Feed Your Brain

Nutrition for Neuroplasticity Using Food as Medicine in Stroke Recovery: A Holistic Approach Article rebublished from my Linkedin newsletter Achieve Balance for know-stroke.org Previous articles in my Achieve Balance newsletter series have defined the problem of poor diets and the growing epidemic of chronic diseases at all ages.  The articles to follow in my series …

Breaking the Silence: Living with a Stroke

🗣️ It’s Time we Talk about This Silent “Late Effect” of Stroke 🧠 Let’s shed light on a topic that often gets overlooked: the stigma surrounding strokes. As someone who has personally experienced this journey, I understand the challenges and the misconceptions that come with it. It’s time to break the silence and start a …

How Do You Move an Elephant?

Keep Pushing Stroke survivors face many obstacles in their journey through recovery. Last week I was a guest with Brain Harris of MedRhythms on his show Brains with Brian. We discussed many topics and the needed push effective stroke recovery plans require to get enough reps to drive motor recovery with neuroplasticity. We covered many …

Event Reminder: Brains with Brian

Friday July 29th 11am EST Know Stroke News: Learn More and Get Your Link to Join This MedRhythms Event!

New Podcast: Meet Henry Hoffman of Saebo

Know Stroke Podcast S4E3 Listen to This Episode Now! On this episode we were joined by Henry Hoffman,MS,OTR/L co-inventor and co-founder of Saebo, Inc. We were introduced to Henry through Dr. Carolyn Brown, a previous guest of the podcast in season one. Saebo, Inc. is a medical device company primarily engaged in the discovery, development and commercialization …

Stroke Survivors and Families Getting Seat at ISC 2021 Table!

For the first time ever, stroke survivors, family members and other advocates with an interest in stroke and brain health are being allowed to have a seat at the table and to join in for select sessions at the 2021 International Stroke Conference happening next week.  This is great news and perhaps one of the …

COVID-19 and the Brain

Reports are starting to circulate throughout the world about the potential damaging effects the coronavirus has on the brain and nervous system.  These possible links are preliminary and are just beginning to be tracked. As reported by Dr Robert Stevens, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore We know almost nothing about the potential interactions between …

What learning about gait speed tells us: Start Moving Early and Don’t Slow Down!

Posting on Know-Stroke.org as this topic of gait and mobility and getting people moving early as a primary prevention strategy for stroke and all co-morbidities is always part of my education as a health professional.  Perhaps after you read this study you’ll agree we should be prescribing a walking quota with our therapeutic exercise prescriptions, …

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Study Results Confirm Telehealth Provides an Effective Means of Home Stroke Rehabilitation

Activity-based training produced substantial gains in arm motor function regardless of whether it was provided via home-based telerehabilitation or traditional in-clinic rehabilitation. The findings of this study, reported in June 24 JAMA Neurology, suggest that telerehabilitation has the potential to substantially increase access to rehabilitation therapy on a large scale. New Digita Course! Coming to …

Feed Your Brain!

About my Book: Body in  Balance At the core of Body in Balance is a goal of improving your skill power or brain health to help you shift your mindset and begin thinking toward a more natural, healthier way of exercising, training, and living—and one that challenges some commonly held assumptions around nutrition and popular …