Stroke Leg Exercise: These muscles improve walking

In this video you will learn what causes a leg to feel heavy after a stroke or a brain injury. You will also learn the best exercises to do after a stroke to improve walking, decrease spasticity, and make the leg feel not so “heavy”.

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[mrstevek]

Mine was like this at first until I exercised my hip then it wasn’t so bad

[sandwitht]

From a therapist to another, you got the best practical contents on stroke rehab on youtube and anywhere i have seen. absolutely radiating passion. thanks a bunch

[lollol]

Watching these videos and all the comments below, has given me so much courage. 😭😭😭😭😭 I never knew there are so many others suffering like me. I swear I will be able to walk and climb up and down the stairs well like I did many years ago.

[zitaorosz]

Thank you so much for this video . I tried the straight leg raise with bending my foot, and discovered that I was able to bend two of my toes. Yay! One step closer to recovery . 🙏🏻

[kennethlee]

I had an ischemic stroke 5 years ago. I wished that I had found your YouTube channel earlier as I had received a lot of "advice" from doctors and physiotherapists, often unhelpful and conflicting. I ended up trying various things on my own on a trial and error basis to find the best solution for me. Needless to say, everything that you have talk about in your videos are accurate, very detailed and very helpful. It would have saved me a lot of time had I seen them before. Many thanks for doing all these videos and I look forward to future videos.

[raypage]

Reconnected brain to the left leg yesterday, did 400 reps with a large gym ball with the leg on top. Did endurance walking yesterday with the leg almost dragging. Today after the workout was done 500 almost perfect steps. The leg worked great, thanks, you did well!

[ludalebid]

Your lessons taught to walk the stairs without restingon the wall, helped overcome fear when had to go down the stairs with only a cane.Meeting with you is new step forward!

[EricSekyere-ml]

I am a PT in Ghana, and your videos and explanations are really satiable and deep. You are really saving lives . I just love it.

[pyrainadventures]

My mother just had a small stroke a few days back. She was perfectly fine when we left the hospital. She could walk alone that night. Surprisingly, the very next day, she said her left leg is feeling heavy and from then on she couldnt stand all by herself.
That made me discover your channel. Will definitely try these exercises. Thank you for sharing your knowledge doctor.
God bless you!

[gilbertsy]

Incredible. I always had heavy and painful left leg starting from my thighs. I tried your exercise and the pain left. Thank God.

[kristinkersten]

I had a stroke 3 1/2 years ago and over did it last week! I have very low energy and leg heaviness! This was of some help!

[antonydsouza]

Lift heavy leg push forward lifting toes is superb, I started doing let you know result in few days. Thank you

[kimberlyknight]

Please do exercises for wheelchair boumd; I had s massive stroke 2 years ago, I am still improvimg, especially wih a lot of exerciises and healthy eating. I have made major strides with my own exercise program lernedd from all the different therapists I have seen.My shoulder is evem less sublexed. It really took a lot of time and exercise, and I am very excited and thankful. I move my arm better but many times have to adjust the exercises due to inability to lift arms fully. I enjoy yout videos. They are very helpful and apply to me amd my problems. Thanks. I will never take the mechanics of the body for granted again, I'm doing good in spite of being written off for survival.

[michaelarauraung-rfpw]

Watching from Papua New Guinea. Thanks for the information on heavy leg. I am a stroke patient and find these really helpful.
Thanks.

[IxGENInc]

I like your enthusiasm to help us stroke victims. God bless you🙏

[ludalebid]

Thank!Your lessons help recover and live! The main thing is never to give up.

[IxGENInc]

Your explanations are clear and easy to understand. Thank you. I'll keep watching your channel.

[alanaquestelles]

Hi Dr Tobias, I believe I was overwhelmed for some time. I am focusing on the 1 percent better than yesterday. I started feeling like I wasn't improving after all the exercising I have been doing. So I started again doing my morning routine of exercises. Thank you for the great information in your videos.

[reyhanemohammadi]

Thanks for share this lessons🌸❤
Can we use these exercises for MS disease?

[MichaelFaulknerw]

This video is very helpful thank you very much