I think what Saebo is doing is remarkable; they are constantly pushing the limits of what stroke recovery means.

I have recently been working with a patient on our inpatient stroke unit whose status was asensory. When we began to work together, his left hand was absent of all sensation and he had very little spontaneous use of his left arm or shoulder. However, soon after we began using the SaeboStim Micro, this patient found an immediate sense of hope and relief based on near-immediate results. By the second session, he demonstrated improved coordination in grasp and release exercises. A box and blocks assessment clearly showed what a difference the glove was making. Without it, he scored 7 blocks per...
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I love the SaeboReJoyce and can use it with almost any patient.

The SaeboReJoyce keeps patients’ attention, is appropriate for multiple diagnoses, can be adapted to meet a variety of patient goals and treatment plans, and is really user-friendly and quick to set up. Whether I am working on hand grasp, finger pinch, wrist agility, or just overall engagement, the SaeboReJoyce is fun to work with and motivates patients to achieve new levels of rehabilitation. I would venture to say that it works with almost every patient who walks in my door. One of the surprising applications is with patients who suffer from cognitive deficits. Patients are able to work with the SaeboReJoyce longer and harder because they don’t...
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A Simplified Guide to Occupational Therapy for Strokes

Occupational therapy is an essential step along the road to recovery after a stroke. Patients who lose the capacity to perform daily tasks, such as the ability to maintain balance, concentrate, retain information, and even reach for an object, require the expertise of an occupational therapist to relearn these basic movements. The goal of the therapist is to help patients improve sensory and motor abilities that have been damaged. This is accomplished through reprogramming parts of the patients’ brains and helping them regain muscle control. Many stroke survivors struggle to live regular lives because skills and movements that used to be simple are now...
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I just want to scream to the world that the SaeboGlove is definitely the best product, so that every parent of a child with hemiplegia will know about it.

My son Tavion suffered a grade four brain bleed at birth. As a result, he has struggled with right-side hemiplegia his entire life. Over the course of his eleven years, he has become the king of doing things one-sided. It was nearly impossible to get him to use his right hand in play, at school, or in daily tasks. This started to change three months ago when Tavion received a SaeboGlove. Since he began wearing the SaeboGlove I have seen marked improvements in Tavion’s ability to pick up small things, grasp objects, and in his range of movement. What is most remarkable is that...
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Amazingly, within one week of using the SaeboStim Micro, I noticed significant improvement in my hand sensitivity.

Two years ago I experienced a stroke that resulted in left-sided weakness and loss of all function and sensitivity in my left hand. The lack of sensitivity in my hand was so extreme that at one point, when I was pulling something out of the oven, I started to smell burning flesh. I looked down and saw that my hand was laying on the coils of the oven without my awareness. The result of this was a second-degree burn. The loss of my hand function was already devastating enough; I became frightened that with continued accidents my hand would be...
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