Ode to Recovery from A Stroke
After a stroke, you should rest
Just a short while, to recover your zest
When you are ready, start on your recovery
With family support, a journey of discovery
Work on your weak muscles fibers
Move your weak limbs with vigor
Practice, practice and practice
Prick the muscles and nerves with cactus
Therapists will help you with speech
Try to move your lips when they teach
Speech is important for communication
The key words here are vocal action
Once you can understand and speak
The prognosis will not be so bleak
Physical, occupational and speech teacher
Their work will in your improvement feature
In some patients their stroke is too severe
Not the slightness improvement will appear
They will be paralysed forever
Until a new cure which is clever
-An original poem by Kenneth Kee
Interesting Tips about the Healthy Brain
A Healthy Lifestyle
1. Take a well Balanced Diet
2. Keep bones and body strong
Bone marrow produces our blood
Eat foods rich in calcium like yogurt, cheese, milk, and dark green vegetables.
Eat foods rich in Vitamin D, like eggs, fatty fish, cereal, and fortified milk.
Eat food rich in Vitamins B and C such as green vegetables and fruits
Zinc and other minerals are important to the body
3. Get enough rest and Sleep
Avoid stress and tension
4. Looking after your brain
Always wear a helmet for sports where you could be hit or fall if you are riding a bike, scooter or skate board or horse-riding.
Apart from making sure that you do not injure your brain, you can also make sure that you help your brain by:
a. Eating healthy food like fish and fresh vegetables.
They contain potassium and calcium, two minerals that are important for the nervous system.
b. Exercising your brain by learning new things and trying to remember them.
Use your brain by doing challenging activities, such as puzzles, reading, playing music, making art, or anything else that gives your brain a workout
5. Exercise and stay active.
It is best to do weight-bearing exercise such as walking, jogging, stair climbing, dancing, or lifting weights for 2½ hours a week.
One way to do this is to be active 30 minutes a day at least 5 days a week.
Begin slowly especially if a person has not been active.
6. Do not drink more than 2 alcohol drinks a day for a man or 1 alcohol drink a day for a woman.
Alcohol use also increases the chance of falling and breaking a bone.
Alcohol can affect the neurons and brain cells.
7. Stop or do not begin smoking.
It also interferes with blood supply and healing.
Cigarettes contain more than forty types of hazardous and possibly cancer causing chemicals which can harm the smokers and those around them.
Chapter 1
Stroke and the Brain
What is A Stroke?
A stroke occurs when a part of the brain is damage due to lack of blood supply.
There is usually someone suffering from one every minute.
It happens when the blood vessel to a part of the brain is blocked (due to a blood clot) or burst.
The brain cells in that part cannot get the oxygen and nutrients so they are damaged and unable to function.
When the brain cells is damaged, there is loss of function of the part of the body controlled by the brain cells
There may be partial or complete paralysis and numbness on the side of the body controlled by the damaged brain cells.
The damaged brain cells may affect language and vision as well.
The body will not be the same as before.
The mind will also be affected with some patient having severe depression and some loss of function of the brain.
More things have to be done to help a patient who has had to deal with a stroke.
Many times that person will think that his life is over and that there is no hope
Table of Content
Introduction
Chapter 1 Stroke and the Brain
Chapter 2 After A Stroke
Chapter 3 Recovery from Stroke
Chapter 4 Exercises in Sitting Position
Chapter 5 Exercises in Lying Position
Chapter 6 The Paralysed Bed-ridden Patient
After a stroke, you should rest
Just a short while, to recover your zest
When you are ready, start on your recovery
With family support, a journey of discovery
Work on your weak muscles fibers
Move your weak limbs with vigor
Practice, practice and practice
Prick the muscles and nerves with cactus
Therapists will help you with speech
Try to move your lips when they teach
Speech is important for communication
The key words here are vocal action
Once you can understand and speak
The prognosis will not be so bleak
Physical, occupational and speech teacher
Their work will in your improvement feature
In some patients their stroke is too severe
Not the slightness improvement will appear
They will be paralysed forever
Until a new cure which is clever
-An original poem by Kenneth Kee
Interesting Tips about the Healthy Brain
A Healthy Lifestyle
1. Take a well Balanced Diet
2. Keep bones and body strong
Bone marrow produces our blood
Eat foods rich in calcium like yogurt, cheese, milk, and dark green vegetables.
Eat foods rich in Vitamin D, like eggs, fatty fish, cereal, and fortified milk.
Eat food rich in Vitamins B and C such as green vegetables and fruits
Zinc and other minerals are important to the body
3. Get enough rest and Sleep
Avoid stress and tension
4. Looking after your brain
Always wear a helmet for sports where you could be hit or fall if you are riding a bike, scooter or skate board or horse-riding.
Apart from making sure that you do not injure your brain, you can also make sure that you help your brain by:
a. Eating healthy food like fish and fresh vegetables.
They contain potassium and calcium, two minerals that are important for the nervous system.
b. Exercising your brain by learning new things and trying to remember them.
Use your brain by doing challenging activities, such as puzzles, reading, playing music, making art, or anything else that gives your brain a workout
5. Exercise and stay active.
It is best to do weight-bearing exercise such as walking, jogging, stair climbing, dancing, or lifting weights for 2½ hours a week.
One way to do this is to be active 30 minutes a day at least 5 days a week.
Begin slowly especially if a person has not been active.
6. Do not drink more than 2 alcohol drinks a day for a man or 1 alcohol drink a day for a woman.
Alcohol use also increases the chance of falling and breaking a bone.
Alcohol can affect the neurons and brain cells.
7. Stop or do not begin smoking.
It also interferes with blood supply and healing.
Cigarettes contain more than forty types of hazardous and possibly cancer causing chemicals which can harm the smokers and those around them.
Chapter 1
Stroke and the Brain
What is A Stroke?
A stroke occurs when a part of the brain is damage due to lack of blood supply.
There is usually someone suffering from one every minute.
It happens when the blood vessel to a part of the brain is blocked (due to a blood clot) or burst.
The brain cells in that part cannot get the oxygen and nutrients so they are damaged and unable to function.
When the brain cells is damaged, there is loss of function of the part of the body controlled by the brain cells
There may be partial or complete paralysis and numbness on the side of the body controlled by the damaged brain cells.
The damaged brain cells may affect language and vision as well.
The body will not be the same as before.
The mind will also be affected with some patient having severe depression and some loss of function of the brain.
More things have to be done to help a patient who has had to deal with a stroke.
Many times that person will think that his life is over and that there is no hope
Table of Content
Introduction
Chapter 1 Stroke and the Brain
Chapter 2 After A Stroke
Chapter 3 Recovery from Stroke
Chapter 4 Exercises in Sitting Position
Chapter 5 Exercises in Lying Position
Chapter 6 The Paralysed Bed-ridden Patient
