Steps to Follow - The Comprehensive Treatment of Patients with Hemiplegia - Grand Format

In the 15 years since publication of the first edition, Steps to Follow has gained a worldwide reputation among professionals as a unique practical guide to the treatment of neurologically impaired patients. This second, completely updated edition incorporates significant practical advances in early and later neurorehabilitation and in the understanding of the problems confronting both patients and those who work with them.
The relevant therapeutic activities to improve functional ability and quality of life following a stroke are described in detail with the help of 750 photos showing patients in action during treatment. Practical ways in which patients can be helped to interact more normally with their environment and so regain their independence, in spite of the perceptual disorders often associated with hemiplegia.
More detailed explanation of hand function and more in-depth analysis of normal walking. Revised chapters on the various therapeutic activities, including new ways to retrain selective movements and prevent or counteract increases in muscle tone. Deeper understanding of abdominal muscle activity, which is relevant to retraining balance reactions and sitting and standing. A new chapter demonstrating how David Butler's concept of the mobilisation of neural structures throughout the body can be of inestimable value.
Examples of ways in which therapists, nurses and relatives can help to avoid the development of secondary complications such as pain and loss of range of motion or overcome existing difficulties Ways in which the patient can maintain mobility and continue to make progress even after cessation of treatment, by exercising at home and participating in sporting and other leisure activities.