Change Your Brain After Stroke with Neuroplasticity

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Neuroplasticity has changed how we think about stroke recovery. It is the best tool we currently have to create positive brain changes! In this video, I cover the 10 principles of neuroplasticity and how you can apply them in your own recovery.

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Time Stamps:
00:00 Intro
00:15 Principle 1: Use It or Lose It
01:12 Principle 2: Use It To Improve It
02:14 Principle 3: Specificity
03:06 Principle 4: Repetition Matters
04:09 Principle 5: Intensity Matters
05:00 Principle 6: Time Matters
06:02 Principle 7: Salience Matters
06:26 Principle 8: Age Matters
07:14 Principle 9: Generalization
08:13 Principle 10: Interference
09:11 Outro
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[heatherg-thatsme]

I had my strokeaversary this week. I had never considered what you said about interfering with my own progress. I still dressed the same way I’ve been dressing for the last year, and it never occurred to me to try and incorporate my affected side now that there’s some movement there. Thanks for your awesome videos. I told my neurologist and rehab doctor about your channel and how much it has helped me and encouraged me. I also really appreciate your emails as well. Both doctors wrote down your name so they can come check your channel out.

[zuzu]

It has been 1 month and 2 days since my stroke. Your channel inspires me. Thank you so much!

[CreativeThinking]

My husband had a massive stroke. It's been almost two years now. Someone days he is good other days it's a struggle. We have been married for 28 years. I will not leave him. Thank you so much for sharing valuable information. Have a great day.😭

[kennywood]

Thank you for your channel! I'm 2 years post-stroke (and recovering nicely), but I still watch your vids and am always learning new & useful info 🙏

[normanmacfarlane]

Hello
Greetings from Western Australia
I had my stroke July 16th 2021.
I am 65
I have had to give up work
I am going through suicidality, financial stress , loneliness and being lost in life . Needless to say that having a stroke was not part of my life goals. I am coping somehow.
Part of my pre stroke life was playing guitar .
My right hand side was deeply affected.
I picked up the guitar and I could not strum the guitar properly.
I kept on trying and after about a year I can hold on to and use a plectrum.
I also use the control from my PS4 to move/exercise my right hand.
What you say is true.
Nearly up to two years in my recovery.
What will the future hold ? I don't know.
I will however not suicide as I want to know what the future holds for me.
God bless you

[vnshenoy]

Very useful information for the stroke recovery patients, thanks a lot and waiting for new videos🙏

[laurieborgers]

I really appreciate how you make such complicated topics something my post stroke brain can absorb. I've watched lots of your videos and have put many of your teaching and workouts to good use, thank you! I wonder if you have talked much about "crossing mid-line" already? I keep hearing it's good, but I'd like to understand more about it. Much like "Neuroplasticity" has been talked about before now as a good thing, but I didn't have such a clear understanding of how to use it in recovery.

[LiaS-kp]

Thank you, im right at 1 year. I dont celebrate because its been too much of a burden in my life. I didnt get pt right away cause it made me dizzy and nautious. Still does. I was able to do pt after my 2nd operation. 4 months after stroke. I have no memory of first two weeks. I walk, but find it difficult. I have found this all hard and i wish it never happened.

[mrstevek]

That’s right. If I don’t do something for a long time, it’s difficult to pick up later down the road. I can’t slack off

[alisonquadros]

I really appreciate you for this space & your channel, it helps with so much in knowledge & common-sense, look forward & looking forward to your content & more content every single day 🌻💞 - Alison

[cindeem]

Your videos have really helped us. My husband had a stroke last May (2022) and my question is what do you think about mirror therapy. We were told about it when my husband was still in the hospital so as soon as he came home he started using it when he could. Some have suggested it takes thousands of reps for it to make a difference. That seems out of reach so I wanted your advice. Thanks for such great videos.

[clementjanis]

This whole experience is so challenging

[josiemojica]

Im not good in english but becouse ur good i understand all ur explanation. .i am filipina .and im stroke patient and 7 months in recovery thank you very much maam ellyse really help me a lot.😀😀 Sorry for my englesh

[aliaabfr]

Thanks a lot, you gave me a lot of information 🙏

[hoorainzaheer]

Awesomely, Queen 👑 of rehabilitation 🌹🍓

[HameshCloocks]

thank u i just get stroke this videos u have are helpfu ❤

[octoberopal]

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH...THESE ARE GREAT TIPS TO TAKE UP !!

[susancullipher]

I had a stroke May 18 of 2018 I went into a coma, and so during the early recovery time that you had mentioned, I was in a coma and not able to have physical therapy. During that time. I have always had a positive outlook and I never gave up, in my mind thinking that I will not recover. Do you think that I have the chance to regain the ability to walk again with the current physical therapy because I have not received much physical therapy from the facilities that I have been in for instance, they don't allow me to take steps, which is what I so badly want to do, they put me on an exercise bike instead which I do three times a week and they have a little pedal bike in my room that I ride as well. My stroke affected my left side. Do you have any suggestions on what I can do to further advance myself with my goals. Thank you very much.

[SimonHarrisPMP]

Hi elyse.
Thanx.
In my case your right that I've heard them all before. You do a better job than many of explaining them and a more complete job of cataloging them in one place. 👏
You might like to look up Ebbighaus curves and read a synopsis of "make it stick" by roediger mcdaniel & brown (or read the whole thing!).
Other relevant capability development topics include synaptic pruning and sleep. Perhaps lessons in child development apply to post stroke capability development? I also wonder if there is a cross over between some things observed in autism and stroke eg stimulation overload.
I think your vid still has elements of confusion eg specitivity vs generality and practice in context. Also you omitted the discussion of Random here which has a bearing on pruning / retention. I speculate that Neuro development and muscle development are differently related to the need for repetition but the common vocabulary and thus mental model and thus approaches to rehab conflate (unhelpful) the two.
I also speculate that the observed plasticity as stronger with in the sub acute phase has other cause (if only contributory & not main) than implied by therapists. E.g. It is the phase when access to therapy is easier. I wonder if there aren't factors in play such as side effects of brain chemistry change post trauma that also have effect? Good and bad.
Lastly I've leaned to walk twice. Once at 0 onwards and once at 63 onwards. 1st time around I progressed that into running, climbing etc. 2nd time ive been much faster to progress to walking but haven't worked on progressing further so haven't progressed. I suspect I could and can (& should!). I'm struck by the comment above "I still dress as taught, (I haven't progressed my habits as my body has gained ability)". Learned Non Use is insidious and powerful. I wonder what evolutionary purpose it serves? We need (I use some but I suspect not all I could) strategies to overcome it. More would be welcome - any ideas?
If you would do more vids on (re-) developing finger dexterity & eliminating spacticity that would help me and I suspect many others
Keep up the great work :)
Simon

[DPwNzUBEETZ]

I had my stroke last November and my left arm is paralyzed as nowex gamer itsbeen very depressing the rehab facility I was in didn't try to break my left arm paralysisIm just turning 47 years old