{"id":230521,"date":"2026-02-04T13:12:52","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T19:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/study-reveals-an-unexpected-way-to-boost-recovery-after-a-stroke"},"modified":"2026-02-04T13:12:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T19:12:52","slug":"study-reveals-an-unexpected-way-to-boost-recovery-after-a-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/study-reveals-an-unexpected-way-to-boost-recovery-after-a-stroke","title":{"rendered":"Study Reveals an Unexpected Way to Boost Recovery After a Stroke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/study-reveals-an-unexpected-way-to-boost-recovery-after-a-stroke2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For many stroke survivors, recovery may not mean restoring what was lost but strengthening what remains.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Stroke survivors often face <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/1545968319875951\">substantial and long-lasting problems with their arms<\/a>. Both arms often decline together: When one arm is more severely affected by the stroke, the other becomes more difficult to use as well.<\/p>\n<p>Compared with a healthy person\u2019s dominant hand, a stroke survivor may take up to three times longer to complete everyday tasks using their less-impaired arm.<\/p>\n<p>This creates a frustrating reality. People with severe impairment in one arm must rely almost entirely on their other arm for daily activities, such as eating, dressing, and household tasks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many stroke survivors, recovery may not mean restoring what was lost but strengthening what remains. Stroke survivors often face substantial and long-lasting problems with their arms. Both arms often decline together: When one arm is more severely affected by the stroke, the other becomes more difficult to use as well. Compared with a healthy [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1506],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230521\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}