tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174880937451768707.post3925100727017471436..comments2023-10-18T05:54:19.015-07:00Comments on Stronger After Stroke Blog (THE STROKE RECOVERY BLOG): Wine and Movement.Peter G Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12585356059363005619noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174880937451768707.post-52469541338667793762008-12-22T03:13:00.000-08:002008-12-22T03:13:00.000-08:00Dean, Great question and surprisingly little has b...Dean, Great question and surprisingly little has been written about it. Why the lack o' info? Because it's easy to see and therefor measure movement. How do you measure the feeling of movement? <BR/><BR/>Of course, I do have some suggestions:<BR/><BR/>1. Use mirrors. If you don't know where your limbs are,the mirror will tell you.<BR/>2. With your eyes closed, move your good side in to a position. With your eyes still closed, try to match the position with you "bad" side limb. Do this over and over to retrain the brain how things feel.<BR/>3. Consider mirror therapy (put this in google as it appears: "mirror therapy" stroke.<BR/>4. Look at, focus on and attend to the the affected side. Most survivors I know treat the "bad" limbs like strangers. But they are friends. As a caregiver once told me, "He's had the arm all his life, and he intends to keep it."-pPeter G Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13595198575349062833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8174880937451768707.post-78184728632730918342008-12-08T08:53:00.000-08:002008-12-08T08:53:00.000-08:00What did the therapist do to bring back propriocep...What did the therapist do to bring back proprioception? I have fairly good balance, I just can't tell where my limbs are in space.oc1deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02302555382262295577noreply@blogger.com