I had a stroke 4years ago. I'm slowly taking steps with the help of my walker. I still uses my wheelchair. I was told that I'll never walk again. I will never give up. It's a long process. Me and GOD is working it out!! Thanks for your videos. GOD BLESS 💖

6 years post stroke and from day one I've worked my ass off. I also think that my age (38) at the time, and level of fitness helped immensely. Running and weight lifting was my world before my stroke occurred due to a PFO of the heart. I can imagine for someone elderly it would be very hard. Never give up. Respect from Australia 🇦🇺 🙌

Let’s agree to disagree. There’s no such thing as no cure. Beings are overcoming these conditions and dis-eases daily everywhere. Is it easy? NO! Is it possible? YES! The universe is LIMITLESS!! Where the mind goes, energy flows. Change your mind, change your life. People are coming out of their wheelchairs AFTER being told by professionals they’d never walk again. Healing is NEVER IMPOSSIBLE and it is my deepest intention to reach the heart of all who read this comment section….. KEEP GOING!! It’s going to phenomenally happen and whatever you’re going through is a REBIRTH so of course you won’t be the “same as before”…. YOU WILL BE BETTER!!! A baby doesn’t walk overnight. Travel these stages listening to your heart… it knows! I am sending infinite love, compassion, happiness, joy, and healing energy to all!💗💗💗

It's funny that she mentioned that at the end of the video, my doctor told me after 6 months of therapy to get used to my cane because I will be using it for the rest of my life, and when I asked when can I go back to lifting weights and exercising he said to forget about working out, and lifting weights that was the old me. The new me will walk with a cane for the rest of my life. He was so wrong, although I'm not a hundred percent I do walk without a cane and I do exercise and lift weights the only thing I can't do is run but I'm okay with that hopefully one day I'll get there.

My mantra for the last decade has been "Put your personal program first!" Let your daily life revolve around your program whatever it may be. I really can't state it firmly enough that if you want to be successful you need to develop the habit of doing your program/therapy unfailingly.

Thanks for this talk on staying motivated. I needed it. I have MS for over 30 years. My focus had been to keep working. Now that I have been retired for one year work is no longer an excuse to not do my exercises. I haven't faced the reality of my steady decline. Time to set realistic goals, accept help and change lifestyle . Never to late.

Tara, you are a true ANGEL! You deserve a set of wings because you make people like me feel like I can fly, even when I have felt broken and defeated. Your videos give us hope, and that hope is more powerful than you will ever know. THANK YOU!!

Thank I’m 2 and a half months post stroke. I’m to the point I shower myself, walking up and downstairs, walking in my apartment without a hemi walker, working on my arm with your exercises and just be patient for the spasticity

Thank you Dr Tobias, I really needed this, today is my official 2 year mark and couldn't have asked for a better message, much love and prayers as always -TJ

I’m just ready to return to my normal life, career and full independence after my stroke,it’s only been a year and a half but I’m miserable and struggling to keep positive

I needed to hear this since my PT just ended. Thanks so much for this Blessing. You are greatly appreciated. I will not GIve UP. May GOD' Blessings overtake you always.

Tara BRINGs IT once again!!! 👍🏼🥰

Thank you so much for this video, I as well as many others really appreciate them

If I ever met you in person Tara, I would ask you if I could hug you with my functional half. You’re the best doctor \therapist I’ve discovered that I’ve never had the pleasure of meeting.Thank you for all your efforts, help and perseverance to keep empowering people for the better. While I am hemiplegic(stroke); left side affected and had a doctor tell me and my wife that I would never regain function again in my left arm or left side; I told my wife;well,obviously the doctor doesn’t know me very well.While my stroke was in March 2019; I have made many improvements to movement in my left side, and I will never give up. You have been a great source of inspiration for help in continuing with my journey.God bless you and thank you.

Thank you Dr. Tobias I just ran across this video, and it was well needed!!

Thank you very much sweetheart your videos are all great and very usefull I’m doing my best to don’t miss any of them !

That is just so motivational & inspiring. Thank you from the bottom of my heart❤️❤️❤️☘️☘️

Thank you for the inspirational talk.💓 This motivated me to not give up and avoid negative thoughts.

I'm about 4 years with a stroke watching how slow it is I'm always impressed with your level of knowledge it's just incredible and we're always enjoying hearing from you of just how deeply your extent of knowledge is and it's all true looking for motivation being patient hanging in there not giving up continuing to hold hope thank you.

