Best Activities For Positive Neuroplasticity

Positive neuroplasticity is essential for restoring "normal" movement after damage to the brain (Ie: stroke, MS flare, brain injury...etc.). A meaningful activity is a use of time resulting in an improved sense of self and/or anything that aligns with one's values and preferences. Choosing rehab activities that are "meaningful" have been shown to have a greater impact on positive brain changes. In this video you will learn how to incorporate this idea into your rehab program and enhance your brains ability to restore normal movement.
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[@leegorman8322]

Think about daily increments, one step more than before; attempting a task, but divide & conquer. Then, do it again (and again), and see how fluid you become. Steadily you get better.

[@revdocrandy]

Thanks for the video & the encouragement! Each year I choose One Word for the year. It’s usually related to spirituality or my work as a pastor, but a few months after my stroke I chose Neuroplasticity as my One Word in 2018. Continues to be meaningful!

[@andrewzanas9387]

Good one, Randy. Six syllables! I can't touch that. Mine is proprioception. From Google: Proprioception, otherwise known as kinesthesia, is our body's ability to sense movement, action, and location. It's present in every muscle movement we have. Without proprioception, we wouldn't be able to move without thinking about our next step. My proprioception is severely lacking on my left side. I don't know where my left foot is going to land when I try walking with a cane. Never stops us from trying though.

[@darkodarkovic7827]

Even as a young man I loved to dance, wherever there was an opportunity, so after the stroke I started first mental movements and then slowly real ones. Of course, the speed and range of motion are modest, but I am progressing slowly and surely. Persistence brings results. Have a nice week.

[@rehabhqofficial]

Just added ballroom dancing to a patient's "therapy". Music taps into some of the more "automatic" aspects of movement. That combined with his years of ballroom dancing experience prior to his stroke, it has made a dramatic improvement in the smoothness of his movement.

[@Diego-Designs]

I'm an artist and it has taken me years to get back to how I used to be. I had to learn to draw from scratch and it was hard, but I took pictures to see the progress. And it does work, don't compare yourself to others. Compare yourself to yesterday and that's how you see how far you've come.

[@rehabhqofficial]

This is such an amazing comment! Thanks for sharing your journey! I am so happy about your progress. I am positive it will inspire others to keep going!

[@jaleinegreen7411]

💕 awesome info, needed this so much because I am now 3+ years post stroke, my leg works better than my arm. I keep telling myself that at least I have the ability to try and grateful that I can count my blessings! I will definitely try this along with mental practice 🤗

[@rehabhqofficial]

Yes Jaleine! Never stop trying. You got this!!

[@nilimakhedkar147]

I am Nilima I had stroke before one and half year ago but now I can do chapatis with help of rolling pin from one month and day by day improvement seen so keep trying guys result appear. Thanks Dr. Tara for ur motivation

[@sharondelissa]

Another amazingly helpful video on this subject. 👏🏽👏🏽 I appreciate these videos about neuro plasticity and will begin incorporating this tips into my daily routines and attempting some of my pre stroke hobbies. My right shoulder and elbow have come back, now need to put more work in the wrist and hand. Thank you!

[@rehabhqofficial]

Hi Sharon! Thanks for watching and for sharing your amazing progress!! Keep going!

[@teresacollinsporterfield5488]

Very motivational video Dr. Tobias. Thank you as always. I appreciate you!

[@rehabhqofficial]

Great to see you this week Teresa! I am glad to know you found this one helpful :)

[@robertmartin8762]

Good information to ponder and integrate into someone's life. Many blessings to you and others who desires to help those that need it.😇🤗🤓

[@leninsanchez3183]

Thank you for your contributions. I don’t usually post a lot of comments but watch a lot of your videos and they have been so instrumental in helping my wife recover from a stroke. You are making a huge difference in people’s life. Thank you!

[@Hindutvanamo]

Hi Dr. Tara, you’re doing an amazing work by not only empowering people with physical strengths but also guiding them towards their mental well-being...I just want to request you to please make a full video on how to get back adduction & abduction movements of fingers after stroke🙏🏻 It would be a very great favour & help to me...love from India 🇮🇳

[@FoivosAngelakis]

Dear Tara, my dad had a severe stroke 12 days ago and 4-5 days ago he started to open his eyes, move his right hand and his right foot. Today he managed to open an close his mouth. The next thing doctors said is that we wait for him to breath on his own. And I am not sure how to approach all you said about positive neuroplasticity while in this state. All the left side is not moving and he seems that he tries to communicate and I try power him up that we make small steps everyday

[@zecalimazeca]

I am glad I found you

[@shezza57]

This is such an important video. I look back at stages in my rehabilitation journey - during the 35 years since traumatic brain injury and focussing on what was purposeful and meaningful yet without being aware of what it was doing to my brain rehab - makes so much sense. Thank you, Dr Tara.

[@davidarpajon512]

Your a big help.

