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Physical therapy for stroke patients should be started as soon as the patient is stable, as early as 2 days after the stroke. Some people will experience the fastest recovery in the first couple of days, but many will continue to experience improvement for about 6 months or longer. Different parts of the patients brain can be affected by stroke, so specific approaches to managing rehabilitation vary widely among individuals:

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• Exercise plan. To prevent deep vein thrombosis the Veteran’s Administration recent guidelines recommend that patients get back on their feet as soon as possible. Post-stroke patients should try to walk at least 50 feet a day. Assisted devices or bracing are sometimes used to help support the legs. For patients with mild-to-moderate dysfunction, treadmill exercises can be very useful. Physical activity should be adapted to the stroke survivor’s physical condition and can include aerobic, strength, flexibility, and neuromuscular (coordination and balance) exercises.

• Muscle retraining. Helpful exercises to treat spastic muscles are stretching and range-of-motion exercises. A new approach is Bilateral Arm Training with Rhythmic Auditory Cueing a.k.a. BATRAC that may benefit patients who a paralysed arm. It may even help people who have had stroke paralysis for many years. The BATRAC method involves moving a bar with both arms in a sustained rhythmic pattern. The Journal of the American Medical Association reported that BATRAC helped patients get back use of their affected arm. The study also showed that patients who received BATRAC had more activity in the motor cortex region of the brain. The patients in this study had a stroke at least 4 years before taking part..

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• Therapy for speech and sign language. People who have experienced a stroke are often seen with aphasia, a brain condition that makes it hard to speak and understand language. There are many different forms in which aphasia may come. A person may have difficulty saying the right word or may even be unable to speak at all. Intensive speech therapy after a stroke is essential for recovery. Some specialists recommend nine hours a week of therapy for three months. A study in 2005 indicated that a shorter period (three hours a week for ten days) also works well. Language skills improve the most when the patients environment help reinforce the speech therapy lessons.

• Biofeedback methods combined with physical therapy. In certain cases this combination has been beneficial. For example, electrical stimulation of the throat, may help post-stroke patients with dysphagia recover their ability to swallow faster. Wrist and finger stimulation also shows a promise for improving motor capabilities.

• Exercises for swallowing. A promising research reported that swallowing improved when patients performed a simple exercise three times a day for six weeks. They lay flat and raised their heads, holding them up for 1 minute with a 1 minute rest in between, and repeated this three times. The following exercise was thirty consecutive head lifts.

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• Concentration training. Problems in concentration are very common stroke effects. Direct retraining teaches patients to perform specific actions using repetitive drills in response to a certain stimulus. (For example, each time they hear a specific number they have to ring a bell.) Other variants of this approach trains patients to relearn real-life skills, such as cycling, making conversation, or other daily tasks.

• Occupational therapy. Occupational training is essential and improves participation in daily living and social activities.

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