Your video has helped me out so much i suffered a stroke its been 6 months since I had it and watching your videos is helping me with my recovery

Awesome encouragement. Thank you! I'm not off the wagon, but juggling different exercises, and not getting to them all weekly. I added some just got fun and that helps.

Thank you so so soo Much! Dr. Tobias!!! I really needed this Thank you!

Thank you Dr Tobias! This is definitely a motivational exercise! Have a great week.

Always good 👍 motivate me to keep track of your work , thanks 🙏 love

Thank you for your service mark

I really like this video. It speaks to so many. Thanks.

thank you, I needed that.

thank you tara. I needed this today

Thanks for the tidbit about HEP expectations (1-2 hrs/day) after discharge from physical therapy. Happy Thanksgiving! Thankful for your expertise & kindness.

Thank you so much I really needed this it is easy to give up

YES I'M IN OVER A YEAR AND DECLINING 😢😢😢 IT'S the Pain..the wasted money and time.. I don't know what to do anymore..😢😢😢😢😢

Thank you Dr T 2yrs post Very helpful, encouraging. Motivating to keep on moving. Spirit lifting God bless you

Thank you for your encouragement your knowledge and enthusiasm

Awsome - Thank YOU!

I'm doing my exercises and improving my situation because it's a mountain to climb. I can sit back and look, or I can go do it.

Thank you Dr!

Thank you 🤗

Thank you! 2-5-12 was when I had my stroke. Almost ten years yay! I don’t have a specific therapy routine but I have had the mindset for a long time that everything is therapy. Much of my residual is around cognitive issues. Instructions logic impulsivity. Sequencing Etc. So everything is therapy or at least to an opportunity to hone my skills with every challenge life presents Part of that is to not get emotional when I can’t do something. . That can be a hard one. I try to keep at it until I can’t then ask for help. Current example. Dryer broke. I don’t have the cash on hand for another one. What else can I do? Get a clothes drying rack. I tried. Repeatedly for days tried to put it together. I was missing something but couldn’t figure it out. I finally caved and asked for help. Wasn’t easy for my brother in law either but he could finally do it. I had put a piece in tge wrong place. An important thing my last PT taught was that if I can’t do something yes try the “right” way first but also strategize other ways of accomplishing my goal. If you can’t get up off the floor is there something you czn use to help pull you up sort of thing How is “rehab” really defined? When you’re getting active therapy or after too? I was in the hospital for a month, transferred to z residential rehab for TBI facility for two months, Thdn Out pt for about 5 months when insurance cut me off dvdn though the therapists said I could still benefit. A few months later I joined a small exercise group at my old gym. I knew the trainer snd explained in detail my challenges. Did the group Znd then one on one on snd off for s year plus. Is all of that rehab or just shdn I was actually seeing therapists. Somewhere along the way I accepted that I would be working on improving (I hate the word recovery.) for the rest of my life so viewed it as a chronic illness. But I like your phrasing as a lifestyle. I think I’ll change my mindset to that Some of my physical stuff is that I have a constant buzzing in my leg and arm. It does change from time to time fire yo ice. Sensitive to little sensation. One therapist told me about “brushing” which I did for a long time. It helped a little over time I guess. Doctors shrug snd say my nerves are damaged but offer no help. My dexterity in my left hand is hit and miss. I do try to keep up with some of those techniques. Squeezing a tennis ball and such Everything can be therapy. My new thing is trying to equal out use of right and left leg. Like when I stand up (prompted by another one of your videos), mindset of it’s a life style, I will try to incorporate specific therapyish exercises dvery day, and my favorite “rule number one” (do not fall) still stands. Are things I will be more conscience of daily. And watch more of your videos Thanks For all of your information and thoughts. It’s helping me get back on track with actively doing things to improve rather than just responding to challenges in my life Oh yeah something you said. Things that you did before impact what you do now. I think that’s true brain issue or not. I thanks to my music teacher. Not musical don’t rmsvdn sing excrpt to my dog but love music so decided to take guitar lessons in my late 40s. Went in thinking Blues ended up. Doing classical guitar Learning how to read music and how to play pieces one note at a time impacted how I in my early 50s I learned how to exercise which helped. Me immensely with PT. (Helped that my first PT reminded me of and used some of the same motivational methods and my favorite and most effective personal trainer). Motivation. Not a general over all one but if there is something I want I push until I figure out how to get it. I wanted to move. I sold my house, moved across town, bought a house in another town 3 hours a way. Carrying boxes very slowly short distances does help improve balance. I don’t think I could have done that pre stroke. But because of my stroke z as Bd therapists I learned to keep at it and ask for help when I need it. I couldn’t read off of paper at the time. I made those real estate brokers znd lender read everything and answer my questions. I moved most of my boxes but hired z moving compsny for the big stuff z as Bd king move Did I say I love therapists? I do Thanks for getting me re f Ed ngzged in improving my life .

I hope you and yours have a great thanksgiving

Great topic to cover.

Thank you very much. 🙂

God bless you dear doctor! Thanks for your wise words! I have MS and my physiotherapist makes me angry this week, saying i have not to work hard because of the fatigue, she didn't choose the right exercices for me, so i'm on KZfaq looking for mor challenging motivation.

thank you

Everyone gets a bad day or days, but let’s look at the bigger picture, our teacher often says. We have family, friends and relatives who need us, at least for some advice or to share some opinion. For me, it is already a motivation to practice and progress. When it is difficult for me to exercise physically, with a meditative melody I visualize the exercise in as much detail as possible, I walk the dog ...Never stop exercising, there is always hope for progress. The next day I am happy to know that I can do something more or better and that motivates me to continue exercising. Have a nice week

“Lifestyle not a destination” When I realized this is when I focused on building my home gym and made an accountability chart with my exercises. I just don't understand how I was fine for 21 years before doing this. I'm hibernating for the winter months to avoid falls this year. 😔

Great & necessary video! 😎 I’ve tended to be pretty self-motivating & positive, but I’m not immune to down days. In fact, I’ve felt a little frustrated in the last few days. I’ve always loved a description I read by Paul Stoltz - using a mountain climbing metaphor - that there are 3 kinds of people: Quitters, Campers, & Climbers. Some people hit a difficult stretch and quit; others may go further, set up camp, and say that’s far enough (you mentioned this). But, others keep climbing! (Stoltz’ book is “Adversity Quotient.” I read it after it came out way back in 1996.) Thanks again!

Solid advice. 6 yrs post stroke and discovered difference between down days and deep, deep-down days. Understand when downers have piled up and created a deep, deep-down drift. Separate them and attack each on its own. Staying focused on stroke therapy is within "your control" and can be a good crutch to help you rise to beat other woes.

thanku so much

Thank you Tara❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I am 63 years and 3 and a half years post stroke. I keep on exercising and doing cupping therapy to break muscle adhesions and soften muscle knots that helps in stretching tight and shortened muscles. It's nice that I am improving my range of motion.

You really hit the nail on the head😜😍

That’s why when they stopped my therapy because they said I plateaued, I feel I was just getting going. I think it was a bad time to stop my therapy. I still had a lot more to do

My dad had a stroke 2 years in March… walking with assistance because he has no balance and still haven’t regain arm movements.. he feels like quitting and idk how to help him to stay motivated 😔

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hi mam this is prabha u r videos r motivated me a lot thnq mam

This is I feel my peers fail to see. All the other injuries heal in a short amount of time, but a brain injury takes a long time. I had a relative say that they broke their leg and were back walking again in a few months and why wasn’t I doing the same thing

I have spastic CP, I still work my butt off to stay as independent as long as possible. I still wear AFO's. CP isn't a death sentence. I am more independent at 54 than when I was 18!

Do something everyday, even if it's not what you did the day before....that keeps me going after a pushing it too hard day. Just do something to keep everything you've been doing engaged. Thank you👍

God bless You!

I have Syringomyelia due to injury and find one barrier to sustaining exercise is how much concentration and effort it takes to complete some strengthening exercises.

Bless you Tara! I have watched so many of your videos which have all been helpful, but this really hit home for me! I feel as if I know you personally. I was diagnosed with PPMS 2 1/2 years ago & am still working and walking generally unassisted. I am sad that my Neuro PT will be ending this week with a knowledgeable caring PT who specializes in the vestibular system. I am looking to stay motivated to prevent functional decline and disability accumulation. Your videos are very useful to help me stay on track and challenge myself. Thank you so much for the work you do!!

I'm 65 and had a stroke April 7 2020. It affected my right side. Numbness around my rt eye. Right hand is about 50% numb. My second and third toes on my right foot want to constantly clench. The therapists had zero answers for my toes. All the foot doctor offered was surgery. I bought inserts that help some. The toes cause me to limp especially after being on my feet all day working. Luckily I can still do my job and my employer of 25 years gave me as much time off as i needed. My right leg (hip, knee and ankle) are the worst of it. I describe it as being a step slow. Had a constant pain settle in my hip so I started using an old exercise bike I had and the pain went away. Then it came back. Started doing stretches for my hip and that helps. I say "I don't exercise to get better I exercise to keep from getting WORSE. It seems to me that if don't do my exercises and stretches I REGRESS. And I don't regress slowly I regress rapidly. I become weaker within a couple days. I would love to hear what you think about this? No doctor or therapist said anything about losing what had been gained.

2 months, I am walking (I look drunk tho 🤣) very forgettable, balance sucks, but it’s getting better! I stopped taking anti depressants, I want to improve, not tell my brain this version of myself is acceptable! KEEP GOING!!! My stroke happened and I have low blood pressure and heart was 79. I am also 36. You just never know!

Haven't exercised in 60+ days. I've been exercising for 2 years but I just started gaining more and more weight; not just muscle, but fat. I simply lost motivation to keep doing it. It's not a vanity thing but the fat was literally making it uncomfortable to bend sideways/forward. It just became tiring.

What do I do when I'm trying to normalize certain movements but I physically can't do them? I am highly motivated and im always very aware of my movements, so I get frustrated when I try to normalize them in order for them to become a pattern and my brain relearn but I physically can't do them. My main example is foot drop...I just can't get the heel toe movement (I have dorsi flexion when sitting or lying down, but very little in walking) and end up just slapping my foot down for the most part. I also cant apply pressure on my heel (so much weakness!) at all in general and I have no idea why..I cant find anything about this in the stroke world. This is for a stroke btw. Please let me know!

Would love to see exercises (and massage) that I can do with my husband following his stroke: his right arm is paralysed, has spasticity, and causes him great pain when trying to exercise.

I'm 52 & almost 2 years post stroke. I was also diagnosed with MS 6 years ago. I have been getting pretty down this last week or so. One thing I have been doing that helps is keeping a journal since I got home from the hospital in March 2020. this allows me to go back & read where I was & how far I've come.It also helps to motivate me on days like these. I exercise for 1 hour every day 7 days a week, I also go to Physical therapy once every other week. It's what I can afford. I feel like I've plateaued, & think that could be the reason for feeling down. I thought I'd be a lot better by now as well. Watching videos like yours has truly helped me as well. Thank you for all that you do for people like me.

Hello Dr, I don’t know if I can talk to you personal through email or whatever. I need advice before taking this step im about to take Thanks for your videos, God bless you .

Dr can you suggest some exercises to improve my forearm's flexibility . I had suffered stroke 3 years before

I've had 20 yrs of unexplained pain. Anywhere from allodynia to hyperalgesia (bruised feeling all over) to aching...etc. After probably 20 doctors, numerous MRIs, EMGs, lab work.... I've never been given an answer. I can feel pretty good for mounts to a year and BAM, it returns. Generally stress provoked. What are you r suggestions to keep this all at bay?

Hey Dr. Tobias, are there anything/type of treatment for visual field cuts post stroke. It’s been over 2 years since my strokes from a brain tumor removal. Just wondering what I should look into or ask my neuro ophthamologist appointment. Any help would be greatly appreciated

I’m never ok with where I’m at I always want to improve

Waooooooe excellent 😁🌷❤

Is there a video playlist order for stroke where to start

Hi I am 10 years on from a stroke I’ve got all sorts for my leg and arm will I get better

Hi, can you please make videos about babies please...I have premature baby 10 month old and she is not rollong over doesnt bare weight on her arms cant hold head up doesnt sit even theat she is on pt....all this becaouse of spasticity on arms and legs...spasticity is more from elbow till hands fingers and on legs severe from knee till toes...please help me with exercisess because i appriciate a lot your knowlege and exercises...thank you

Thi😢is where I feel like I’m at

My sister's have locked in syndrome how to make her motivated

My husband is 5 years post stroke & it’s getting harder & harder to get him to continue exercising 😔

Mam i am suffering from sca8 autosomal recessive Syne1 gene mutations kindly advice

Can physical therapy help me tro walk normally

Mam my Mother got stroke on May 7th 2021Her right side is paralysed She can speak little little can eat and remembers everything but her mobility is 0 percent Thogh she is doing physiotherapy from first day and now at present she is doing regular exercise in neuroscience centre Kolkata But their is no improvement she cries a lot and not happy with her status Its seems she is in depression What can we do Please suggest something positive for her I am in regular touch with your videos and try to teach her your movements but nothing is working for her

And again 3:03 no mention of DYSTONIA 😭🥺

My stroke was 6 months ago 😅

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I hope your right on this wouldn’t it be great

I heard pool therapy.

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Sorry but you xeplan to long. It gets boring listening to you.