Recovery after surgery, stroke and illness
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Brain and nerves
Keep moving well with Parkinson'sSteps have grown smaller and doorways feel narrower than they used to.Keep your parent walking safely with dementiaMum or Dad walks more slowly now, and every trip to the bathroom makes you hold your breath.Living and moving well with MSSome days your legs feel heavy and the heat makes it worse.Rebuilding life after a spinal cord injuryEverything at home needs a new plan, and you want someone who works through it with you.Rebuilding strength after Guillain-BarreThe weakness has passed its worst, and you want to know how to get strong again safely.Recovering your face after Bell's palsyOne side of your face will not move as it did, and you avoid mirrors and photographs.Recovery at home after a brain injuryHe looks like himself, yet walking, tiring and concentrating are not what they were.Stroke rehabilitation, step by stepThe ward has sent you home, and the real work of getting movement back starts here.
After surgery
Do daily tasks again after shoulder replacementCombing your hair, reaching a shelf and getting dressed are what you want back.Get moving again after a broken boneThe cast is off or the plates are in, and the limb feels stiff, weak and strangely unfamiliar.Get your knee moving after meniscus surgeryThe keyhole surgery was small, yet the knee still feels stiff, tender and unsure.Help your parent walk again after hip fractureOne fall changed everything, and now the family wants to know how to get Mum or Dad moving.Move freely again after hip replacementThe hip pain that kept you awake is behind you, and you want to trust the leg.Moving forward after an amputationEverything about getting around has changed, and you want a clear first step you can trust.Rebuild your knee after ACL reconstructionThe surgery is done and the real work starts, with a knee you want to trust on court.Use your arm again after rotator cuff repairYour arm is in a sling, nights are uncomfortable, and you wonder when it will feel like yours.Use your hand again after a wrist fractureThe cast is off or the plate is in, and your hand feels like someone else's.Walk with confidence again after spinal surgeryThe operation on your back is over, and every bend, turn and long sit feels risky.Walk, climb and sit again after knee replacementYou are home from the ward, and the stairs, the toilet and the car all look different now.Walking again after an ankle fractureThe bone is mending, but your ankle is stiff, swollen and not sure it can take your weight.
After illness or a hospital stay
Breathe easier and do more each dayStairs, a shower or a short walk leave you gasping, and you have started avoiding them.Gentle recovery from long COVIDThe infection passed, yet the tiredness and breathlessness stayed, and nobody can say why.Getting your strength back after illnessThe illness is over, but your legs shake on the stairs and a short walk leaves you breathless.Rebuilding at home after intensive careYou are out of the ward, yet your body feels weaker than the illness seemed to explain.Regaining energy after cancer treatmentTreatment is behind you, but the tiredness is not, and everyone expects you to feel fine.Steadier on your feet, fewer fallsYou have had a fall or a near miss, and now every step at home feels risky.Walking confidently after heart surgeryThe operation went well, and now you are afraid to move in case something gives.
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