(EITHER) INSTRUCTOR Qualification TRAINING 5th December 2026
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Mark Scott is this near you?Our new Jarrow Stroke Support Group is meeting again this Saturday 💙
The group is run by stroke survivor Karlyn, alongside her parents Karen and Mark, creating a welcoming place for working-age and younger stroke survivors to connect.
If you’re in the area and looking to meet people who understand life after stroke, you’ll be met with friendly faces and a relaxed, supportive environment.
🗓 Saturday (3rd Saturday of the month)
⏰ 10:00 – 11:30
📍 Bilton Hall Community Centre, Taunton Avenue, Jarrow, NE32 3RT
Whether it’s your first time or you came along last month, you’ll be very welcome.
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Let's talk about Shoulder Drop after stroke... subluxation is a partial (minor) dislocation of the arm at the shoulder joint that often occurs after a stroke. In most cases, extreme muscle weakness can result in the muscles not being able to hold the weight of the arm at the shoulder, resulting in the humerus (upper arm bone) dropping down out of the shoulder joint. It can also cause the shoulder blade to lose its normal position.
If your arm is affected by subluxation, you'll know about it! You may well be able to clearly see the difference in level between your more-affected and less-affected shoulder in the mirror. It’s important to protect your shoulder from injury and try to keep your more-affected arm in as normal a position as you can manage.
When resting, your more-affected arm can be kept in a comfortable position which prevents or lessens subluxation. Make sure no-one lifts you from a seated or lying position underneath your arms. This can cause damage. Instead, try learning with a therapist, as soon as you can, how to get yourself from both a seated to standing position and from the floor to standing without involving your more-affected arm much.
There is evidence that starting with a sling suspension system and conducting active shoulder exercises may be effective in reducing shoulder subluxation, improving proprioception and upper extremity function. However, after discharge, survivors often retain slings for lengthy periods in the community simply because they have no clear guidance concerning whether it’s possible to reduce (or stop) using one altogether. And if so, when to do it. Please understand that a sling won’t help you in the long run and may well hold back your recovery.
So, seek the advice of your ARNI instructor or your GP concerning how and when to reduce sling usage. Careful retraining without one is the probably the only way that you’re going to fully correct shoulder subluxation. Of all treatments, the evidence reveals that only electrical stimulation is consistently effective at reducing subluxation.
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Mt husband has this problem. Would be interested in any help to strengthen shoulder and reduce the subluxation
Sleep helps improve movement recovery after stroke by turning the short-term memories from the day into long-term memories. It also gives the brain time to rest and recharge.
Many stroke survivors can be concerned by how much they sleep after a stroke. If you find yourself sleeping lots during recovery, it’s probably a good sign.
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APPROPRIATE compensations are those that are necessary for the performance of a specific task in a given environment at a certain time but that do not persist once the task has been accomplished. These compensatory strategies should diminish over time.
INAPPROPRIATE compensations are those that persist beyond the completion of a task, limit other functions, or the completion of a task, limit other functions, or mask potential for further recovery.
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That's very difficult especially when weakness persists. If I want to walk I need my AFO and I still kick my leg out and hyperextend....I'm working on strength around my knee and hip but if I didn't walk with the imperfections as they are I wouldn't walk at all 😐
Clot busting drugs and new stroke therapies don't always mix! A study led by the University of Manchester has found that anakinra, a promising anti-inflammatory treatment for ischaemic stroke, interacts negatively with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) - the clot busting drug already used as standard care.
The research, conducted on mice, shows that the timing of anakinra must be carefully adjusted to avoid reducing the benefits that tPA delivers. As you'll know, this matters because tPA, which dissolves blood clots to restore blood flow to the brain, is the only licensed thrombolytic treatment for ischaemic stroke in the UK, given within a 4.5 hour window after symptoms begin.
Anakinra, already licenced for rheumatoid arthritis, had shown real promise as a neuroprotective agent after stroke, making these findings all the more important before any progression to human trials. The study highlights a principle that is sometimes overlooked: new stroke therapies must be tested alongside existing standard care, not in isolation. For UK patients, routine clinical use of any combined approach remains many years away, pending larger trials and NICE review.
ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery says: this is exactly the kind of careful science that us stroke survivors need to know is happening; colleagues at the University of Manchester ar doing important work 🧠💊🔬❤️
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it’s important to know how to adjust your stroke exercises to suit your ability level. With all exercises, it’s important that they are challenging enough but not too easy that it doesn’t stimulate neuroplasticity.
Whether you are starting with no movement or partial movement, neuroplasticity is always the goal. You can encourage neuroplasticity by performing high repetition of your exercises with conscious attention and your goals in mind.
Repetition is how the brain perceives the need for a function, and it rewires itself accordingly. Think: the more you use it, the more you improve it. You will see faster results if you practice every day instead of once per week.
Furthermore, paying attention to the quality of the movement and why you are doing the exercise will stimulate neuroplasticity even more.
We have trainers throughout the country who can help you with your recovery. Call us on 0203 053 0111 or email support@arni.uk.com to find out if there's one near you.
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Sam Walker
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As stroke survivors, we have to keep learning, keep exploring and keep innovating over the long term. A start can be made by trying to find 'what's out there' (knowledge is power) and starting to retrain, with short and longer term goals. A physio or ARNI trainer can really help here. Call us on 0203 053 0111 or email support@arni.uk.com to find out if there's a trainer near you who can help you with your recove#stroke.#strokesurvivorso#neuroplasticityo#strokerecoveryc#strokerehabilitations#strokemotivationon #strokemotivation
The stroke recovery plateau is well-documented, but it does not mean that your recovery is over. Recovery tends to slows down around the 3 month mark (slow down but not stop). This “plateau” does not mean that it’s the end of the road though. It’s a sign to remain consistent with your exercises to keep your recovery going.
If you want someone to help you with your recovery call us on 0203 053 0111 or email support@arni.uk.com to find out if there's a trainer near you.
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My suggestion is to accept recovery is lifelong, efforting is every day, each day is different, recovery isn’t linear but cyclical and ignore so called plateau which feeds into a narrative of limitation and just keep going regardless … I found I didn’t plateau just changed and some of that was simply the reality of doing solo, long haul recovery and maintaining my motivation and commitment. Do something every day and never, ever give up! Also if you can get Dr Tom Balchin first book with all the exercises and information in it! It’s worth every penny! Thank you 🙏 Tom (again!)
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Perform as many specific, whole tasks of your choice inside a safe training area as you can. Work on the ‘edges of your current ability’.
And, as always, if you want a trainer to help you call us on 0203 053 0111 or email support@arni.uk.com
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