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Diabetes and Your Stroke Risk
You may not think to connect two different health concerns like stroke and diabetes, but if you have diabetes, you are 1.5 times more likely to suffer a stroke. Why? It has to do with a key player in the body’s regulation of glucose (blood sugar): insulin. If insulin levels are off or it’s not put to proper use in the body, build up results and the likelihood of stroke increases. Fortunately, there a number of ways to control your diabetes, and if you do that, you simultaneously decrease your risk of having a stroke. The research cited below will help...
Which Saebo Hand Rehabilitation Device is Right For You?
In 2001, two occupational therapists had one goal: to provide neurological clients access to transformative and life-changing products for improving arm and hand function. Frustrated with the current devices on the market that were limited, expensive, and inaccessible for home use, the founders were inspired to create new, revolutionary solutions. What started as a dream has now become Saebo, a global provider of affordable rehabilitative products designed to improve mobility and function in individuals suffering from neurological and orthopedic conditions. With a vast network of Saebo-trained clinicians spanning six continents, Saebo has helped over 200,000 clients around the globe achieve a...
Recovering from Foot Drop: The Benefits of Foot Drop Braces
After suffering an orthopedic or neurological injury or disease, it is common for clients to experience decreased lower-extremity coordination. When a client feels more weakness or spasticity in the muscles responsible for lifting the foot, it is called foot drop. Often, a client experiencing foot drop will try to compensate for this impairment by hiking their hip or bending their knee more so they don’t drag the foot. This is known as “steppage gait,” and because the compensation movements are abnormal, it can lead to worsening back problems. Clients can manage and often overcome foot drop by using supportive foot-drop braces like the...
The Relationship Between Seizures and Strokes
Strokes can damage the brain in many ways, and these negative effects take different forms depending on the person and their stroke. But in general, strokes can influence emotions, mobility, verbal communication, behavior, and memory. One problem caused by stroke that’s harder to notice is the increased risk of seizures. Seizures are actually more common after stroke than you might have guessed. Statistics show that seizures afflict 22 percent of people who suffer from strokes. They are important to watch out for as they indicate malfunctions in brain activity and cause an altered state of awareness for a stretch of time. The information below gives you...
