|
Friday, 17 October, 2008 0:37 AM
Are Strokes a “Life Sentence”
For Your Loved Ones?
Book
Cover © Taking Charge Books, Inc.
"Taking
Charge of Your Stroke Recovery: A Personal Recovery Workbook"
Dallas,
TX – Every second a person in the world suffers a
devastating stroke. In the United States, over 600,000 people experience
strokes every year and the total number of stroke survivors is estimated
by authorities to be more than four million. The result of these
occurrences is damaged brain tissue that appears to be irreversible.
A staggering 50% of those who survive are left with lifelong infirmities
affecting speech, movement and even thought.
Imagine
watching a loved one suddenly rendered silent and helpless with
crippling brain damage said to be incurable. But what if they could
fully recover? Roger Maxwell, author of the new book "Taking
Charge of Your Stroke Recovery: A Personal Recovery Workbook"
(www.takingchargebooks.com),
suffered a massive stroke in his late 40's. Advised he could only
“cross his fingers and wait” when insurance-paid hospital
rehab ended and left him severely disabled, Maxwell realized he
had to take charge of his own stroke recovery.
Maxwell
recognized that searching for the keys to recovery from stroke in
reams of medical literature was like finding inventions in massive
engineering reports – something he was expert at doing. Through
his research, Maxwell developed unique methods to rehabilitate his
physical health and mental functions. He succeeded overwhelmingly,
teaching himself to speak and walk again, to jog and ultimately
to run marathons. He now enjoys life unhampered by any disabilities.
Taking Charge
of Your Stroke Recovery: A Personal Recovery Workbook is a step-by-step,
home-based recovery method that reveals the techniques of recovery
proven in clinical studies to be the most effective.
|
Maxwell
calls these principles “Recovery Basics.” He shares
the following little known facts about stroke recovery:
1.
Far more stroke survivors can fully recover from the effects
of stroke than currently do. While you are a unique individual,
the brain’s structure and function is virtually the
same in everyone, so each person has the same capacity to
recover if the right things are done. Many scientific studies
and reports over the past two decades confirm this.
2.
Stroke survivors need to take charge of their stroke recovery
to fully recover from stroke. If stroke survivors just wait
to see if they will recover while doing nothing, they might
not. They have to take action.
3.
You can prevent your stroke from becoming a “life sentence”!
Being disabled by stroke is like being in prison – and
the prison is the stroke survivor’s body. It is worth
time and effort to get out of prison!
4.
Good brain nutrition is important. We know that cutting off
oxygen to the brain for ten minutes can cause irreparable
damage. Likewise, the presence or absence of certain nutrients
can have a rapid and profound effect on your brain. The right
diet and nutrients are crucial to maximum brain healing and
health!
5.
Doing the right exercises the right way is key. Intensive,
aggressive and repetitive exercise and practice are the best
at helping people improve anything, including recovering from
stroke disabilities.
|
In this
innovative book, Maxwell tells people exactly what to do to complete
their stroke recovery after they get home from the hospital (and
what nutrients can help). Whatever the stroke defects, and whatever
the reader wants – such as ability to walk unaided, speak
better, a “sharper” mind, a better memory, or reduced
pain – this book will help people achieve it.
About Roger Maxwell
Roger Maxwell
says that when he first suffered the stroke, all his functions were
affected except for thinking. As an experienced patent attorney
who understands intensive research, he was able to develop the “right
things” to do, step by step: everything from forms of exercise,
nutrition, and rehabilitating thinking skills, to how your caregiver
can best help. The pages of this book include a choice of recovery
plans, goals, worksheets and complete instructions. He credits his
wife and caregiver, Kathy, as well as co-author Daveda Lamont, for
helping provide the clear roadmap to recovery found in “Taking
Charge of your Stroke Recovery: A Personal Recovery Workbook.”
Maxwell’s
book is available at www.takingchargebooks.com.
Source: News and Experts
|
