Contents:
- Medical Video: An Amazing, Emotional Recovery From Stroke
- I was worried about falling because of this balance problem. Is there help available?
- What kind of help is available to overcome balance problems?
- Retract balance
Medical Video: An Amazing, Emotional Recovery From Stroke
Stroke can affect parts of your balance system. Usually your body can overcome minor problems, but if they are more severe, your system will not be able to work effectively and he may feel unbalanced.
I was worried about falling because of this balance problem. Is there help available?
Balance disorders increase your risk of falling. This is a common cause of accidents that can cause serious injury. You can go to the hospital where they will check and treat:
- Other conditions that you have and might increase your risk of falling
- Making sure your medicines don't have side effects increases the risk of falls
- Your vision
- Your feet and footwear, and your home environment to find out if there is anything else that increases the risk of falling or is this just a matter of adaptation (such as handrails when stepping or a seat to help you during a shower, can help).
If you have ever fallen and feel unbalanced and are at risk of self-injury, your doctor can refer you to a balance training center. Tell experts that you routinely check with your doctor and doctor who refers these experts according to your request.
What kind of help is available to overcome balance problems?
Post-stroke dizziness that affects the brain stem rarely lasts long. Problems caused by strokes indicate that you cannot move immediately. Not being able to move for a long time can affect the length of your balance problems in order to improve. Try to move as soon as possible and help your recovery.
Development tends to be faster in the first few days or weeks after a stroke but can continue slowly for months or even years. However, everyone is different and there is no fixed time that can ensure when conditions will improve. As with all physical effects from stroke, physiotherapists can recommend therapy or exercise that can help with recovery. Most people will go to a physiotherapist while in hospital. If you are at home, your doctor can refer to a physiotherapist.
Retract balance
There is good research evidence that exercise and retrain balance are effective ways of treating balance problems. In order to be effective, sports need to:
- Intensive - You need to do as much as you can and as often as possible
- Individuals - You need to practice things that you find difficult
- Functional - You need to practice daily activities that you find difficult, such as standing and sitting, trying to change the surface to be uneven and there are several obstacles, change direction and speed, go up stairs
- Progressive - You need to do challenging activities when you can do an activity to improve conditions.
Exercise may include stepping, moving from a sitting position to a standing position, practicing grabbing objects and standing on an uneven surface. Treadmill exercises are useful. As part of the program, this can help to increase your stamina gradually. This program may be available in the physiotherapy department where you practice, or many areas offer a 'prescription training scheme' (different names used in different areas) where you can work with a fitness trainer trained to work with disabled people in a fitness center local. Your doctor can tell you about the choices near you.
