Online visits are a fundamental aspect of the remote neurorehabilitation system for post stroke recovery created by Dr. Valerio Sarmati. For these online visits, we use Skype, which is currently the best video calling system available worldwide. In fact, most of us are already familiar with this tool, and our philosophy is to always focus…
In recent years, we have been hearing more and more about the infinite possibilities offered by tele-medicine, which, thanks to the development of telecommunications, is revolutionizing the world of patient care and assistance, even from a distance. We can all appreciate its enormous potential, such as the possibility of having all our vital signs monitored…
The ability to promptly recognize cerebral ischemia and its symptoms can save a person’s life, and can greatly decrease the effects of the ischemia itself. Throughout my time as a rehabilitation professional, I have collected dozens of stories from patients who have told me that they showed certain signs and symptoms characteristic of cerebral ischemia…
Spasticity is one of the main consequences of stroke, and is a distinctive characteristic of hemiplegia. Spasticity is a phenomenon that is often encountered with “muscular hypertonicity”. Most experts agree that Spasticity, and therefore hypertonicity, is one of the greatest problems associated with Hemiplegia and cerebral stroke. In fact, it consists of a muscular reflex…
When it comes to stroke and post-stroke rehabilitation, the topic of “Botulinum toxin” is of fundamental importance. In recent years, we have become used to hearing about botulinum toxinin relation to aesthetic medicine, and have even learned to recognize which celebrities use it, who tend to share a common facial rigidity, and often have difficulty…
The extent to which a patient can recover following a stroke is one of the first questions that requires an answer, and unfortunately it’s one of the questions that the even experts in the field have trouble answering. Nevertheless, I will try to give you an answer, even if it won’t be easy. In fact, this is…
Left hemiplegia is the paralysis of the left part of the body after a lesion of the right hemisphere of the brain (non-dominant hemisphere) caused by a stroke or lack of oxygen. The right side of the brain controls the movements of the left side of the body, in this way people with stroke who…
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”][et_pb_row admin_label=”row”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Cerebral ischemia is one of the leading causes of stroke, and is caused by a lack of blood flow to the brain (ischemia). The blood circulation is interrupted due to the obstruction of an artery, which is responsible for nourishing the brain tissue. Cerebral ischemia is always a complex challenge…
There are little things that can be done during the course of the day in order to render the post-stroke rehabilitation and recovery process more productive. In fact, particular attention should be paid to the management of the hand affected by hemiparesis. In many cases, the stroke patient is afflicted by hypertonicity or spasticity in…
The Perfetti Method is a rehabilitative approach that was developed in the 1960s by Italian Professor Carlo Perfetti. It is currently the best rehabilitative response to the effects of stroke, hemiplegia, and spasticity. The Perfetti Method is also known as Cognitive Therapeutic Exercise, and more recently as Neurocognitive Rehabilitation. Professor Perfetti’s insights that gave…