ARNI Instructor (Jack), training a stroke survivor with residual upper limb spasticity at ARNI Institute Lingfield
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Tip for progression: Walking round a room, with the wall to hold onto, or just being there for security security purposes is a great way to start ‘walking training’. Then, a graduation to wall-to-wall training (i.e., walking unaided from one wall to another, with constant and vigilant care from a trainer) is a great way to work towards being able to walk independently without tiring quickly.
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By far the most important part of recovery from many stroke survivors’ points of view is rehabilitation. Hence ARNI’s concentration on teaching you techniques to tackle hundreds of improvement activities including weight-bearing, balance and gait-control (including how to cope with drop-foot and reducing the required supporting power of the AFO over time, etc), coping strategies (such as getting down and up from the floor unaided and emergency action avoidance techniques, turning etc), upper limb training (tackling spasticity. flaccidty etc) one to one, with the help of a physio or trainer, as well as how to train for cardio effect independently at home.
Wow, there’s so much to do after stroke, right?
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So remember, the ARNI 4 retraining elements are meant to be initially explored with the help of a therapist or trainer if possible, then individualised by you, the creator, as soon as appropriate.
A good start is to try to take onboard, and adhere to, these 9 golden rules:
1) Time matters: neuroplasticity is a process rather than a single event, with windows of opportunity opening for different skills at different times. In rehabilitation, starting earlier is usually better than starting later.
2) Repetition matters: you must do a task over and over again to actually change your brain.
3) Specificity matters: you must skillfully practice the exact tasks you want to improve.
4) Salience matters: to change the brain optimally, the skills you’re practicing must ideally have meaning, relevance, or importance to you.
5) Intensity matters: more repetitions in a shorter time are necessary for creating new connections.
6) Train to transfer: practicing one skill can often result in improvement of a related skill.
7) Use it or lose it: the skills you don’t practice often get weaker.
8) Use it and improve it: the skills you practice the most, you get better at the most.
9) Age is a number: younger brains tend to change faster than older brains, but significant functional improvements are possible at any age.
10) Engage with others: get as many other people involved with your rehab over the long term as you humanely can!
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The first key to success is understanding that keeping safe is good, but not moving is bad. Find out what can be done safely and do more, not less.
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It’s completely normal to feel worried or scared about carrying out any balance exercise. They are challenging and all retraining away from a seated position carries a risk of falling. But it’s vital to continually extend your boundaries whilst minimising the risk to your safety. And it’s equally vital that you ask your therapist or specialist trainer how to do this.
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Motivation, drive and persistence are essential qualities you need when recovering from a stroke.
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Practicing balance exercises while standing, along with exercises for lower extremity muscles performed while standing against body weight resistance, is the optimal way to improve balance as well as flexibility, strength and endurance, and fitness. Exercises can include standing up and sitting down, step-ups, heels raises, marching, stair walking, semi-squats, and reaching to the floor sideways and forward to pick up an object. These exercises should be performed with increasing numbers of repetitions and without reliance on the upper limbs for support and balance. Exercises can be made more challenging by increasing the height of steps and chairs and by increasing and varying speed. Want some help so you know exactly the right technique, and right level, for you? Then give us a call on 0203 053 0111 or email support@arni.uk.com We have trainers throughout the country who can help you with your recovery.
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What if sound waves could help your brain reconnect after stroke? 🧠⚡ Well, if your gait control is still bad, your coordination unreliable and or your arm not doing what you ask of it, the reason (as you know) is almost always because the cortical networks that once coordinated those movements have been disrupted, and the brain is struggling to reroute communication across damaged circuits.
But maybe low-intensity transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) could be the next 'big thing' after FES? Interesting to read a study just published in the Journal of Neuroscience, which used over one week; TUS improved gait and restored communication between cortical brain networks, with those network improvements directly linked to measurable behavioural gains.
TUS delivers focused sound waves through the skull to targeted brain regions without electrodes, surgery or drugs... the skull is no barrier; the ultrasound passes through it and reaches the damaged area directly. A systematic review covering 5 human studies and 13 animal studies found TUS effective in supporting stroke recovery, particularly motor function; and a phase I human trial published in March 2026 demonstrated safety and preliminary efficacy of focused TUS for upper limb motor recovery in subacute stroke patients.
It 's not yet available on the NHS and larger trials are needed; but the mechanism – restoring cortical network communication rather than simply stimulating muscles – addresses the problem at source. ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery says: if your walking, coordination or arm recovery has plateaued, TUS is not available yet – but the human trial data is building and it looks like another future intervention to watch to see if you can get involved with RCT etc. 🧠💙
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Probably one of the biggest advantages you have as a stroke survivor is your brain’s astonishing capacity for neuroplasticity, Ask your current therapist about it. The notion of brain plasticity is one of the most extraordinary discoveries of the twentieth century. It suggests that the location of a given function in the brain (for example, speech) can move to another area of the brain. In the case of stroke, brain plasticity refers to healthy brain cells taking over the functions of damaged brain cells. This means that certain lost functions, such as speech and language, may re-emerge as the result of intensive rehabilitation. The idea of the brain being able to ‘adapt’ to a traumatic event is new and optimistic.
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