[@destonlee2838]

I was a farmer and Forester and thisbody may never run fences or practice animal husbandry again. But I'm aiming at chef. Raising 600lb animals (pigs) and operating chainsaws and tractors might not be my end game now, but running a smaller farm to fork kitchen sounds fine.

[@venkataharika2143]

Hi Tara.thanks the vedios and encouraged

[@kennethwalker7768]

Very informative, motivating and practical. Thanks again!

[@barehope]

Thank you for sharing your expertise with us I love your channel

[@thefamilychannel615]

Amazing video.. 💗 Thank you mam

[@glenwest1911]

Thanks for the advice, Dr. Tobias.

[@rehabhqofficial]

Great to see you this week Glen! I hope you have a great week!

[@glenwest1911]

@@rehabhqofficial thanks Dr.tobias

[@andrewzanas9387]

Well said, Tara. Good timing too. Am in the middle of remodeling my open concept apartment to make it more conducive to having a dedicated area for each of the things I love doing. I set up my computer and printer on the kitchen table. It is now the focal point of my life. Here's what I have been up to: I have line of sight to the tv on the far wall in the living room facing me for weather... and almost never watch it for anything else. I definitely avoid all news. The exercise equipment is stationed on the left beyond the kitchen along the wall. I set my reduced collection of books and my writing desk along the right wall. I do love writing and I take one college course at a time until completed. There are hundreds of courses offered by the best universities in the world available to all of us.. They call these courses MOOCs, massive open on-line courses. edX.org is one sponsor of MOOCs. I just completed an edX course at Harvard on authors of world literature. These courses are free. You don't have to be a college student to take them. Adult seniors are welcome. I've taken courses at MIT on engineering, Duke on neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet in Sweden on cognitive behavioral therapy, and many others on space science, computer science, medicine, math, health, mindfulness and well being. Visit edX online and you'll find all the courses offered in every country and the course schedule. If you would prefer to have a record of taking a MOOC and be tested and given a verified grade and get a certificate of completion, then there is a fee of around 100 dollars, depending on the school and the length of the course. I rarely watch any American tv any more. I do watch foreign tv series on Netflix and Amazon on computer. I love foreign detective series. I am French by birth but can't speak it. I currently have chosen to study French and a little Swedish on my computer until hopefully I reach a mid-level of fluency in French. I'll concentrate on Swedish in another year or two. Nothing special. Learning formal grammar is the hard part of learning languages but its totally unnecessary for following along at informal conversational levels, and the tv shows all have English subtitles we can turn on or off to help us in following along. It's one way of breaking up the monotony of memorizing words and phrases and it makes learning a language and understanding the nature of people from other countries who speak it really interesting. That tends to make learning somewhat more meaningful, and a lot less boring, and in doing so I'm picking up the culture and the grammar of indigenous peoples without putting any undue stress on myself. So, my daily routine starts with an hour of vocabulary memorization on the computer using an absolutely free program called Anki at ankiweb.net, which is used by tens of millions of people every day to learn a multitude of different languages. You can download it for free, and get it in the operating system software your computer or smart phone requires. It's hard to set up so first find someone who is computer literate who can help you. Once you have it up and running it's ice cream to use. The last thing I wanted to say is that with all this brain exercise I'm burning approximately 2,000 calories a day and I still have time for actual exercise to get out and ride my recumbent trike, so I'm looking forward to warm weather, then I'm heading for the bike trails and parks to do some plein air watercolor painting down by the ocean. Viens avec moi!

[@PostStrokeOrg]

YES! This is my favorite! ❤️

[@rehabhqofficial]

Thanks Elyse!

[@anagalvez2644]

Thank you miss Tara😍

[@rehabhqofficial]

Hi Ana! I hope it helps!

[@leestimson12]

Thanks!

[@rehabhqofficial]

Thank you so much! 🙏

[@sigridomeara5658]

Please show how to use computer with involved hand. I was taught one handed typing. But then I heard about someone who practiced each day with her husband for years ( I think she wrote on your channel ) and I was so impressed. But I would have to do this on my own. So any ideas how to do that would be appreciated. Thank you for your videos. I mention you to every stroke survivor I meet. You have given me so much motivation 😍

[@WarriorByNature]

I am so garateful for you

[@disleyce]

I had to groom my one dog today he haf inset tummy I used to be a dog groomer I used a pully on my grooming table to hold my left arm in place gor me to hold my dogs tail with ly hand nit easy but I did it to trim his bottom fur and tail fur after washing and drying him making my left stm and hand work jit q brilliant groom but I had a go then this came through how strange :-) thank you

[@rehabhqofficial]

That is a brilliant idea! We have these "pulley systems" in rehab but they are very expensive. :)

[@nickscognarealtor4045]

Thanks. I think I'll pick up the guitar and just keep trying.

