Recovery after a stroke depends heavily on repetition and specificity — practising the actual tasks you want to get back, in high volume. Improvement is fastest in the early months but does not stop there, and people continue to gain function years afterwards with the right program. We work alongside your rehabilitation team rather than duplicating it.

Does this sound like you?

Most people have several of these, not all of them.

Weakness or paralysis affecting one side of the body
Difficulty walking, balancing or transferring safely
Reduced fine motor control in the hand and arm
Altered sensation, or neglect of one side
Fatigue, which is often underestimated and limits everything else

Why it happens

Ischaemic stroke, where a clot blocks blood flow to part of the brain
Haemorrhagic stroke, where a vessel bleeds
Transient ischaemic attack, which warns of higher future risk
Risk raised by blood pressure, atrial fibrillation, diabetes and smoking

What we would do about it

Roughly in this order — each step waits for the one before it.

Task-specific practice at high repetition, which drives the recovery
Walking retraining, including distance, speed and outdoor confidence
Strength work through the affected side
Balance and falls prevention
Home exercise programs and carer education so practice continues between sessions
NDIS and My Aged Care supported plans where funding applies

See a doctor first if

Your pain followed a significant injury
It is getting worse rather than settling
It comes with numbness, weakness or unexplained weight loss

This page is general information, not a diagnosis. Symptoms overlap between conditions, so the right treatment depends on an assessment.

Recovery continues well past the first months

Progress is fastest early, but it does not stop. If you have plateaued or your hospital rehabilitation has finished, there is usually more available.

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General information only, not advice about your own problem — nothing here replaces an assessment. Source: Stroke on Physiopedia.

Stroke Rehabilitation