Know Stroke Podcast

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! Episode 73: We’re excited to continue our partnership with Vivistim as part of a  Know Stroke Podcast spotlight series for May! Today's  interview  is with Tim Blinten, a young stroke survivor from Massachusetts who shares his story and a #strokethriver and real world experience with Vivistim. In our first episode of this series we spoke with Teresa...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! In this SnapCast we recapped a great day out at the Trillium Spring 5K running alongside our friends from Tufts Medical Center Stroke and Young Adults (SAYA) program and past guest Jenna Muri-Rosenthal from  Fit to Function Recovery . We’re excited to continue our partnership with Vivistim as part of a  Know Stroke Podcast spotlight series for May!  Last...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! We’re kicking off Stroke Awareness Month with our first business spotlight series in partnership with Vivistim® . On this episode we’ll introduce you to Teresa Jacobson Kimberley, PT, PhD, FAPTA  Director of the Rehabilitation Science PhD Program School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences MGH Institute of Health Professionals. About our Guest: Dr. Kimbe...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! May is Stroke Awareness Month We’re excited to announce our partnership with Vivistim as part of a  Know Stroke Podcast spotlight series for May!  Throughout the month of May we’ll be bringing you two episodes highlighting the breakthrough technology of Vivistim to improve arm and hand function in stroke survivors impacted by chronic ischemic stroke. On o...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! Episode 71 Guest: Carolyn Brown, OTD, OTR/L, CLT Executive Director, StrokeOT,LLC Dr Brown joined us back in season 2 episode 3 (Oct 2021) when she first formed Stroke OT, her CT based non profit for opening long term care access and providing  essential health and wellness services to stroke survivors and caregivers.   Our guest has worked with the strok...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! Know Stroke Podcast April Snapcast What's a snapcast? A quick recording where Mike and David jump in to release short shoutouts of timely events and upcoming episodes +release  announcements for our sponsors.  On this snapcast we open with  the voices of podcasts hosts Jordan and Kevin of the Buzzcast podcast.  They are both with Buzzsprout, our Know...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! Episode 70 with Jenna Muri-Rosenthal of  Fit to Function Recovery About our Guest: We met Jenna Muri-Rosenthal through an introduction by our previous episode guest Rory Polera (Ep69).  Jenna has her clinical roots at Spaulding Rehab and is an experienced speech and language pathologist (SLP) who uses her passion for Crossfit and advanced training in brai...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! Episode 69 - we welcome Rory Polera to the show to share his story as a young stroke survivor - or as we like to say, "stroke thriver". Show highlights: Rory Polera shares his incredible journey of resilience and recovery after experiencing multiple ischemic strokes within a short span at the age of 36. Despite the challenges, Rory's determ...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! Episode 68 - join us as we chat with Lauren Esposito, Operations Manager at OhioHealth Neuroscience Wellness Center. Lauren provides insight into the origins of the Neuroscience Wellness Center, highlighting the key individuals who brought it to life. She explains how community needs for neurological care led to the center's establishment, emphasizin...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! Episode 67 - Innovating Community Fitness: Building Bridges from Research to Post-Stroke Rehab. New National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines in the UK recommend stroke patients receive at least three hours of rehabilitation a day, five days a week. This is a dramatic increase from previous guidance of 45 minutes a day. Currently...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! Welcome back to the first Know Stroke Podcast episode of our 2024 season! Co-hosts Michael Garrow and David Dansereau appreciate you taking some time out of your day to listen to this episode. If you find our podcast valuable, we ask that you consider supporting us with a small monthly donation or through a sponsored business spotlight. In this episode we...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! Episode 65: Closing out 2023 with a replay of our highest downloaded episode of the year. Tim Whitmire joined us for episode 48, he is a young stroke survivor and founder of F3 Nation. He speaks to us about how he grew a community built around fitness, fellowship, and faith into the largest mens' fitness movement in the US, and how those pillars tran...