"Can Stroke Aftereffects No Longer Be Cured?" Towards a Society That Pursues the Possibility of Improvement to the End
BRAIN Inc. issued an April Dream statement aiming for a society where stroke patients can pursue the possibility of improvement even after being told they will not get better, through out-of-pocket rehabilitation.
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Our company supports April Dream, an initiative to make April 1st a day to broadcast dreams. This press release is the dream of "BRAIN Inc."
## Our Dream
"Realization of a society where stroke aftereffects can be cured."
This is our April Dream.
## What remains after being told "You won't get any better"
After a stroke, many people are told the following:
"You won't improve any further."
"From here on, it will be maintenance."
Receiving these words, a situation arises where patients are forced to accept it as "something that will no longer recover."
However, in reality, even after discharge from the hospital, there are many cases where there remains a possibility for functional improvement through proper evaluation and rehabilitation.
Despite this,
- Opportunities for rehabilitation decrease
- Interventions based on scientific evidence are not adequately provided
- Time passes without considering the possibility of improvement
Such situations exist.
## Overlooked "Possibility of Improvement"
Through our clinical experience, we have encountered many changes such as:
"New movements are seen in a hand that was said to be immobile."
In some cases, a short-duration intervention triggers the appearance of movements that were previously unseen.
[Image: Movement of the paralyzed arm before rehabilitation]
BEFORE
An arm that could not be moved at all after a cerebral infarction...
## Our Dream
"Realization of a society where stroke aftereffects can be cured."
This is our April Dream.
## What remains after being told "You won't get any better"
After a stroke, many people are told the following:
"You won't improve any further."
"From here on, it will be maintenance."
Receiving these words, a situation arises where patients are forced to accept it as "something that will no longer recover."
However, in reality, even after discharge from the hospital, there are many cases where there remains a possibility for functional improvement through proper evaluation and rehabilitation.
Despite this,
- Opportunities for rehabilitation decrease
- Interventions based on scientific evidence are not adequately provided
- Time passes without considering the possibility of improvement
Such situations exist.
## Overlooked "Possibility of Improvement"
Through our clinical experience, we have encountered many changes such as:
"New movements are seen in a hand that was said to be immobile."
In some cases, a short-duration intervention triggers the appearance of movements that were previously unseen.
[Image: Movement of the paralyzed arm before rehabilitation]
BEFORE
An arm that could not be moved at all after a cerebral infarction...