon having to work it loose bit by bit.

Penumbra call the three steps detect, fatigue, ingest, and the whole point is a cleaner, more complete grab, first pass. With around 1.9 million brain cells lost every minute that artery stays blocked, that speed and completeness could mean far far less damage done. We think this is an amazing concept!

A caveat I noticed however in their own literature; they say it 'may' clear clots more completely and 'could' improve outcomes, which obvs isn't the same as being proven to beat what we've already got. Anyway, what do you think about it? Let us know in the comments below 😉

ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery says: the faster and cleaner a clot comes out, the better. And also the golden rules of stroke don't change; know the signs and call 999 the second you spot them, because with stroke, we say time is brain… 😉
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ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery

9 hours ago

Approximately 40% of stroke survivors experience this difficulty: to comprehend or produce spoken or written language caused by a cerebrovascular accident. In half of these cases the language impairment still persists one year post-stroke. Aphasia has wide-ranging effects on the ability to function and quality of life of stroke survivors and easily leads to social isolation.
If you need help, ARNI SLT Telerehab can now help YOU, right now, wherever you are in the world!
The latest evidence shows clearly that you can conquer aphasia very successfully with the help of speech and language therapy.
And it also shows that SLT Telerehab is just as effective as in-person, face to face treatment.
We have a team of highly experienced low-cost specialist SLTs (all post-grads from Universities such as UCL, the University of Cape Town etc) who are available to help you right now, in your home, via Zoom. You get a one to one hourly service, based around your diary needs, from the comfort of your own home, with a highly experienced specialist speech and language therapist. Please enquire to arni.uk.com/get-remote-speech-language-help-now/ !
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ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery

1 day ago

Studies have concluded that arm cycling is a useful tool for rehabilitation. They found that muscle force and the range of active movement (shoulder flexion, shoulder abduction, elbow flexion and elbow extension) can be increased significantly.
Have you tried an arm cycle?

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ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery

2 days ago

Your own hard work and determination... ...plus a trained ARNI instructor is the MOST POWERFUL WAY (backed by clinical research) to regain that precious gift of strength and mobility.

Call us on 0203 053 0111 or email support@arni.uk.com to find out if there's an instructor who can help you.

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ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery

2 days ago

The rowing stroke, when using an indoor rower, is about 65-75% leg work and 25-35% upper body work. Each rowing stroke involves compression and extension of the legs and is working the muscles of the calves, thighs, hamstrings. buttocks and hips, shoulders, back, arms and hands as well as the 'core' abdominal muscles. And because it engages so many muscle groups simultaneously. rowing gets the heart rate up nicely, pumping oxygen-rich blood around the system in readiness for exertion.
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ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery

2 days ago

Exercise: Knees-Up. This technique is rather like the seated marching exercise. And we are talking one legged balance here, which also works the hip flexors hard This is also great training for coping with walking up inclines. You should be trying to reach a good height with your knee. Try hard to match the heights on both knees. You may be unable to bring your bad foot even a few inches from the floor, but I promise you that as you work at it, you will get better and better at it.

Find out more about this exercise in The Successful Stroke Survivor book by Tom Balchin.
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ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery

3 days ago

How does ARNI work? The system has been refined over a period of over20years with stroke survivors of varying ages, type and severity of stroke… and of time from injury.

With your trainer, the application of individual trial and error is required in order to see what can be done using the specialised ARNI rehabilitation exercises and strategies… and to understand what goals can be reached. All training given will be appropriate to the individual, even though you may be working in a group class.

With your trainer, the application of individual trial and error is required in order to see what can be done using the specialised ARNI techniques and to understand what goals can be reached. You need to be working ‘on the edges’ of your current ability to stimulate maximum neuroplasticity.

This is YOU DOING it. This is you using your plastic brain and incrementally regaining action control 😉
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ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery

3 days ago

You should be aiming to start challenging yourself at least 10 to 20 times every day with do-able, simple ‘tester tasks’ around the house with your affected hand if you have upper limb spasticity and/or flaccidity. These need to be as varied as reaching for, holding and switching on an alarm clock, to pulling up and putting down a lavatory seat. When starting out, please don’t do potentially dangerous tasks like opening the oven with it or close a car door – we do not want you to damage your arm or hand, but challenge it. If you feel brave, try the risky stuff, but there are loads of things that you can do to increase action control of your hand without hurting yourself.
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ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery

3 days ago

Not only can cardiovascular exercise increase the number of connections in your brain and improve your road to recovery, it can do so while creating a healthier cardiovascular system. Exercise also generates a boost of crucial neurochemicals in the brain as well as affecting the autonomic nervous system (ANS).

Read more about this in this previous blog on this topic: arni.uk.com/how-to-do-cardio-after-stroke/
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ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery

4 days ago

The brain is working hard to heal itself after a stroke. Continue with your rehab exercises and don’t compare your stroke recovery to others’. And most importantly: never give up.
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