Stroke and Rehabilitation Book Recommendations

Why I recommend it:
A thirty-seven- year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke in the left hemisphere of her brain.  She reaching wide audiences through her talk at the Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) conference and her appearance on Oprah’s online Soul Series

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For half a century we have been trained to believe that our right brain hemisphere is our emotional brain, while our left brain houses our rational thinking. Now neuroscience shows that it’s not that simple

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This book is tremendously helpful in dismissing the negative connotations of “plateau.” It provides hope and inspiration for a continuum along the path of recovery. You will refer to it often.

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Some of the newest breakthroughs in health, including stroke, which included a snapshot of my experience with Healthcare VR.

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How the attitude of a rebel drove a wife, mother, former model, and entrepreneur to persevere after a stroke changed her life dramatically.

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A Stanford professor’s journey of answering the tough question of “Who Am I Now?” after suffering a devastating stroke that changed her life forever.

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This is like having a personal therapist at your side, simplifying the medical jargon, answering your questions, guiding and empowering you each step of the way.

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Revealing not only the incredible physical and emotional toll of his stroke but how it has changed his life for the better, Douglas shares the lessons that saved him and helped him to heal.

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Tedy gives you something to believe in. Whether we’re winning or losing, he holds his head high, and he knows himself and handles himself so well, others can’t help but follow him.

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An aneurysm caused strokes that left him partially blind and incapacitated at just thirty-eight years old. Yet since appearances are everything in Hollywood, he hid the full details about his condition from the press and continued to film Hercules, the world’s number one TV series. he hid the full details about his condition from the press and continued to film Hercules, which was the number-one TV series in the world.

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These quick practical tips are useful and make you consider what is possible.

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Sharon Stone shares how she fought her way back to find her truth and her family’s reconciliation and love. This is an amazing perspective from a Hollywood star.

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Helpful for families and loved ones as they get a perspective of overcoming a traumatic brain injury from a patient’s perspective

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The determination, focus, and life-changing story will leave you inspired and amazed at what a champion can achieve if you push hard every day.

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A wonderful book to help educate children ad families on how to B.E.F.A.S.T and help a families member of friend

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A doctor stroke story that doesn’t sugar coat the experience but helps you realize you must never give up and need to push and focus on healing

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A two-time stroke survivor’s experience of learning, through trial and error, and how attitude would play the most important role in her remarkable recovery.

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While traveling, he experienced symptoms that led him to a hospital, where he was misdiagnosed with the flu. Misinformation not only delayed his treatment, but it also nearly cost him his life.

Why I recommend it:
In this one-of-a-kind collection of stories about surviving and thriving after stroke, people from all over the U.S. tell it like it is about the tragedies and triumphs they experienced after stroke.