What are some daily exercises for stroke or brain injury recovery?
Quick answer: Build your own home program from what your physical, occupational, and speech therapists use in your sessions, and practice every day. For speech and language, tools like Aphasia Studio, the Tactus Therapy apps, and Constant Therapy can fill the gaps between sessions. Check with your speech therapist that they fit your goals.
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What are some daily exercises for stroke or brain injury recovery? You kind of have to piece together different resources to make your own program.
Ask your therapists what they're doing
Ask your PT, your OT, or your speech therapist what they're doing so you can do the same thing. Ask them what they're using in therapy, so that you can do that at home, too.
Once a week isn't enough
Speech and language practice at home
For speech therapy, if you have aphasia, apraxia, or cognitive-linguistic deficits: go to Aphasia Studio, get the Tactus Therapy apps, and get Constant Therapy.
Check with your speech therapist
Then ask your speech therapist: are these the right tools for me?
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What the research says
The largest study of aphasia therapy, pooling data from 959 people across 25 trials, found the biggest language gains came with 20 to 50 total hours of therapy. A once-a-week session doesn't get most people there, which is why home practice matters. More in How Much Speech Therapy Do You Need to Recover From Aphasia?
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