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5 Best Sitting Balance Exercises for Stroke Patients (With Videos)
Learning how to sit up is one of the first major milestones in a person’s life. Unfortunately, after suffering a stroke, many survivors find themselves unable to sit up or stand safely. This is because balance is critical to maintaining these positions, and a stroke can affect a person’s ability to balance in several ways. After a stroke, many survivors experience weakness or loss of sensation on one side of their body. This weakness can lead to the inability to hold your body upright, and loss of sensation can make it difficult to know if you are seated safely or not. Another...
“We are grateful for the SaeboMAS and everything it has to offer!”
Krystal Maclin, OTR/L of Spire Rehab Hospital and her team were recently trained to use the SaeboMAS. This facility treats patients with varying diagnoses, from CVA to traumatic brain injury, and even cardiac patients. With the SaeboMAS, their patients were able to perform a wide variety of functional movements — like reaching down to tie their shoes or reaching into their back pockets — and other activities that they never thought they could achieve before using this dynamic mobile arm support. Hear Krystal’s story in the video below.
Hocoma and Saebo Partner to Deliver Compact, Affordable Rehabilitation Solution for Upper Extremities
ZURICH, Switzerland and CHARLOTTE, North Carolina – July 17, 2017. Hocoma and Saebo today announced a partnership to improve the training possibilities for patients with moderate to mild impairments of the upper extremities. Together, the SaeboMas Mini and the ArmeoSenso deliver an easy-to-use, compact solution at an affordable price. “Saebo is committed to helping patients around the globe achieve a new level of independence”, said Henry Hoffman, co-founder of Saebo. “Together with an industry leader such as Hocoma, we believe we can maximize the potential of our affordable and evidence-based solutions.” “We are very excited to be working with Saebo”, said Hocoma CEO...
Depression After Stroke: What is the Connection?
Despite increased public awareness about mental illnesses like depression, many people still are not very familiar with the condition and its symptoms. Depression is not simply feeling sad or down. It’s a serious illness that can have a host of mental and physical effects, including loss of interest in previously enjoyable activities, inability to perform ordinary tasks, muscular pain, and hopelessness. Stroke survivors have a one in four chance for serious depression. And the insidious thing about depression is that it can come and go, but once you’ve had it, it’s much more likely to return. Serious depression can last for weeks, months, or...
