LOOK BEYOND THE OBVIOUS
A practical Exercise After Stroke guide
Sometimes improving a movement means working on more than the movement itself.
21 pages of practical exercise ideas with video demonstrations to help you find different things to work on when a bigger movement feels difficult.
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If standing from a chair is difficult, it makes sense to practise standing from a chair.
If walking is difficult, it makes sense to practise walking.
If moving your affected arm is difficult, it makes sense to practise moving your affected arm.
But what if there are other things you could be working on too?
Things that could help standing, walking or moving your affected arm easier?
Everyday movements rely on more than one part of the body and more than one physical skill. Strength, balance, co-ordination, weight shift and control can all contribute to the bigger movement.
Look Beyond the Obvious is a practical Exercise after Stroke guide designed to help you break those bigger movements down and find more things you can work on.
INSIDE THE GUIDE
Across 21 pages, we’ll look beyond:
Standing up
Explore some of the strength, movement, weight shift and control involved in getting up from — and importantly, back down into — a chair.
The step
Work on stepping in different ways, including knee lift, stepping over obstacles and changing direction.
The affected arm
Explore movement through the affected arm, ways to use the stronger side for support and why the unaffected arm still matters too.
AND YOU WON’T JUST BE READING ABOUT IT…
The guide includes practical exercise ideas throughout, with different starting points and ways to build on the movement if that gets easy.
You’ll also find clickable video links and QR codes so you can watch the exercises as well as see them in the guide.
This isn’t a one-size-fits-all exercise programme.
It’s about helping you understand that when a bigger movement feels difficult, there may be more than one place to start.
There is ALWAYS a starting point.
Sometimes you just need to look beyond the obvious to find it.