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.
Sure, depends on its location and vastness, but in any case, it helps to recover faster and become a full member of society.
So where to start rehabilitation
- We combine exercises, give a load to all parts of the body;
- Do not lie, get up and walk, albeit with support beyond the walls;
- We hire a masseur or do it with the help of home;
- We change the position of the hands, stand on the side of the affected leg;
- For the street we choose comfortable shoes;
- We try to be in a relaxed atmosphere with a minimum of noise and emotions.
Foot load
Of course, at first it will be difficult, you need to learn to sit, walk. Do not try to relax your hands or feet, rest them on the floor, 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 helpers, because the muscles are still weak. When walking becomes more confident, then load the muscles harder, walk on tall grass, snow, water. You need to go in so that your knees hid.
Flexion and extension of the extremities is very important, therefore, if possible, we climb the curb at the sidewalk, the most important thing is not to fall.
Ordinary children's swings will also help, we push off with the toe of our legs and swing, constantly loading the muscles.
Find out what exercises you can perform better with your doctor, as some exercises with this type of stroke may be contraindicated.
Restoring hands
Hand warm-up is also carried out in a complex, pole exercises are especially good. For the development of fine motor skills, for example, we collect a Rubik's cube, and of course we bend and unbend the limb, if there is no contraindication to the attending physician. The swing will help out again, just push off from the pillar to the side.
We twist the pen in our fingers, trying to restore the letter.
All these exercises must be performed every day, just then the effect of rehabilitation becomes visible.
If you constantly sit or lie down, then contractures will appear that are very difficult to develop even with massage.
Help for loved ones and social rehabilitation in society
Of course, some exercises need to be done in the gym, with the help of simulators, but you can find various objects at home to develop the muscles of the arms and legs. Close help should be given in this regard by relatives who should not only help to overcome all difficulties, but also provide moral support.
It is best to find some feasible exercise for a person who has had a stroke so that he does not feel helpless and useless. Then he himself will strive to recover faster, he will have a powerful incentive to live.
Most often, after a stroke they give a group of disabilities, but many young people even refuse it, believing that they are better off working than staying 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 a great way out.