Gymnastics after a stroke

Gymnastics for patients after a stroke is an important component of the recovery process. Most people who have had an attack remain invalids, as impaired motor activity. Specialists have developed special exercises that help improve blood circulation, metabolism , and they also reduce the stagnation of blood in tissues. All this makes it possible to improve the condition and return activity.

Important recommendations

Exercises of restorative gymnastics after a stroke should be performed already on the 3rd day after the attack. First, training should be done with the help of another person, which kneads hands, feet and other parts of the body, in general, this is the preparatory period. It is worth doing every day many times. It is important that a person does not feel pain.

Gymnastics after a stroke for bedridden patients

After doctors give permission to increase the load, you can proceed to the following exercises:

  1. Moving the view in different directions and making circular motions. You need to do everything in an average tempo, first with your eyes open, then with your eyes closed, about 10 times. After that, the eyelids are gently stroked and blink several times.
  2. The following exercises for passive gymnastics after a stroke are: focusing a look at one point in front and turning the head then to the right, then to the left. Make a 6 turn in both directions.

Therapeutic exercises after a stroke for sedentary patients

In this case, the load increases even more. Complement the complex of such exercises:

  1. From the "half-sitting" position, they lean back on the pillow, with their hands clinging to the edge of the bed, and legs stretch forward. The head is tilted, slightly bent and inhaled. They return to their original position and exhale again.
  2. Sit down on the bed, hands clinging to the edge, and legs stretch forward. Raise then the left, then the right foot a short distance. Do this exercise 4 times on each leg.