At Home Physical Therapy Exercises For Stroke Patients

Did you know that more than 795,000 Americans have a stroke every year? Strokes are caused by blood clots or broken blood vessels that cut off the blood supply to the brain. They can lead to problems with language, cognition, motor, and sensory skills. Luckily, individuals can recover from a stroke, although it might take lots of time, hard work, and commitment. Home Advantage Rehabilitation Solutions has in home physical therapy services to help you recover. 

What is involved in Stroke Rehabilitation?

Stroke rehabilitation is used to help relearn skills you have lost due to a stroke. Depending on the person and parts of the body that were affected, stroke rehabilitation varies. It is important that you start rehab as soon as possible. This will increase your chances of relearning lost abilities and skills. By the end of your rehabilitation, you should find that moving around is easier and can be done independently. 

Home-Based Rehabilitation Programs

Rehabilitation programs can be done in the comfort of your own home. A physical therapist that is assigned to you for your in home physical therapy services will perform various tests. This includes testing your range of motion, strength, walking ability, balance, and more. They will use this information to develop a plan specific to you. Some of the treatments you may receive at home based on testing include:

• Gait Training: Your physical therapist will assist you in walking and moving around your home using a walker or cane. Ultimately, this will help you gain the ability to walk again.
• Bed Mobility Training: Rolling, scooting, and sitting up in bed are going to be difficult after suffering a stroke. During rehabilitation, you can work on bed mobility right from your own bed.
• Transfer Training: Due to muscle spasms and lack of coordination transferring movements may be difficult. Your physical therapist can work on movements such as sitting to standing or getting from one chair to another surface. 
• Exercise: During rehabilitation, the exercises are simple enough to be done at home. Some of the exercises include toe taps, leg raises, ankle pumps, and more. 
• Coordination Training: Your physical therapist will perform slower movements with targeted stepping and reaching with the overall goal of improving how your body is able to move. 

Contact Us

If you or a loved one has recently suffered from a stroke, contact our team at Home Advantage Rehabilitation Solutions, in home physical therapy services, for in person physical therapy services. We have more than 45 years of experience in a home care setting and provide speech therapy, occupational therapy, and physical therapy services. Start your road to recovery with us!