The Ireland Podcast

137. Dr. Kenneth Monaghan: Stroke Rehabilitation Expert - Pt. 2


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Ep. 137 is the second half of Fender Jackson chatting with author of Lights, Mirrors, Action, Dr. Kenneth Monaghan who is the director of the ‘Neuroplasticity Research Group’ in Atlantic Technological University. A stroke rehabilitation expert, he has worked at every level of healthcare as an academic, researcher, chartered physiotherapist, and innovator.


Conversation includes: advice to people returning to an empty home; Early Supported Discharge; physical and cognitive issues; acting oneself in one’s own home; caregivers preparing stroke survivors and survivorship bias; choosing one’s own therapy; the importance of flexible therapy; the importance of positive confirmation bias; keeping the motivation of keeping a record of progress; Dan Ariely’s experiment ‘Man's search for meaning: The case of Legos’; the importance of the belief system of neuroplasticity; how one can still improve beyond 12 months after suffering a stroke; there’s no golden ticket therapy; the importance of moving one’s body even if it is from outside help in order to keep tissues viable; yoga; that third; secondary strokes; benefits vs. risks of too much exercise; time is brain; BEFAST (Balance, Eyes, Face, Arms, Speech, Time); Dr. Frank McCurtin; Liz Levey artist; the link of famous movie’s with ‘Lights, Mirrors, Action’; ‘The Wizard of Oz’; how to buy the book; Dr. Kenneth’s LinkedIn Newsletter, as well as other topics.


“You've always had the power. You just had to learn it for yourself.” 

Glinda the Good Witch, The Wizard of Oz. (1939)


Relevant Links

https://www.lightsmirrorsaction.com/

Buy the book:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lights-Mirrors-Action-Transforming-Caregivers/dp/1738553604


Additional Links

Dr. Kenneth Monaghan's Linkedin Newsletter:

https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7111132149038112768/

Mirror Therapy Demo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ-pz0k2gS0

136. Dr. Kenneth Monaghan: Stroke Rehabilitation Expert - Pt. 1

https://www.theirelandpodcast.com/latest-podcast/episode/f1d50177/136-dr-kenneth-monaghan-stroke-rehabilitation-expert-pt-1



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