30-Minute, Real-Time In-Bed Workout to Improve Leg Strength After Stroke
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 พ.ค. 2024
- You all asked for leg exercises, so I’m here to deliver again! This video covers 8 exercises that can be done lying down in bed and are aimed at improving leg strength and range of motion after stroke. If my seated exercise video was a little too challenging for you, try this one!
I show you modifications for most of the exercises. Use this real-time, 30-minute workout video to come back to daily or every other day to keep your recovery journey progressing at home!
What You’ll Need:
A kitchen or bath towel
A small pillow
30 minutes
Willingness to work out with me!
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Time Stamps
0:00 Intro
0:21 Leg Raises
3:37 Bridges
8:37 Windshield Wipers/Clamshells
13:31 Hip Rotation
19:24 Heel Slides
26:43 Knee Push-Downs/Extension
30:11 Toe Lifts/Ankle Dorsiflexion
32:54 Ankle Inversion/Eversion
35:59 Outro
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Medical Disclaimer: All content on this channel is for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to serve as a substitute for medical advice or treatment from a physician or qualified healthcare provider. Talk to your doctor before starting a new exercise or therapy regimen.
My dad had a stroke 1 week ago, I'll view these videos and assist him in his recovery.
I had a stroke back in March I’m still getting inpatient rehab these videos are excellent when I’m not in my rehab session so i still strengthen my body on my own to get out of this hospital faster. My left side is the affected side and it is so frustrating
I’m 6 years out from my stroke and am so happy I just found your videos. They are very helpful- thank you!
2 days and I can already see improvements in my grandfather...Thank you so much Doctor!😊😊😊
@femmazurita, That is amazing! I'm so happy to hear that❤️
Actually these are all great exercises, not just after stroke, but for everyone anytime. And well demonstrated! Merely for the hip rotation I would say, be careful, don't overly twist your lower back.
Dr. I am sooo thankful for these videos. May God continued to Bless you in sharing, these exercises.
Thank you again.
Working with my 82yo mom (post ischemic stroke - 5months) and for both of us hearing your 'voice of authority' confirm what we've been doing her has been a great help - at least I now know my layman's understanding of the body is spot on. Now for mom to continue to allow us to continue with the exercises.
Thank you for taking time out to make this video for free , thank you.
Thank you for making video! Will try to do excercises had stroke 4wks ago, left arm& leg very weak, hopefully will help to get back to near normal sooner rather then later
Hi Deborah,
Had it six months ago which left my right arm numb and unable to do almost anything so had to use my left one which was very hard. Right leg was also affected and weak. I improved a lot by following Elyse’s Post Stroke exercises. Arm recovered quickly and is back to normal although it remains a bit weaker than the left one. Leg improved too, but I still have some balance issues.
Keep your hopes strong and have trust in your improvement/recovery.
Warm wishes
Thank you so much for helping me find strength again, your voice confirms me all the time that this too should pass, God bless you 💖 I am forever grateful 🙏
@mayradelacrus, You are so welcome. I'm so glad you're finding my videos helpful ❤️
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@@PostStrokeOrg hi is me again my brother has hemorrhage October 19 2023,he was paralized but he starting to move an lift up the leg is that means any promises?
I am Stroke Pationt since2015 now I recovered slowly your Excercise very useful to me thankyou
Hello sir
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Thnk u maam beter nxt time
So thankful for these videos I had a stroke six weeks ago and before I ever got completely diagnosed my wife and I found these videos online and we started doing these exercises even before they diagnose me because we could tell all the symptoms And so when I got to physical and occupational therapy They said that the fact that I was doing these exercises ahead of time really helped in my progression I had absolutely no use of my right side for several weeks in now that I'm back to doing the exercises I'm ahead of the ball Thank you again
Way to go! I had mine 6 weeks ago and today I stood up my myself using a hospital gadget but on my own for half a minute…I feel like I’ve won a school prize! Trouble is the physios will make media minute tomorrow and it hurt like mad!