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! Episode 64 - Achieving Balance (Part 1): Food as Medicine to Fuel Stroke Recovery A comprehensive stroke recovery plan of care often includes a combination of physical, occupational, and speech therapy, along with other medical interventions. These therapies are vital for regaining physical and cognitive abilities. Often overlooked, however, in the stroke...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! Special Edition Episode 63 for World Stroke Day #GreaterThanStroke This year’s theme for World Stroke Day 2023 is stroke prevention. One in four of us will have a stroke in our lifetime. It is estimated that 90% of those strokes could be prevented by addressing a small number of risk factors including high blood pressure (hypertension), irregular heartbea...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! Episode 62: Justin Oakley, MSOTR/L CAPS of Oakley Home AccessPreparing your home for all of life's changes after a stroke can be overwhelming. In fact, the word discharge can be terrifying for both survivor, caregiver and treating therapists alike to provide access to continued safe mobility solutions. We’ve heard many times from past expert rehabili...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! Episode 36 Interview with Kyle Zebley, Senior Vice President of Public Policy at the American Telemedicine Association and Executive Director, ATA Action In this episode you’ll be hearing from the first policy expert we’ve had on our show and we don’t think we could have brought you a better one!  It is important for us to emphasize this interview would n...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! In Episode 60 of the Know Stroke Podcast we sat down with the esteemed Dr. Joseph Broderick. Guest Bio:Joseph Broderick, MD, a distinguished stroke expert and neurologist, has been a crucial part of UC Physicians since 1987. In 1996, he became a professor of Neurology at the University of Cincinnati, and from 2000-2014, held the Albert Barnes Voorheis Cha...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! In Episode 59 of the show we sat down with stroke survivor Sean Entin aka the Stroke Hacker. Despite being paralyzed on his left side, Sean learned to walk, talk, drive, and speak in front of audiences, inspiring people to free their minds and bodies after a traumatic event. His mission is to help stroke survivors, caregivers, and families reduce anxiety,...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! Know Stroke Podcast Episode 58: Interview with Professor Avril DrummondAbout our Guest:Avril Drummond is Professor of Healthcare Research and an occupational therapist. She qualified as an occupational therapist from the University of Ulster, undertook her MSc in Rehabilitation from the University of Southampton and her PhD at the University of Nottingham...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! On Episode 57 of the Know Stroke Podcast we sit down with Stacy Quinn. Fueled by frustration and stress after being misdiagnosed by several doctors, Stacy felt lost on her road to recovery. She found herself on the precipice of never talking about what happened to her and living as a silent statistic: 1 in 5 women will have a stroke in her lifetime, and 3...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! In Episode 56, we sat down with the United Stroke Alliance (USA) Co-Founder and Executive Director Marylee Nunley and CEO Larry Schaer to discuss how this dynamic duo has grown the alliance from a single person in a single community, to its expansion and now having offered 300 Retreat and Refresh Stroke Camps throughout the country.  The Retreat & Ref...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! In Episode 55 we're joined by Michelle Ballasiotes, a pediatric stroke survivor and occupational therapist. Michelle suffered what is called a perinatal stroke which usually occurs between the middle of pregnancy and delivery. Her childhood consisted of weekly physical and occupational therapy for more than 10 years in order to gain mobility due to r...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! In this episode of the Know Stroke Podcast, we are honored to have special guest Senator Ben Ray Luján, who has been a dedicated advocate for stroke awareness and policy reform. Senator Luján serves as both a senator and a stroke survivor, making his insights and experiences invaluable. During the episode, Senator Luján highlights the importance of stroke...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! In Episode 53 we were joined by Professor Julie Bernhardt, co-leader of The Florey’s Stroke theme and leads the AVERT Early Intervention Research Program. Julie believes that to impact the global burden of disability after stroke, we need to rethink, reframe and refocus our efforts to develop more effective treatments and treatment environments (hospitals...

Chime In, Send Us a Text or Voice Message! Welcome to episode 52 of the Know Stroke Podcast. In this episode we're joined by Stacie Broek, author, blogger, stroke survivor, overachiever, mother of 3 & invisible disabilities advocate. Stacie shares her powerful story of surviving a stroke while in Japan, and her work to support other survivor's and their family through a model of pass...