"Life After Stroke"
FaktaHelse"Life After Stroke" is a new hit radio show hosted by Emmy Award winning TV host, motivational speaker and stroke survivor, Christopher Ewing. The show is recorded during an actual stroke support group and features interviews with doctors and therapists, as well as the chance for stroke survivors to be able to share what's on their mind. For more information, just go to www.TheStrokeChannel.TV! The "Life After Stroke" podcast is a production of the Hang On To The Dream Foundation, the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping children and adults reach their goals in life. If the "Life After Stroke" podcast is helpful to you, please consider becoming part of the foundations "Dream Team" by making a tax deductible donation to the Hang On To The Dream Foundation to assist them in their numerous outreach efforts. Just go to www.HangOnToTheDream.org/donations.
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- NEW EPISODE! "Live at the Expo"! "Life After Stroke" at the Chicago Abilities Expo (01:17:05)
On today's episode of "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing", we are on the road at the Chicago Abilities Expo! On this episode, Christopher speaks with: - 10 year old stroke survivor, Aidan - Taylor D'Agostino and her mom Jenny. Taylor suffered a spinal cord injury after a horseback riding accident and shares her insight on never giving up! - 12 year old stroke survivor, Dawson - Mark Wellman, a paraplegic who climbed El Capitan and now helps others climb the mountains in their lif...
- "Live at the Expo"! From the New York Metro Abilities Expo (02:11:12)
On today's episode of "Life After Stroke", we are on the road at the New York Metro Abilities Expo! Important links from this episode: - Mathney www.matheny.org - Katy Roberts, Managing Director, Abilities Expo & Accessibility Conference, www.abilities.com - Dave Segal, Founder, Chief Innovation Officer, Naqi Logix, www.naqilogix.com - Daniel Trush, Co-Founder & President, Daniel's Music Foundation, www.danielsmusic.org - Olivia Grace, Grace on Wheels, www.grace-on-wheels.com ...
- "Live at the Expo"! From the Abilities Expo in Los Angeles (00:38:23)
The "Life After Stroke" podcast is back with a new episodes! On today's episode of "Life After Stroke", we are on the road at the Abilities Expo in Los Angeles! Important links from this episode: - Binh from the Dept. of Rehabilitation www.dor.ca.gov - Books by Richard Cooks www.prolevelentertainment.org - The Bottle Station www.thebottlestation.com ---------------------------------- "Life After Stroke" is a hit radio show hosted by Emmy Award winning TV host, motivational sp...
- "Stroke 101: What Actually Happens in the Brain When Someone is Having a Stroke?" (01:15:05)
The "Life After Stroke" podcast is back with a new episodes! In this episode of "Life After Stroke", host Christopher Ewing launches a special 3-part series called "Stroke 101", where he interviews doctors, therapists and more, who take us through the entire journey of stroke; from its initial onset, to what someone can do to best recover from a stroke. If you have had a stroke, or you know someone who has, this special series of episodes will try to answer any questions that yo...
- "Life After Stroke Support Group Members Offer Advice to Other Stroke Survivors" (02:04:52)
The "Life After Stroke" podcast is back with a new series of episodes! In this first episode of the 2023 season is an episode featuring stroke survivors from across the country who participate in our weekly online support group. They share the details of their stroke, as well as offer advice to those who may be new to stroke. "Life After Stroke" is a hit radio show hosted by Emmy Award winning TV host, motivational speaker, and stroke survivor, Christopher Ewing. Join o...
- "Caregivers Episode" - Caregivers of stroke survivors share insight and advice (01:39:54)
In this episode of "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing", caregivers share what it's like caring for a loved one who has had a stroke. "Life After Stroke" is a hit radio show hosted by Emmy Award winning TV host, motivational speaker, and stroke survivor, Christopher Ewing. Join our weekly online stroke support groups! Just go to www.thestrokechannel.tv for more info and to sign up! “Life After Stroke” is a production of the Hang On To The Dream Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non...
- "Doctors discuss the alarming increase of stroke in young people during the COVID-19 pandemic" (01:57:25)
In this special edition of "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing", Christopher chats with a team of doctors from the US and Canada who, individually, began to notice troubling anomalies in stroke patients in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and decided to reach out to each other to discuss and compare their alarming concerns. The guests on this episode are some of the leading doctors in the area of stroke. They are: - Dr. Andrew Xavier, a pioneer in the field of Vascular and Interve...
