Stroke survivor Mike Caputo has Broca’s aphasia. He shares what it feels like and talks about his aphasia program. Learn more about Broca’s aphasia here: http://tactustherapy.com/brocas-aphas…
What it’s like living with fatigue after a brain injury
For Headway’s Action for Brain Injury week we spoke to Jason and Oliver, both clients who have experienced a brain injury, about their experiences of chronic fatigue and asked them to give their advice to those who might be experiencing the same thing.
8 Tips from an Occupational Therapist
Occupational Therapist
– Tip 1 Ask Yes/No Questions
– Tip 2 Speak Slowly, Cut Naturally
– Tip 3 Don’t Intearupt
– Tip 4 Don’t Finish Sentences
– Tip 5 Use Communcation Bearde and Apps
– Tip 6 Don’t Talk Down
– Tip 7 Enrourage Gesturas and Pointing
– Tip 8 Advocate For Speech Theraphy
The Temporal Lobe
1. Hearing
2. Memory and emotion
3. Object/Facial Identification
Daily Balance Exercises
Here are 5 simple balance exercises you can do daily to help prevent falls and improve your confidence with walking! Each exercise is based on a functional activity that you might do in everyday life. All you need is something sturdy to hold on to!
– Pants On-Off
– Forward Reaching
– Reaching Up
– Step Back
– Hip Opener
– Outre
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Parietal Lobe
Part 3 is the Parietal lobe and what it does and how it functions!
– brain injury
– stroke
– stroke recovery
– memory loss
– fatigue
– concussion
Apraxia and Aphasia?
Dr. Lori explains the similarities and key differences between apraxia of speech and aphasia.
– speech sound
– individual sounds now apraxia
– profiles for our intents and purposes
– speech and it’s going to look slightly
– Aphasia as a language disorder
– Aphasia effects speaking and listening and reading and writing
– Aphasia over time and
– stroke or a brain injury to the left
– damaged causes apraxia now there is a praxia that can be caused from damage
Fix Curled Fingers After Stroke
If you’re dealing with muscle tightness or spasticity that’s causing curled fingers, you’re at the right place. We’ll go through 2 sets of 5 stretches and exercises to help improve tight hand muscles. These exercises are best for someone who has at least a small amount of movement in the hand/wrist.
– Thumb Abduction Stretch
– Gentle Opener
– Progressive Opener
– Flat Hand
– Active Open
APHASIA – definition, symptoms, causes, investigations
In this video Doctor O’Donovan explains Aphasia including, What is aphasia? What causes it? Plus different types of aphasia and how it is diagnosed.
The video covers Broca’s aphasia, Wernicke’s aphasia, global aphasia and more.
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