Thank u so much fo ur encouragement my son who is very smart he also reads alot I thank God for him even though he's very ushy and can make u work too hard to the point of no return I know he means ell h also, had an beautiful wife we ho has to let him know that he can't expect to for me to recover overnight but, I'm gonna keep watching u because I've never been a gutter an d I'm not gonna start lacking off noim very grateful for ur video will continue to watch everyday thankful. For ur videos helping people as myself all over the. World wonderful kee ur Blessings coming and. Thank go for technology now after all these years I'm 60years old and glad to be a part of it even though it hurts like hell witch let's me know I'm doin the right thing I'll comment with you tomorrow have as n good day hopefully at the same time but ,an different part of my body hope everyone else i on the ER same page as oit will b vgratefor u asell dhood lgood luck too u all have an amazing I'm sure we share the same pain but, that's the e beauty o the or out encouragig
Thank you Dr Elyse I'm currently doing this exercise and very useful to stroke patient like me.
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thanks Doc! It really help
Thank you so much
The exercises are very helpful. I had hip and knee dislocation in an accident and I didn't go for surgery, l had the hip abducted then fixed on skin traction for six weeks and now my hip and knee are always hurting me and very weak and heavy that I can not walk please what can I do.
Bridge with one leg straight is very good exercise, Great job Miss
Thank you Dr for what you do in this channel
Great group of leg and ankle exercises. Thank you.
These exercises are so helpful, thank you.
Thank u Maam for a helpful exercise.
Thank you. I enjoy your workout
Thank you doctor... I'm in year 2 in my stroke recovery. This year I feel like I'm going to get all my muscle groups firing all when I need them. Well I'm hopeful
Thanks your is good for those bedridden.iam bedridden cannot even help myself ofdoing personal hygience.i am almost 3years stroke patient which has difficulty in walking or not walking coz of weak left leg.thanks for the video exercise.for I know it will help me to move my lrgt leg. God bless you and may God reward those pérson who do goodto us for sharing a free video on line😅❤❤
Hi Dr I dont know what to say thank you good exercise. I exercise a lot after stroke been recovering with exercise love your exercises detail God bless you.
@johnriwa, I'm so glad you're finding them helpful! Thank you for the kind words 😊
This leg exersice the way you do it is for normal person you don’t focus on the limitation that we all have yes you talk about it but you continue for a person with no limitations
Thanks for all those exercises doc. It helps me a lot.
My pleasure! ❤️
Hi thank you so much for both explaining and showing how to go about the excersises. In my case I can't raise my legs, top of it cannot flex too . Please suggest what needs to be. Thank you so much
That was helpful thank u😊
Useful for walking! Thanks bud
Its a lot of help with me as a Mild Stroke
Thank you doc. I am going to do these exercises with my 82 year old dad who is recovering from stroke.
Of course! I hope you both are doing well ❤️
Thanks for introduce Good exercise for effect legs
Thank you🥰😍🤩
Thank you
Thank you doctor for the resourceful video. God bless you
You are so welcome!
Very nice
Hey I will like
other exercises thank YOU very much GOD BLESS YOU !!!
شكرا جزيلا
Best video!!
Doctor God bless you for all.🙏🙏
Thank you 😊
Thank you mam,for your kindness to show me the right way of exercise..
So welcome!
Thank you for these video - I have right side weakness after a stroke 5 weeks ago. Daily making progress.
I’m sorry to hear about your recent stroke but glad to hear about your progress!
Thank you for your help it's slow coming along 😘
@TiffanyThomas You're so welcome! Recovery is definitely a slow process, which I know can be frustrating. You got this, though! And I'm right here alongside you ❤️
You the best seen online.Thanks God bless
Thank you so much for kind words! Hope you’re well!
This is very helpful. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!☺️
Thank you doctor
@sarahassaba, You are so welcome!
the leg raise I've been trying for several years, had a massive stroke June 2011 but cant make it work for me my weak leg shakes uncontrolably when lifting it. Which is discouraging. Thank you for taking the time and effort to make these vids, I for one due to certain life circumstances don't have access to a physiotherapist. So doing it on my own with self treatment and bed exercises. I just wish you where nearby. I could use your help. Its hard to do stroke recovery on your own.
@deondewit, Thanks for sharing and for the kind words! Yes, it can be really hard to work on recovery when you don't have a strong support system (with family or with formal therapy). I hope that you continue to find my videos helpful though! ❤️
Hello mam thank you so much for sharing the above video. Problem i face is i can't both raise or flex my limbs. Need some one help for the same. Please teach me how to flex my limbs on my own. Awaiting reply angel ❤❤❤
@@PostStrokeOrgthere is something i want to ask if you dont mind. Email/whatsap
Sorry my dear ones, for sure it's hard on your own. But God is with you. Believe all will be well.
