Stroke Facts
- Someone in the United States has a stroke every 40 seconds. Every 4 minutes, someone dies of stroke.
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Sources: CDC, National Stroke Association, Harvard
Special Report: COVID-19 & Stroke
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Cassie performing at Rancho Los Amigos Rehabilitation Center in Los Angeles, CA
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Maximizing Movement
The Stroke Channel.TV is your source for information to help you learn to work with your body to restore mobility through concentrated, specialized exercises and stretches. Chronic pain and movement limitation following a stroke can mean that you enjoy your life less. We are here to provide you with helpful information by experts in the area of stroke to help you heal your body so you can live your fullest life.
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- About 87% of all strokes are ischemic strokes,
in which blood flow to the brain is blocked by a clot.
-Approx. 13% are hemorrhagic strokes, in which a blood vessel in the brain explodes.
- About 50% of people who have hemorrhagic strokes die within a matter of days.
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Due to the coronavirus, Providence St. Joseph Medical Center has placed visitation limitations on everyone entering the hospital. Thus, the weekly stroke support group is only being held online until further notice.
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