An estimated 50,000 strokes occur in Canada each year – one every 10 minutes. June is Stroke Awareness Month and many will focus on the signs, symptoms and on-set of stroke. Considering its impact, a vital editorial angle and topic to explore is life after stroke.
Living with Stroke - Over 400,000 Canadians are living with the effects of stroke. One of the most painful effects of strokes is limb spasticity - a condition where muscles become tight and stiff, and resist being stretched. Spasticity affects more than 65% of people within weeks and months of an attack and usually affects the arms, fingers, and/or the legs.
Guest: Dr Paul Winston
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