Stroke recovery is possible!

Instagram Reel from May 12th, 2023!
Never doubt neuroplasticity. And never say never.
When Olyvia was in the hospital, a therapist told her to give up on her arm, “there was no point”
Glad she didn’t listen!
Because she is unstoppable in her arm recovery.
What started with weight bearing and bilateral activities has moved to using that arm in everyday tasks! (Including dental hygiene tasks for school!)
Some rules of neuroplasticity for the arm that our team used with Olyvia:
🧠Make it fun and functional
🧠Super salience for motivation (and lots of dopamine and BDNF)
🧠Intensity: get a lot of reps in daily practice
🧠Use supports and constraints to get you set up for success (NMES support and activation, environmental constraints to unlock automatic movement)
🧠Prime the brain with aerobic exercise
It doesn’t hurt that Olyvia has had both Beth Fisher and Mike Studer join in on sessions! (Thank you Brain Bytes and Neuropracticity crew!)
Shout out to the most amazing OT team and Olyvia for the hard work she has put in to prove that first therapist wrong. This is not easy work.
Catch us live today at 12:30 PM PST to meet Olyvia and hear her story.
And learn more about (and apply to!) our unique intensive stroke program: www.reactivept.com/stroke
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