Let's not forget it's a stroke wedealing with. After a year and half anytime I move or raise my weak leg the affected hand goes up automatically. Looks like I cannot detach my leg from my hand. They always move together. Any help pls
Thank you very much
@save1, You are very welcome :)
excellent Exercise
Thanks again. I’m going to walk the Cali beaches when it gets warmer❤also, do you ever mention the mental aspects after a stroke like cognition issues. That is my issue😢 Post stroke 18m❤😊tfs
So beautiful and resourceful..😊 Thank you...
Good exercise and video too.
@manishgaikwad, Thank you so much for your kind words!
Thanks a lot.
You’re very welcome!☺️
Hi, this video is great I am wondering if you have anymore hip,lower back,maybe some glute exercises?
Thank you for this class . May God. Less you throughout your life time !
@sarasorento2438 ❤️
Thanks doc! It really helps me💕
it also help me. could you pleas help me by showing for me as i am a patient of vascular perkinsions disis.
Dr I taking your knowledge after stroke give me strengthning
Good day Madame
Very nice and strengthen exercise.
Two years back with an accident, I was unconscious by a blood clot in skull nerve. I almost recovered everything with my self confidence.
My foot ankle in SPASTICITY, by dorsiflexion (down).
Thanks for your help.
What more exercises to walking balancefully?
Thank you again.
Thank you so very much. My foot has no movement at all so am not able to do the last three exercises. How do I get the foot to move please?
Maam you are doing great work ..please make a video on ankle drop after stroke and finger fine moments ❤
@shashank.rajput Thanks so much! I actually have videos on both foot drop and fine motor movements which you can find in my stroke recovery exercise playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLCFErTBkcJJjDB4jkKEvcZg7V5H0dXZEO.html
so helpful!! I have a podcast that im going to mention your videos
I'm 13 months post stroke and this us helpful Thanks
I’m so glad! Hope you’re doing well ❤️
Suitable exercise 😮
After my stroke, I have pain in the opposite leg … not the leg that was affected by the stroke. Will the exercises work on this side as well?
God bless 🙏 Doctor this exercise is good for my stroke thanks
Very good 😊, like my, thank you
@jamilibrahim, So welcome! 😊
We need to learn these exercises for mt degree
Can you give some information on how to straighten a contracted spastic leg, that will only get to about 80 to 90 degrees and stops
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I am post bleed stroke for 1 year. Do you have any recommendations for knee hypertension. Thank you for all the great videos.
Awesome videos thank you.
Great Video, Going to try these with Mom (89), anything similar for shoulder/arm/hand in bed please? Many thanks
@cheryldance, Awesome! I don't have any arm exercises in bed (but thank you for that idea!). My arm and hand stretches for spasticity video (th-cam.com/video/_ELCjpovYTk/w-d-xo.html) may be helpful. It shows some ways she can use her unaffected arm to passively move her affected arm. Hope you find it helpful and that you both are doing well ❤️
Hi Thanks, just played the video, looks great, and certainly worth a try - Many thanks
@cheryldance, You're so welcome! Let me know what you think 😊
Great exercise, however 3 years into hemorrhagic stroke and I still cannot do even the slightest ankle inversion/eversion, what's your suggestion?
Excellent 👏 thank you 😊
@zoranpopovic, You're so welcome ❤️
This is much better and doable
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Wonderful video! I have a question... When you demonstrate an exercise on the affected leg, should we also do it on the unaffected leg, so both sides get the work? Or just the affected side?
@carolehiebert, This is great question! I'd encourage you to work both legs. You'll end up working on stabilizing muscles in your affected leg when moving the unaffected leg and visa versa :) Thanks for asking!
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i m having AVM , due to seizures, my left side is weak n i hv alot of issue due to fingers grip, kindly guide about fingers grip ....thanks
I had a stroke in may and the muscles in my right leg have atrophied. Can I build the muscles back with weight training?
Hi Dr Elyse...I have a question Will these exercises work on a patient 3 years post stroke?please reply
@thegmshow, Great question! Luckily, our brains are capable of adapting and changing throughout our lifetime, even after a stroke. You can definitely try these exercises 3 years post stroke, as long as you're cleared by your doctor. Here is a video you may find helpful that talks about how progress can happen long after a stroke occurs: th-cam.com/video/PUfW-CySHas/w-d-xo.html
Thank u i had strock 10month ago,its realy slow healing i dont nkow if am going to walk again 😢
You're so welcome! The not knowing can be really difficult. I hope you continue to have access to therapy!
