Literally one of the greatest videos I’ve ever seen. I’m one year post-stroke and I have severe spasticity in the posterior tib. I could never really find good ways to stretch it out. This is brilliant, thank you.
Man I've had the worst spasticity down my leg but mostly in my toes/feet/ankle area. The tendonitis pain sometimes is almost unbearable. It never seems to be the same pain in the same place each day. It takes a concerted effort to get out of bed each day. I just really hope the constant forcing myself to use the leg/foot/toes through daily brisk walking and back pedaling (I have to walk/move backwards a lot to force the toes to stretch out) since I can actually do it without crushing my toes/tearing tendons.
Thank You for this video and also thank you for granting my request to mark the affected leg. I also thought not no skip the ad for no more than ten minutes to help you.
I am a patient of post surgery hemiplegia and doing these stretches from last 1 year but my spasticity is still reducing. Please suggest me the ways or other exercises so that I could reduce my ankle spasticity. And also make a video on the difference between foot drop & foot spasticity as I’m still confused whether my foot is dropped or spastic🙏🏻
@thegmshow, You may want to watch my newest video that covers exercises you can do to reduce foot drop. I also explain how both muscle weakness and spasticity BOTH contribute to foot drop. You can watch it here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Q2o-IMXAOKs.html
Thank you for the specificity exercises, do you know anybody with a stroke that also has chronic 24 seven neuropathy pain, which seems to give them weakness and lack of motivation. Somehow if I exercise one day and go to therapy and occupational therapy the next day, I’m useless or lease. It seems I’m useless very very weak kind of a electrical, feeling like a magnet, pulling me down even my cell phone weighs like 4 pounds and I think it’s only a couple of ounces. This mental state is very hard feel like I’m being pulled to the Ground by a magnet. Sometimes my limbs feel very heavy at times any advice. Guys is here a wonderful your channel is wonderful. I’ve had a stroke now a year and two months and I’m still using a walker. Very frustrating.
Thank you for these exercises 😊💕 does spasticity ever go away fully with regular stretching or is it something that needs to be maintained? Also I find it that lack of sleep worsens spasticity.
Thank you so much Else for this video. My ankle can dorsiflex while sitting but standing or walking it won't it drags. I purchased the saebo step it helps a lot while walking. This video is perfect and just what I needed thank you so much. #poststroke
@gregoryhancock, Absolutely! I'm glad the Saebo device has been helpful for you! I always like hearing about people's experiences with different devices. 😊
I have been exploring a few methods to recover from spasticity and semiparalysis after my stroke.I came to know about electro acupressure but am not sure if it will be of any help in my recovery.It will be super kind and helpful if you could shead some light on the effectiveness of acupressure in post stroke recovery.
@vishwassrivastava, There is some promising research about the use of electroacupuncture, I'm not so sure about acupressure. Thank you for mentioning this topic, I will look into it!
@joaquimrodriguez8961 Thanks so much for your question! I can't answer this outright for every person because every individual is going to have different needs. Generally speaking though, AFOs can make quality of life so much better. And it's not that someone can't still work on regaining dorsiflexion (lifting the ankle) even if they have to wear an AFO during daily life to function. As far as devices like the Bioness L300, electrical stimulation can be really effective. But it's up to a treating therapist or physician to determine if it will be helpful on a case-by-case basis. I hope this helps! ❤️
@@PostStrokeOrg last I saw my doctor was over a year ago. This country I live in is terrible with regards to health care. And I cannot afford private docs
@jarrielhunter, Any exercises that target ankle movement will help to strengthen. Adding cuff weights around your ankles could be helpful, too, to provide more of a challenge. Talk to your doctor or therapist for something more specific to your situation!
@marianneg, For now, you could just focus on the first two stretches. And you can wear shoes during these stretches. I wanted to keep my feet bare to show how my ankle was moving for this video. Hope this helps!
Hello ma'am there is too much spasticity in my both ankle after 3 months of my spinal cord injury D11 D12.. my whole foot not touching the ground while sitting standing and walking with the support of Walker (it's just like my ankle is stiff + foot drop) it's almost 15 months to my surgery and 11 months to my ankle stiff what should I do for my ankle stiffness release please ma'am Suggest me 🙏🙏🙏
@jimmyv, Thank you for your feedback. This is a stretching routine that needs to be done daily to help manage spasticity. Unfortunately, it's not a cure all. I would recommend reaching out to your doctor for other medical solutions to treat your spasticity!
