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    A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that leads to the brain is blocked or ruptured, preventing blood and oxygen from reaching the brain. This can cause paralysis or other neurological issues depending on which area of the brain is affected. Warning signs of a stroke include numbness, trouble walking or talking, and severe headaches. Risk factors include high blood pressure, smoking, obesity, and older age. Physical therapy after a stroke can help regain movement and strength and relearn tasks like walking, standing, and driving.

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    A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that leads to the brain is blocked or ruptured, preventing blood and oxygen from reaching the brain. This can cause paralysis or other neurological issues depending on which area of the brain is affected. Warning signs of a stroke include numbness, trouble walking or talking, and severe headaches. Risk factors include high blood pressure, smoking, obesity, and older age. Physical therapy after a stroke can help regain movement and strength and relearn tasks like walking, standing, and driving.

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    A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that leads to the brain is blocked or ruptured, preventing blood and oxygen from reaching the brain. This can cause paralysis or other neurological issues depending on which area of the brain is affected. Warning signs of a stroke include numbness, trouble walking or talking, and severe headaches. Risk factors include high blood pressure, smoking, obesity, and older age. Physical therapy after a stroke can help regain movement and strength and relearn tasks like walking, standing, and driving.

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    A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that leads to the brain is blocked or ruptured, preventing blood and oxygen from reaching the brain. This can cause paralysis or other neurological issues depending on which area of the brain is affected. Warning signs of a stroke include numbness, trouble walking or talking, and severe headaches. Risk factors include high blood pressure, smoking, obesity, and older age. Physical therapy after a stroke can help regain movement and strength and relearn tasks like walking, standing, and driving.

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    Stroke

    What is a Stroke?
    A stroke, also called a If the lack of blood lasts
    cerebral vascular accident longer than 10 minutes,
    (CVA), occurs when there is there may be brain death. Warning Signs
    damage to or a block in a A stroke can leave a person of a Stroke
    blood vessel that leads to the fully or partly paralyzed.
    brain. This block lowers the Paralysis is when a person Trouble walking
    amount of blood that gets to cannot feel or move parts Slurred speech
    the brain. of their body. Feeling dizzy
    Headaches
    The blocked vessel
    stops blood from
    Numbness
    getting to part of Blurry or lost
    your brain. vision
    Blocked blood
    vessel
    https://www.womenshealth.gov/publications/
    our-publications/the-healthy-woman/stroke.pdf

    What Puts You at Risk for Having a Stroke?


    6.8 million Americans Main Risk Factors Factors that Raise Your
    over the age of 20 for Stroke Risk for Stroke
    have had a stroke.
    Obesity Older age
    Once you have had a High blood More common in women
    stroke, your risk for pressure African American
    having another one is Smoking background
    higher. Diabetes Did not finish school
    Heart disease Living in south-east parts
    of the US
    If you think someone is
    having a stroke, call 9-1-1.
    Things to do as you wait:
    If they are awake:
    - Put them on their side with something
    under their head.
    - Loosen tight clothes so they can
    breathe easier.
    - Do not give them food or drinks.
    - Put something under weak arms or
    legs to hold them up.
    If they are not awake:
    - Put them on their side.
    - Look for breathing and feel for a
    heartbeat.
    - If there are no breaths or heartbeats,
    put them on their back and start CPR.
    http://dhhs.ne.gov/publichealth/HDSP/Pages/actfast.aspx

    What Can Physical Therapy Do for You After a Stroke?


    After a stroke, you might stay in a hospital or rehab center for a short time before going home. You
    may see a physical therapist (PT) in the hospital and/or as an outpatient in a PT clinic based on how
    much help you need to get better.
    After a stroke you may have weakness and a hard time moving around on your own. The therapist
    can help you get stronger and teach how to cope with any losses you may have.
    What can you do by yourself? PT can work with you to reach your goals!

    - Move around in bed - Stand without feeling weak


    - Sit up in bed - Drive your own wheelchair
    - Stand up from sitting - Change direction and speed of
    - Get in/out of bed or chair walking without losing balance
    - Stand without losing balance - Walk in the grocery store without
    getting tired
    http://www.cdc.gov/stroke/recovery.htm

    Authors: Grace Blankenhagen, SPT, Stephanie Larson, SPT, Margaret Taylor, SPT; Central Michigan University
    References
    1. McKinley M, OLoughlin VD. Human Anatomy. 3rd ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2011.
    2. What to do while you wait for a stroke. Stroke Foundation Website. https://strokefoundation.com.au/About-Stroke/Stroke-symptoms/What-to-do-while-
    you-wait-for-an-ambulance#sthash.uxGFRgKd.dpuf. Updated 2016. Accessed July 27, 2016.
    3. Go, AS, Mozaffarian D, Roger VL, et al; for the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Heart disease
    and stroke statistics2014 update: a report from the American Heart Association. Circulation. 2013;129(3). doi: 10.1161/01.cir.0000441139.02102.80.
    4. Liao Y, Greenlund KJ, Croft JB, Keenan NL, Giles WH. Factors explaining excess stroke prevalence in the US stroke belt. Stroke. 2009;40:3336-3341.
    doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.109.561688.

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