where to start? recommendations needed

[boosted3800]

Well I took some of both of your advice. Hopefully, I am headed down the right track. I visited the physiologist who just happened to be the former director of Dodd Hall in Columbus which is one of the best neuro rehab facilities in the country. He recommended specific therapists for me here and I am also going to Dodd Hall soon.

After evaluating me he said that my issue was more with proprioception than anything and that my balance is related to proprioception?

Thank you for the help! Any further info would be much appreciated. I have been doing things like touching a limb then touching my nose, clapping, throwing a ball, etc.

[boosted3800]

Well I have about 2 weeks to decide where to go for neuro rehab. So far I have researched Dodd Hall in Columbus, RIC which seems very good, and Kennedy-Kreiger is MD which seems good too.


Anywhere else to consider for neuro rehab?

[boosted3800]

In two weeks I will be in rehab with any luck. Any last minute tips or suggestions?

[oc1dean]

If you need some reading on stroke recovery and neuroplasticity, which is the basis of all stroke recovery, try these:
Here are the books I've read on neuroplasticity.
The mind and the Brain : neuroplasticity and the power of mental
force / Jeffrey M. Schwartz and Sharon Begley.
Train Your Mind, Change
Your Brain: How a New Science Reveals Our Extraordinary Potential to
Transform Ourselves by Sharon Begley
The brain that changes itself : stories of personal triumph from the frontiers of brain science / Norman Doidge.
The body has a mind of its own : how body maps in your brain help you do (almost) everything better Sandra Blakeslee and Matthew Blakeslee.
Stronger After Stroke by Peter Levine.
The deer-in-the headslights look is extremely common for all stroke survivors because there is nothing on the efficacy of treatments, you may need to do all your research yourself.
Dean, stroke survivor