Is it good for sci
But I'm definitely alot stronger than when I started. Do you have any videos to help combat spasticity in the left arm. Although I've be getting botox in my arm I try to extend my arm but it gets locked up at the elbow making it hard for me to straighten my effected arm out
I do! There are actually several different stretching videos for spasticity you can find in my Stroke Recovery Exercise playlist ☺️
Hello I have been watching your videos on TH-cam.
My mom had had tumor excision surgery and her left side is affected. She can move her leg but no hand movements. yet.
She can't walk well and she has knee hyperextension
I wish you could record a video to improve leg muscles to prevent hyper extension and improve walking. She can't also balance her trunk and core
@navidhasani, I'm so sorry to hear about your mom. I hope that she is healing okay from her surgery and that you both are well. Thank you for your suggestion!
@@PostStrokeOrg Do you have any suggestions for me?
can the patient be doing this passively? the patient lost control of the left side limb, both arm and legs
I had a stroke just 5 months back. Your leg lifting looks easy...but trying to do that..my knee gives up, my leg is never straight. How do I get a lock on my knee?
My affected side is on the left leg but I have trouble to go away to my left. Any way to help
Could I use arm to assist knee bend in heel slides? THat is only modification I could come up with.
Hi! I had a stroke(hemiplegia, left side, 2007) 14 years ago but tho I have been working semi normally, i.e., I work full time, move around effectively, but awkwardly. I cant drive but can walk about 2 -3 kms at a stretch.
My gait is awful, affected leg strength is weak and getting worse however hard I try. I am 72, in pain most of the time, but I dont seem to be getting near normal in walk and strength. I am determined to get back on a tennis court and a golf course. Can you help or suggest something? I mean exercises specific to my situation. I live in India.
I'm sorry you are having a set back. That must be very frustrating. Unfortunately, I can make any specific recommendations due to legal licensure requirements. If you have the ability, I'd talk with your doctor about the pain issues and setbacks you've been experiencing.
I'm in the same shape. 67. Living in Mexico. Just keep moving....Dr. Tara Tobias on TH-cam offers quality rehab videos, too (she's in Florida, USA)
I wear an AFO on my affected leg, should I keep it on or take it off for these?
@pameladavies, great question! The answer is always, "It depends." haha. You could try without the AFO first and see if you're able to work through the movements. If it's too difficult, put the AFO back on! :)
@@PostStrokeOrg Thank you I will have to try when my husband is home. I can put the AFO on myself but not the shoes. hard to get the shoe on over the AFO & tie up the shoe one handed.
Thanx it really strength my legs but when i try to walk the brain is walking after the leg movement and i see that the brain is shaking ...
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@grakshan, :)
I wish I had access to these videos after my stroke. It's been 6 yrs now & I'm not able to do most of these exercises
I use a strap to assist raising my leg. Is that OK?
I have foot drop from the past 8 yrs I am unable to take up my foot. Please let me know what kind of exercise i have perform.
You may find this video on foot drop helpful! th-cam.com/video/Q2o-IMXAOKs/w-d-xo.html
If there is a music. Version, they may Want to do it.
Maybe a few different track videos. ❤👍👍🎈
For After.learning, here..
Madam ask you how to fix a rotating legs
Elyse, butterfly exercise is too painful for affected side. Shall I stop doing that?
My general recommendation is to not push through pain! ❤️
After or before taking a bath ? Please reply ma'am.thanks
Can you clarify what you mean by this question? Thank you!
Had a stroke 2yrs ago no help with physical therapy but I try my best to watch and work with you.
My left feet and legs don't work well
I could not pull my affected leg when sliding, can I use the left leg to help out?
@doty.5822 Yes! A general recommendation I make is to use your unaffected side if you need to, but make sure you're still activating your affected limb to get the most benefit 😊 Talk with your doctor or therapist if you have any concerns or questions!
I had massive stroke it helps to walk me to other rooms in house
I have foot club do you have exercise for me?
Dr my left side is paralysed my left leg a toes are bending down,that’s why I’m not able to walk . What exercise can do to my toes as like as my right leg . Please help
Do you have drop foot?
@@samkitty5894 yes alongside hammer /clawed toes