Stroke and Neuro Therapy

06/05/2026

🧠 Stroke recovery doesn’t end when someone leaves hospital, many challenges only become clear at home.

Here are 5 signs your loved one may benefit from specialist occupational therapy support after a stroke.

Occupational therapy focuses on improving independence, safety, and confidence in everyday life- helping people participate in daily life at home, in the community, and in work.

I’m Hannah, an occupational therapist specialising in stroke and neuro rehabilitation, working alongside physiotherapy to support recovery.

💬 If you’re concerned about a loved one, feel free to message me. I’m happy to talk through your situation.

📍 Leicester | Leicestershire | Northamptonshire — Home and community visits available

03/05/2026

Post-stroke fatigue is real and it’s often misunderstood. It’s more than just feeling tired, and it doesn’t simply go away with rest.

This May, We're supporting to raise awareness for stroke survivors, their families, and carers. Every effort counts whether you’re pushing through challenges or just getting through the day 💜

It's called post-stroke fatigue darling, look it up. 💅

Tiredness might be helped by a nap. Fatigue will be there regardless.

Throughout May, thousands of stroke survivors, carers, family members and friends will be coming together as a community to fundraise for those affected by stroke, as part of .

Some will be challenging their fatigue. Others will be left tired from physical challenges. And we appreciate every effort. 💜

To find out more, visit: https://brnw.ch/21x27Ow

01/05/2026

Stroke doesn’t just affect one person — it affects families, friends, and whole communities 💜

During Stroke Awareness Month, take 30 seconds to learn the signs that could save a life.

Act FAST:
🧠 FACE – has it dropped?
💪 ARM – can they lift it?
🗣️ SPEECH – is it slurred?
⏱️ TIME – call 999 immediately

Stroke is a medical emergency — early recognition and rapid treatment can significantly improve recovery outcomes.

👉 Please share this — you never know who might need it.

23/04/2026

Sharing this from the Stroke Association, as it really reflects what we see in practice: recovery after stroke is deeply individual and often ongoing in ways people don’t always realise.

If you feel able to, it’s interesting (and often quite powerful) to hear how people would describe their own recovery.

A stroke can change a life in seconds, leaving survivors unable to walk, speak, or live independently.

Yet many people still see stroke as an isolated incident, rather than a life-altering condition with effects that can last a lifetime.

Which is why we need your help. We want to illustrate how many of you still live with the effects of your stroke every single day.

So, if you had to put a number on your recovery—with 100% being fully recovered and 0% being no progress—what percentage would you give yourself?

🔹 10%❓
🔹 50%❓
🔹 75%❓

Every recovery is different, and no two survivors are the same. For some, the journey is physical – for others, it’s emotional. As part of Make May Purple, we want to celebrate every bit of progress, big or small, and remind ourselves that any progress is good progress. 💜

Leave your percentage in the comments, and if you want to, how many weeks, months, or years ago you had your stroke. 👇

22/04/2026

✨Getting dressed in the morning.
✨Returning to work.
✨Hugging a loved one again.

Occupational Therapy is about helping people get back to these moments—supporting independence, confidence, and a sense of purpose in everyday life.

I work with adults across a wide range of needs, including support with daily living, long‑term conditions, and recovery after neurological events such as stroke.

If you’d like to know how OT can support you or someone close to you, feel free to get in touch.

You can also find more information at: https://www.strokeandneurotherapy.co.uk/

- Hannah, Occupational Therapist

OT month continues! https://www.theottoolbox.com/occupational-therapy-month/

21/04/2026

Live life to its fullest ✨
Celebrating International Occupational Therapy Month

Live life to its fullest!

19/05/2025

💬 “But you look fine!”
We hear this so often from stroke survivors, and it highlights such an important point: not all effects of stroke are visible.

This powerful post from the Stroke Association is a great reminder that recovery goes far beyond what we can see. Let’s raise awareness for the emotional and hidden challenges many stroke survivors live with every day — from fatigue to brain fog, memory issues, and more.

Take a moment to read, reflect, and drop a 🦚 if this resonates with you or someone you care about. Let’s make the invisible, visible — this Stroke Awareness Month and Mental Health Awareness Week.

How visible is your stroke? If at all...

Stroke happens in an instant, and the effects can last a lifetime – but not always visibly.

Too often stroke survivors are considered fully recovered because so many of the challenges they face are emotional or hidden...

Fatigue...
Brain fog...
Low mood...
Health anxiety...
Memory loss...

Have you been affected by any of the above, or know someone affected? If so, please share a peacock in the comments, and help make hidden disabilities VISIBLE for Stroke Awareness Month and Mental Health Awareness Week. 🦚

Why a peacock? Because there's no way a peacock could ever go unnoticed!

12/05/2025

🧠 May is — a vital time to shine a light on one of the UK’s leading causes of disability and death.

At UHL, the stroke specialist team is running events across our hospitals to raise awareness, promote prevention, and highlight the importance of fast recognition and treatment.

As Lead Nurse Marcela Rocha puts it, “Stroke Awareness Month is an important opportunity to engage with the community about the urgency of stroke recognition and timely interventions.”

Let’s keep the conversation going — awareness saves lives. 💙

During , colleagues from UHL’s specialist service are running a series of events across our hospitals to promote awareness about strokes, which are the fourth leading cause of death in the UK. Each year, around 100,000 people in England suffer a stroke and of those who survive, around 50 per cent are left with some form of disability.

Lead Nurse, Marcela Rocha, said: “Stroke Awareness Month is an important opportunity to engage with the community about the urgency of stroke recognition and timely interventions, as well as health promotion.”

12/05/2025

12/05/2025

🎶 Music really does have power beyond words...
A Stroke Association survey found over a third of stroke survivors said they can sing better than they can speak after a stroke. 💬➡️🎵

A recent survey of 1,000 survivors revealed the powerful role music plays in recovery — from unlocking speech to lifting spirits.

Check out these amazing stats and share your go-to recovery songs to help the Stroke Association create a Spotify playlist full of hope, strength, and healing! 💛👇

Did you know that over 1/3 of stroke survivors can sing better than they can speak after their stroke?

To mark Stroke Awareness Month we surveyed 1,000 stroke survivors and found that 35% of stroke survivors could sing better than they could speak in the days, weeks and months following their stroke.

In fact, over a quarter of people (26%) could sing or hum before they could talk at all!

Our survey also found that over half of stroke survivors (54%) said that singing, listening to music or playing an instrument had a positive impact on their stroke recovery.

So we'd like to know, what songs are helping you through your recovery, and what songs would you add to a stroke recovery playlist?

Leave your suggestions in the comments below, and we'll add it to our recovery playlist on Spotify! 💜 🎵

02/05/2025

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