Dance therapy for stroke victims

Aug 26, 2023

Content

0.03 -> recovering from a stroke can be a long

2.01 -> and painful process but there is a new

4.14 -> type of therapy I mean to change that

5.81 -> photojournalist Alex at Wells shows us

8.069 -> how a little dance therapy can go a long

10.29 -> way I dance so much before my stroke and

22.439 -> I still have it in me today we're

28.47 -> bringing one of my patients here to the

30.42 -> studio to be working on some dancing

32.64 -> she's suffered a stroke and so her right

34.86 -> side of her body is weak and so this is

36.54 -> a great way to get her involved and

38.489 -> moving around weight shifting onto that

40.26 -> weak side working on her balance and

41.969 -> something that's a lot of fun for her

43.789 -> yeah move your head super spirit moves

46.32 -> you're a person that has suffered a

48.18 -> stroke unless you know that when you

51.539 -> have a stroke it's not the end of the

53.28 -> world

59.95 -> doing things that you probably thought

62.03 -> you never could do again but you can but

64.67 -> you can dancing and smiling

69.619 -> that's the best therapy at work no I

72.109 -> smile and enjoy best thing you can have

78.819 -> cha cha cha fantastic this just makes it

84.53 -> better don't you think

85.52 -> just better it really does and I know

87.17 -> sometimes you know it can be depressing

89.329 -> to go through a stroke and ask for word

91.429 -> but you know you just forget about it it

93.35 -> seems like or at least they did good

95.539 -> stuff

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGZofqhWPOA