STROKE RECOVERY VIDEOS

WHAT ARE THE HIP FLEXORS?

Hip flexors affect walking, posture, and mobility after stroke. This video explains hip flexor function and tightness in a simple way. The hip flexors are not just one muscle. They are a muscle group that includes key muscles such as the iliopsoas, rectus femoris (quadriceps), tensor fasciae latae (TFL), and sartorius. These muscles play an important role in lifting the leg, stepping forward, balance, and functional mobility. In this video, I explain how hip flexor tightness or poor activation can contribute to gait difficulties, stiffness, compensations, and recovery challenges after stroke. Understanding this area can help stroke survivors, caregivers, and rehabilitation professionals support safer and more effective movement.

How Supported Lunges Retrain Spatial Awareness After Stroke (Not Just an Exercise)

Shoulder Subluxation After Stroke – What It Is, Why It Happens & What Helps

Shoulder Subluxation After Stroke – What It Is, Why It Happens & What Helps - How Posture is essential for fixing shoulder subluxation.

The MOST Important Leg Stability Exercise Often Skipped for Standing & Walking After Stroke

In this video, I teach one essential leg-stabilizing exercise that is often missed or never taught — even though it plays a critical role in supporting standing balance, walking safety, and fall prevention. This exercise targets the inner thigh (adductor) muscles, which help stabilize the femur (thigh bone) during weight-bearing, standing, and walking. Without proper activation of these muscles, many stroke survivors struggle with: • leg instability • difficulty standing upright • unsafe walking patterns • increased fall risk

Why a Wall Bar Matters- Balance & Walking | Safe Stabilization for Stroke Recovery & Fall Prevention

When working on balance, walking, and stabilization, safety starts with what you hold onto. In this short video, I demonstrate and explain the specific purpose of using a secure wall-mounted bar during balance and stabilization exercises.

Rhomboid Muscles & Arm Movement After Stroke | Why Ignoring the Scapula STOPS Recovery

The rhomboid muscles play an essential role in arm movement, shoulder stability, and upper-body coordination, especially for stroke survivors working on arm recovery. In this video, Tracy Markley explains how the rhomboids support proper shoulder blade positioning and how they directly affect reaching, lifting, and controlled arm movements.

Can a Stroke Survivor Recovery 100% Answers to Stroke Recovery Questions

Can a stroke survivor recover 100%? This is one of the most common — and misunderstood — questions in stroke recovery. In this video, I stroke recovery specialist, author, and educator, gives an honest, experience-based answer and explains what truly influences recovery potential after stroke.

Stroke Recovery: How Your Favorite Music Boosts Cognition, Verbal Memory & Emotional Healing

Music can be a powerful tool in stroke recovery. In this video, I share how listening to your favorite songs can improve cognition, mood, verbal memory, language recovery, attention, and motivation — and why your brain responds so strongly to music you already love. Recent neuroscience research shows that familiar music activates multiple regions of the brain at once, including areas involved in attention, memory, auditory processing, emotional regulation, and motor function. I also discuss a lecture from a neuroscientist whose clinical studies demonstrate how personalized music enhances neuroplasticity and improves cognitive processing after a stroke

Posture: Essential for Walking, Balance & Full-Body Movement

Proper posture is the foundation for safe walking, balance, and full-body movement. In this playlist, you’ll learn how core stability, spine alignment, hip and shoulder positioning, and mobility all work together to improve gait, prevent falls, and support recovery for seniors and stroke survivors. Created by Tracy Markley, Balance & Walking Recovery Specialist

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