Stroke Survivor Receives Therapy at Home.wmv

Stroke Survivor Receives Therapy at Home.wmv – Stroke survivor, Steve, received occupational therapy at home after a major stroke incapacitated him 3 months earlier. We enlisted the services of a home health agency that sent therapists to our home to help him learn how to walk and use his arm again. This video shows the exercises the occupational therapist used with Steve. Read more about his stroke recovery at http:/www.strokesurvivorblog.com

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