You’ll get tons of conflicting advice and opinions after your stroke. Keep in mind what works for others might not work for you, however as an OT there’s a few things I can say that applies to all survivors.

Resources:

Shoulder Pulley video: @OT_Elli on TikTok

Shoulder Sling video: @newportorthoinstitute on TikTok

AOTA Guidelines for Practice: https://www.aota.org/practice/practic...

Not Using Shoulder Pulleys: Cotoi, A., Viana, R., Wilson, R., Chae, J., Miller, T., Foley, N., & Teasell, R. (2016). Painful hemiplegic shoulder. In R. Teasell, N. Hussein, N. Foley, & A. Cotoi (Eds.), Evidencebased review of stroke rehabilitation (17th ed., pp. 1–56). Ontario: Canadian Partnership for Stroke Rehabilitation.

Not Using Shoulder Pulleys: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2383382/

Not Using Traditional Arm Slings: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28145...

Not Using Traditional Arm Slings: Gillen, G. & Nilsen, D.M. (2021). Upper extremity function and management. In Gillen, G.and Nilsen, D.M.(eds.) Stroke rehabilitation: A function based approach (5th ed.). St. Louis: Elsevier Science.

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Time Stamps:
00:00 Intro
00:13 Using a Shoulder Pulley
01:05 Traditional Arm Sling
02:00 Not Using Your Affected Side
03:19 Taking Aspirin Without Doc's Approval
03:53 Forgetting About Secondary Stroke Prevention
04:33 Not Setting Goals
05:15 Skipping Home Rehab
05:57 Ignoring Your Mental Health
06:54 Outro



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