Stroke Articles

May 28, 2025

Speech Therapy For Aphasia

Speech Therapy For Aphasia June is Aphasia Awareness Month - speech therapy can help!  Aphasia is a communication disorder that interferes with a person’s ability to speak, understand language, read, and write. It occurs when the language centers of…

May 01, 2025

Rehabilitation Therapy After Stroke

Stroke strikes suddenly—and it can change life in an instant. It affects nearly 795,000 people in the U.S. each year, making it a leading cause of long-term disability in adults. While no one is ever truly prepared for a stroke, rehabilitation therapy…

March 30, 2024

IpsiHand™ Stroke Recovery Device

The IpsiHand stroke recovery device is an innovative new option for people looking to recover hand use after stroke.  A stroke causes motor cortex damage that can result in impaired motor function and limit arm and hand movement. The muscles in the arm…

July 09, 2022

Bioness For Foot Drop & Hand Function

Are you trying to regain function of your leg or hand due to Stroke, Brain Injury, Multiple Sclerosis, or other central nervous system disorders?Function, freedom, and mobility are now within reach. Therapy Achievementsteams with Bioness so you can discover…

May 28, 2022

AMBUCS Adaptive Bikes

AMBUCS Adaptive Bikes for People with Limited Mobility AMBUCS adaptive bikes are customized bicycles that give people with limited mobility the ability to safely ride a bike. Exercise and being mobile are key to good health. And exercising is often very…

January 10, 2022

You Could Be at Risk for a Blood Clot If ...

Blood Clots: What Causes Them and How to Prevent Them What Is a Blood Clot? A blood clot is a bunch of blood cells that congeal together. Clotting is necessary to keep you from bleeding to death from a paper cut. Too many blood cells bonding together…

May 17, 2021

Subtle Stroke Symptoms To Never Ignore

In America, someone has a stroke every 40 seconds. But if you're not sure what causes a stroke, chances are that you won't know how to recognize stroke symptoms either. It is especially important to be aware of subtle stroke symptoms as they might be…

February 25, 2021

February is American Heart Month

Heart Month is all about bringing awareness to heart disease, which is the leading cause of death in the United States.   Heart Disease Symptoms Symptoms of heart disease vary depending on the type of heart disease someone may have, but they may…

February 01, 2019

Go Red for Heart Awareness Month!

Go Red! February is Heart Awareness Month If you had heart disease, would you recognize the symptoms? You might be thinking, "Of course!" But there's plenty more you need to know besides pain in your chest.  While pain in the chest is one symptom,  there…

April 07, 2018

Bedside Swallow Exam for Dysphagia

What is dysphagia? Dysphagia is difficulty swallowing. This difficulty can range from mild-to-profound in nature and may arise from a variety of causes including neurological changes, injuries/surgeries, disease processes or other sources. What is a…

January 26, 2017

Walking with Foot Drop: A New Brace

Check out this new brace for walking with foot drop!  People with foot drop can't lift the front part of their foot due to  weakness or paralysis of the muscles that pick up the toes.  Lots of people have foot drop and it can happen when foot muscles become…

June 20, 2015

Aphasia: Speech Therapy Helps Life Without Words

Speech Therapy helps life without words.  Communication is not only how we interact with the world, it is how the world interacts with us.Imagine you suddenly lost your ability to understand speech, to talk, to read, and to write but you had NOT lost…