- SPECIAL REPORT: "COVID-19 & Stroke" - Interview w/ Dr. Mitchell Elkind, pres. of Amer. Stroke Assoc. (00:34:18)
On this special episode of "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing", Christopher chats with Dr. Mitchell Elkind, vascular neurologist, Professor of Neurology and Epidemiology at Columbia University, and President-Elect of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, on the topic of the COVID-19 virus and how it relates to stroke survivors. Important questions covered in this episode include: - Is having had a stroke in the past considered a "pre-existing condition" that put...
- "Speech Therapy" (01:46:52)
On this episode of "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing", Christopher and the group chat with Jodi Dembicer-Gross, certified speech pathologist, who shares some important information and exercises that can help a stroke survivor regain their ability to speak and read. "Life After Stroke" is a hit radio show hosted by Emmy Award winning TV host, motivational speaker, and stroke survivor, Christopher Ewing. Join our weekly online stroke support groups! Just go to www.thestro...
- "Life After Stroke Christmas Special" (01:11:01)
On this episode of "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing", Christopher and the group chat during their Christmas Party and talk about everything they have been up to over the past few months. Also, Dr. Darflinger talks about various conditions that may affect someone following a stroke. "Life After Stroke" is a hit radio show hosted by Emmy Award winning TV host, motivational speaker, and stroke survivor, Christopher Ewing. Join our weekly online stroke support groups! Just...
- "Live at the Abilities Expo" - Interviews w/ Disability Lawyers, Therapists and more! (01:40:48)
This episode of "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing" features broadcast coverage from the Abilities Expo in the Chicago, IL area and in Houston, TX. During this episode, Christopher chats with: - Disability attorneys who offer advice on how to handle legal issues and insurance company issues - An organization helping those with aphasia- Physical Therapists and Recreational Therapists - an 18 year old stroke survivor who had a stroke while in her mother's womb and more. "Life After S...
- Topics: Having a 2nd Stroke While Already in the Hospital, Caregiver Guilt, and More (01:03:18)
On this episode of "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing", Christopher and the group talk about the guilt that caregivers may feel about not being able to have prevented their loved one's stroke. They also discuss how sometimes people have a 2nd stroke while already being in the hospital for the initial stroke. "Life After Stroke" is a hit radio show hosted by Emmy Award winning TV host, motivational speaker, and stroke survivor, Christopher Ewing. Join our weekly online stroke su...
- "The Facts on Stem Cell Therapy for Stroke Recovery" (01:01:02)
In this very important episode of "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing", Christopher speaks with Dr. Jason Hinman, Assistant Professor of Neurology in the Stroke and Neuro-rehabilitation Divisions at the UCLA Stroke Center in Los Angeles, CA. Topics covered in this episode include: - Does stem therapy work in stroke survivors? - How is stem cell therapy performed in the body? - Is stem cell therapy safe? - Are there any particular stroke deficits that stem cell therapy will not work...
- "Feeling Embarrassed After Having Had A Stroke" (00:52:00)
During this episode of "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing", the group discusses the topic of feeling ashamed to be seen or to speak in public after having had a stroke. "Life After Stroke" is a hit radio show hosted by Emmy Award winning TV host, motivational speaker, and stroke survivor, Christopher Ewing. Join our weekly online stroke support groups! Just go to www.thestrokechannel.tv for more info and to sign up! “Life After Stroke” is a production of the Hang On To T...
- "Adjusting To The Fact That You Have Had A Stroke" (00:49:46)
During this episode of "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing", the group discusses how they have adjusted to the fact that they had a stroke, and share some of the things that they did to help speed along their recovery.Also, there is a special announcement regarding the caregivers in a stroke survivors life! "Life After Stroke" is a hit radio show hosted by Emmy Award winning TV host, motivational speaker, and stroke survivor, Christopher Ewing. Join our weekly online stroke supp...