[@1nspiringfear]

Any thoughts on flint rehab fitmi device please

[@z.j.2352]

Hello, could you explain mirror therapy,and do you have any experience with it? Thank you

[@janaeshepherd5854]

Is there any way you can share video of your guitar playing friend? I'm also a musician (played violin, viola and guitar). If there any way, id love to get back to it.

[@rehabhqofficial]

I will ask him if he is comfortable with this. Of note, his stroke was in the pons area in the brain so his arm had some movement prior to starting with the "guitar therapy". However, since we added this to therapy, he reports using the arm with every days tasks has gotten easier and his dexterity/fine motor is improving.

[@AbhishekKumar-cool055]

Ma'am can neuroplasticity happen after two year of stroke

[@rehabhqofficial]

Thanks for watching and for the question! Yes, our brains never stop rewiring. :)

[@antiteazers]

Your videos are very helpful. I started watching them today and i have watched almost a dozen of them. My father had stroke 40 days ago, resulting in right hemiplegia. After 40 days, with 1 hour physiotherapy session along with EMS/ day, his leg is 80% functional, but no movement at all in upper limb. What purposful or meaningful activity can we do with this condition along with ems and passive physio?

[@cathy9814]

Would this help to habituate to tinnitus

[@muratatlantis8472]

Exercises trigger plasticity and neurogenesis

[@fabrider7285]

Dr. Tara I can move my hand but can not open fingers, please advise.

[@mattbishop1093]

I think it is really cute when you say "important" and don't pronounce the middle letter t. Thank you for helping people.

[@angelinacarraway3576]

For the last 3 1/2 yes I have been to every doc n had so many test run but no one has been able to find out what’s wrong!! I’m so tired of not knowing I jus want help.. I will list my symptoms n if anyone knows what may be wrong pls pls let me know so I can run it to my doc pls!!! 3 1/2 yrs ago I was laying in bed when the bone from my knee to my foot in both legs had sharp pain that last for so long for 3 weeks my legs hurt so bad I could barely walk!!! The pain eased but than every muscle in my body hurt to touch stil to this day, it feels like my bones hurt, I have numbness w any pressure all over my body, when I lay down my whole body goes numb, my feet n hands tingle nonstop sometimes it hurts bad, right above each foot sometimes feels like there is a blood pressure cup tightening up and releasing, I have chronic fatigue, my vision comes n goes, my symptoms are all over like from head to toe!!! B4 this happened I had pain no where!!! I never got sick!!! The docs have done blood test all comes back ok but does show a lil low vitamin b, they have done gallbladder test bc of severe pain in stomach area, my acid reflux went from a 1-10, they checked my liver, kidneys, heart, etc all look great!!!! I dnt want anything to be wrong but I know something is n I want to be better again!!!! Here is a lil health history maybe this will have answers!!! I pray it does or someone might know what’s wrong B4 this happened I walked 5miles a day. Unfortunately I didn’t drink much water maybe a 1/2 drink but mostly coffee all day!! I never ate healthy jus a lil snack here n there n sometimes a meal here n there!! I know that’s bad but with 4 kids I stayed busy I didn’t have time eat or drink water a lot!!! So my doc suggested I take vitamins so I got diff ones n started taking them!!! Also at age 35 I had a complete hysterectomy right now I’m not taking any meds at all not since that night!!! I use be a heavy smoker but quit when this happened!!! That’s everything that I was doing when this all started!!!! I know this message is long n I’m so sorry but I’m begging for answers I have 4 children n I’m a single parent they need their momma back n I need them pls if ur a parent u know how bad it feels to not be able play or take care of ur kids like u want to but ur so sick pls any help I can take to my doc I would appreciate it!!!!

[@WarriorByNature]

Any suggestions for parents who had a stroke and have teenagers

[@revdocrandy]

Hi. I had a stroke 4 years ago. My kids are now 13 & almost-15. Not sure if I have any helpful suggestions, but I will say that my kids have always been one of my biggest motivations in my recovery. I wish you the best! 🙏🏼

[@aaronoyster9627]

Tara, I don't mean to sound like the negative Ned, but not all of us are fresh out of in-patient therapy (or whatever caused our impairment). So, things like abnormal synergies tone/spasticity have likely set in for many of us. That being said, is what you said in this video today still have applicable utilization?

[@rehabhqofficial]

Thanks for your input Aaron! There is no "one thing" that is the "magic cure". The reality is if someone wants to continue to see progress, it requires all the things I mentioned about lifestyle and a multimodal therapy approach. But I will say, the ones who stick with it even years into their recovery, will continue to see progress!

[@u.4177]

Or as we're recuperating

[@davidarpajon512]

It seems that my biggest problem is my balance I guess I got lucky

[@bravefitchick7184]

Hobbies do not give my life meaning. I don't have motivation to do hobbies

[@usbly]

First View 😊

[@rehabhqofficial]

Great to see you this week UMESH!

[@howardjones638]

Think God for a second chance we have more to be thankful for so don't give up im not

[@chatelinolivier2187]

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