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ARNI’s motto collection:
• Without your involvement in movement there won't be improvement. Tom says you can have that phrase 'on him'!
Use it or you’ll lose it! If there is a will, there is a way!
• Use it and improve it! With practice it will get better.
• Practice what you want to improve. With a really high number of repetitions.
Our goal is to prove to stroke survivors that their recovery can be successful with the help of the ARNI method. With ARNI, the survivor receives a tool an overall intervention 'map' that aims to show you how to adjust your rehab at any time and why.
How can we help you?
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An underappreciated (!) key to stroke recovery is get moving with doing something if you're just doing nothing. Very profound 😉
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This book is Volume 4 in the series of 5 taken from best-selling book The Successful Stroke Survivor by Tom Balchin. This Volume is set as a Manual format, with strategies for lower-body training complimented by hundreds of illustrations which break down parts of the movement you are working on.USE THE BOOK LIKE A ‘FLIP BOOK’ TO WALK YOU THROUGH EACH SEQUENCE, ALL YOU THEN NEED TO DO IS TO TRY IT. You can keep the Kindle with you to check as you exercise. What kinds of strategies are shown? For example, many stroke survivors would like to be able to learn how to get down and up from the floor without support, balance better and walk properly without a stick, control drop-foot and regain strength in the back and front of the ‘bad’ leg. This manual takes you from an easy-to-learn ‘sit to stand’ strategy through all sorts of functional movement techniques such as retraining the ability to cope with a fall, innovative balance training, retraining the ability to turn on the spot, widening your stance laterally and retraining the ability to tackle steps. Great emphasis is placed on retraining lower body strength via using your own bodyweight. This is the complete lower-body retraining system.
In this manual there is more than enough for everyone, however well (or not) you have recovered from stroke to date, You might choose to do 5 things. Or just one thing.
IT WILL WORK, IF YOU DO.
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Every time you share, you could directly help someone – as knowledge is power 😉
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Lower Body Rehab - Self-help Resource Manual (The Successful Stroke Survivor Book 4)
This book is Volume 4 in the series of 5 taken from best-selling book and manual The Successful Stroke Survivor by Tom Balchin. The 5 Volumes are all that those who have suffered a stroke and have rea...
According to the results of this study, singing increased the volume of grey matter in the language regions of the left frontal lobe and improved tract connectivity especially in the language network of the left hemisphere, but also in the right hemisphere. These positive changes were associated with patients’ improved speech production.
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Why singing helps the brain recover after a stroke
Cerebrovascular accidents, or strokes, are the most common cause of aphasia, a speech disorder of cerebral origin. People with aphasia have a reduced ability to understand or produce speech or written...
Dr Tom from ARNI, DJ'ing at a house party, round about 2005, 7 years after stroke. As soon as he was discharged from hospital, he got back to DJ'ing. It was his retraining for upper limb: DJ therapy! And you can, as a survivor, feel free to use both decks with your good side, operating the mixer (crossfade, EQ's and switches) with your bad side - as he is doing in this pic! What an example!!
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is this you TB, showing off your left arm, guessing its the summer of 2995, what is it with men, the slightest hint of sun and the short pants comes out.didnt know you were still on the decks. what music is it now no respect for the dod, slap my hand. I visit the web page occasionally but not as into it as I once was so ad to hear of Peter C.
One of the biggest keys to progress in stroke recovery is to come to appreciate that 'everyday active retraining' is the zone you need to be in. It doesn't AT ALL have to be vigorous. It just needs to be gently suitable for you and, above all, consistent.
Need help? Have a look at www.arni.uk.com
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Tom's top tips:
If we do enough repetitions/tasks, our brain works for us and gets stronger.
Record yourself. Track your progress and a useful way to see how you are moving.
Make "challenge boards", these can be a collection of fastenings, fixtures and textures. All in one place, ready for you to practice and ensure you can increase your repetitions!
Ensure you have fun. Do a hobby, or try something new. For example, chess is a great way to train reach, grasp and release. (Tom became interested in DJing; a great way to practise shoulder/arm and hand movements!
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How to support ARNI Stroke Rehabilitation Charity each time you make any paypal purchase!
How to do it - 5 easy and quick steps!
1. Visit your PayPal App or website.
2. Look to the right of your Dashboard to spot a button called 'Donate'
3. Search for ARNI Stroke Rehabilitation Charity UK
4. Click and go to the charity profile.
5. Click the heart icon.
This will bring an icon up each time you make a purchase!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH - FROM TOM..
Please activate this: PayPal covers transaction fees for Give at Checkout donations, so 100% of your donation goes to the ARNI charity!
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Balance difficulties after stroke? Get a reasonably strong person or your trainer to CHALLENGE your balance - here's the 'clinch' method - it's very very safe and ultra-effective. Appropriateness is a factor of course, common to many training modes. There are many varieties: the 'ruck n'maul' can be used for those with more balance, for instance etc. Your ARNI Stroke Rehab & Recovery Instructor will show you - have fun! From Tom
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Remember Tom's upper limb catch-phrase: stretching enables the task and extends ‘time on task’.
This is very important for improving your potential ability to reach for, grasp and release items with your hand: activities that are denied to so many stroke survivors. You can use stretches daily in order keep muscles long and prevent further complications. The best results are often seen in people who have consistently stretched their wrist, fingers and thumb on their more-affected side from a very early period in the hospital.
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Every time you share, you could directly help someone – as knowledge is power 😉
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The ARNI Institute is a UK Registered Charity: No. 1116130.
Currently in our 20th year of voluntary work, we are committed to teaching stroke and other acquired injury survivors to gain better action control. Our Approach to stroke rehabilitation is dynamic, innovative and linked directly to the very latest neurorehabilitation evidence base.
We have over 100 highly qualified independent therapists and trainers around the UK, trained via our Functional Rehabilitation & Exercise Training after Stroke Qualification. Call now to find your therapist or trainer.
ARNI supports the work of the hospital therapists by supporting YOU when your care pathway ends.
NEW! GET YOUR COPY OF NEW BOOK BY TOM BALCHIN LEARN HOW TO RECOVER OPTIMALLY
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Whether you had your stroke a week or 20 years ago, this seriously practical book reveals everything you need to know about for real-life, evidence-based long-term recovery from limitations caused by stroke, that you can actually understand, use and apply successfully for yourself. With 244 pages of new information and material, it’s stacked with revelations for you based on the neuro-rehabilitation evidence-base.
NEW! LISTEN TO THIS TESTIMONIAL FROM A STROKE SURVIVOR TRAINING WITH ARNI
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Click the middle of this short video to listen to the experiences of a stroke survivor currently rehabilitating with the help of an a Senior ARNI Instructor. You can learn for yourself about what she has been doing in this DVD series.
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