- "Headaches After a Stroke" - How to Know If It Could Be Another Stroke (01:05:06)
So if you are a stroke survivor, then you may have experienced headaches that are more painful, and more frequent, than you did before your stroke. And since headaches can be a warning sign that another stroke could be happening, how do you know when your post-stroke headache is an emergency vs. when it is not? "How do you know when it's time to go" to the ER to get it checked out? This week on "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing", Christopher chats with Dr. Robert Darflinger, a neuro...
- "Diet and Stroke" (01:42:17)
This week on "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing", Christopher chats with Maria Fisk, Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center on the importance of maintaining a healthy diet, pre and post stroke. Topics covered in this episode include: - Which foods are safest for a stroke survivor to eat? - How many milligrams of salt per serving is safe for a stroke survivor? - Are there any foods that can help prevent a stroke? - When you re...
- "Remaining active following a stroke" (00:48:54)
This week on "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing", Christopher chats with the group about the importance of remaining active and creative, and not giving in (and not giving up) following a stroke. "Life After Stroke" is a hit radio show hosted by Emmy Award winning TV host, motivational speaker, and stroke survivor, Christopher Ewing. Join our weekly online stroke support groups! Just go to www.thestrokechannel.tv for more info and to sign up! “Life After Stroke” is a pr...
- Abilities Expo (00:57:06)
This week on "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing", Christopher chats with David Korse, President & CEO of Abilities Expo, a nationwide trade show dedicated to highlighting products geared for those who may have a physical disability or motor function impairment. Abilities Expo brings exhibitors from around the world all under one roof, allowing visitors to see, up-close, some of the wonderful products that are out there that can make life easier.Christopher recently attended the Abi...
- Cognitive Difficulties (01:19:36)
On this week's show, we chat with Dr. Annette Swain, a clinical neuropsychologist who specializes in cognitive difficulties following a stroke. Topics covered in this episode include: - Following a stroke, what area of the brain is more prone to cause cognitive difficulties? - Do all strokes cause some type of cognitive difficulty? - What type of cognitive difficulties happen the most following a stroke? - What is actually happening in the brain during a stroke that causes cognitive diff...
- Interview w/ author Kathi Koll (01:30:24)
On this week's show, we chat with Kathi Koll, author of the book “Kick Ass Kinda Girl: A Memoir of Life, Love and Caregiving”. She is also the president and founder of the Kathi Koll Foundation, which offers support for caregivers. In 2005, Kathi’s husband, Don, suffered a major stroke that left him paralyzed from the neck down and on a respirator. Doctors said he would only live for 24 hours, but he went on to live for another 6 1/2 years. In this very poignant interview, Kathi details some ...
- "Spasticity and Botox" (01:32:28)
On this week's show, we chat with Dr. Echo Tan, Assistant Professor of Neurology at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Tan has been in the neurology department at Cedars for over 4 years and is a specialist in movement disorders, and treating spasticity in stroke survivors through the use of botox. Topics covered in this episode include: - What is spasticity? - When does spasticity usually happen following a stroke? - Spasticity is also a sign of recovery! How? - Which ...
- "Occupational Therapy for Stroke" (01:06:05)
On this week's show, we chat with Megan K. Young, Occupational Therapy Supervisor at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, CA.Ms. Young received her Master’s of Arts in Occupational Therapy from University of Southern California in 2010, began her professional OT career in the pediatric setting, but had a desire to work with the adult population in a hospital setting and made the transition in 2013. She has experience working in acute care, acute rehabilitation, and home health set...
- "Physical Therapy for Stroke" (01:07:29)
This week on "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing", we chat with Qing Zhang, a Doctor of Medicine in Beijing China, who is now a Neuro-Certified Specialist in Physical Therapy at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Topics covered in this episode include: - The most common physical deficits following a stroke - Why is there weakness following a stroke▪How to get stronger following a stroke - How to strengthen your ability to walk better following a stroke - Time frame of pot...
- "Physical Therapy Research for Stroke" (01:22:31)
This week on "Life After Stroke with Christopher Ewing", we chat with Dr. James Finley and Dr. Natalia Sanchez in the Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy at USC. Topics covered in this episode include: - The research that goes into improving the motor skills of stroke survivors - The work that it takes to be able to apply to do clinical studies on the effects of stroke - Some of the exciting advances that are happening in the area of stroke and stroke rehabilitation and much, ...