Reclaim Your Stability

A stroke can affect your balance in many different ways. You might have muscle weakness, dizziness, visual field loss, and coordination difficulties, and other issues causing balance problems. It is often possible to get treatment for these effects of stroke, including physiotherapy and balance retraining exercises. You may be able to use equipment to improve your stability such as a stick or ankle-foot orthosis.

For patients that are not seeing progress in equilibrium in the first several months of recovery, physical and occupational therapy can help restore that balance.  Equilibrium is a skill that has to be relearned after a stroke, and that requires more care than physical therapy may supply. In addition to physical therapy in a clinic, at-home equilibrium exercises for stroke healing can help restore equilibrium.  People that have experienced a stroke need to learn to perform many daily activities all over again. Hand-eye coordination, balance the ability and dressed all might be influenced. Exercises that strengthen muscles and enhance coordination and balance may make walking following a stroke easier.  Balance problems after stroke could be reversed with stroke therapy that was effective – but which one is right for you?