Rehabilitation after a stroke, you need to know

After a stroke, proper rehabilitation is very important. Sometimes the patient is sent home, but the household does not know how to restore speech or motor functions. This is very important, because the brain is affected, and many skills and associations are lost.

Of course, rehabilitation after a stroke depends on its place of localization and vastness, but in any case it helps to recover faster and become a full member of society.

So where to begin rehabilitation?

• We combine exercises, we give a load on all parts of the body;
• Do not lie, get up and walk, let the support of the walls;
• We hire a masseur or do it with the help of a domestic one;
• We change the position of the hands, we stand on the side of the affected leg;
• For the street we choose comfortable shoes;
• We try to be in a quiet environment with a minimum of noise and emotions.

Load on legs

Of course, at first it will be difficult, you need to learn how to sit, walk. Do not try to relax your hands or feet, rely on them on the floor, the surface. Do not bend, otherwise it will become a habit, and confidence will not come.

The first time to get up and walk better with assistants, because the muscles are still weak. When walking becomes more confident, then load muscles more, walk on high grass, snow, water. You have to go so that you hide your knees.

Flexion and extension of the limbs is very important, so if possible, climb the curb at the sidewalk, the most important thing is not to fall.

Also the usual children's swing will help, we push off with the toe of the foot and swing, constantly loading the muscles.

Learn what exercises can be performed better by the attending physician, since some exercises with this type of stroke can be contraindicated.

Restoring hands

The warm-up of the hands is also carried out in the complex, the pole exercises are especially helpful. On the development of fine motor skills, for example, we collect Rubik's cube, and of course we bend and unbend the limb, if there are no contraindications to the treating doctor. Again, the swing will help out, just pushing from the pillar to the side.

We twist the pen in our fingers, we try to restore the letter.

All these exercises must be performed every day, then the effect of rehabilitation becomes visible.

If you constantly sit or lie, then there will be contractures that are very difficult to develop even with a massage.

Help of relatives and social rehabilitation in society

Of course, some exercises need to be done in the gym, with the help of simulators, but you can also find various objects at home to develop the muscles of the hands and feet. Great help in this regard should be provided by relatives who should not only help overcome all difficulties, but also provide moral support.

It is best to find some feasible occupation for the person who has suffered a stroke, so that he does not feel helpless and useless. Then he will try to recover faster, he will have a powerful incentive to live.

Most often, after a stroke, they are given a disability group, but many young people even refuse it, considering that it is better for them to work than to stay at home. It is important not to overestimate your capabilities, because the load can be high.

For such people, work at home, for example, on the Internet, can be an excellent way out.