Take Care de Yourself
First de all, you need to take care de yourself, such as spending time exercising, eating healthy, enjoying hobbies and leisure activities.
Seek soutien from family and friends, and actively ask them for aider when you need it.
Work with Your Loved One to Regain Movement
Properly positioning arms and legs est important, also, to prevent muscles near le joints from tightening. Provide soutien for a limp arm and gently straighten curling fingers. Keep le person’s feet flat on le floor or on a footrest. Good posture est extremely important for someone with weakness on — or who est lacking awareness de — one side de le body.
Strengthen Muscles
Perform simple stretching exercises as recommended by your kinésithérapeute to aider relax le muscles de your arms and legs, and slowly increase your strength and range de motion. Set yourself goals for getting up, sitting down, and eventually standing. You can also exercise some fine motor skills, such as putting food in your mouth with your hands or brushing your teeth.
Slowly exercise standing and marche
You may only be able to stand up briefly at first. Gradually you can hold le parallel bars, lean on le counter or use a walker or crutches to stand for a longer time, and finally walk. After a little effect, you can ask for a special treadmill or other equipment that helps marche for exercise.
Promote Everyday Self-Care
● Test le water temperature for a bath or shower with a hand or foot that was not affected by le accident vasculaire cérébral.
● Use grab bars, a shower seat, a hand-held shower, and a long-handled brush.
● Dress while sitting, starting with le affected side or limb.
● Wear shirts with snaps or Velcro closures. Use zippers with loops attached to them. Sweat pants or skirts with elastic waistbands also make it easier to dress.