Stroke

How you talk and interact with people, the way you walk and dance, the things you love to do and your personality are all controlled by your brain. Your brain is the control panel for everything your body does. When you have a stroke, your brain is altered and can cause your body to not work accordingly.

Your brain depends on arteries to get the blood and oxygen it needs to function properly. When one of those arteries is blocked or bursts, part of the brain starts to weaken. This causes stroke.

A stroke will affect people in different ways depending on the type, the part of the brain that has been affected and the magnitude of the stroke. The senses (eyesight, touch, spatial awareness), movement of arms and legs, paralysis or weakness on one side, speech and understanding speech may all be affected. While most of these problems will improve over time, in some stroke survivors they will disappear completely with no lingering effects.

Florida Hospital Rehabilitation has the skill and compassion needed to help you recover and ensures quality outcomes while promoting prevention. In fact, a whole team will work with you in order to ensure you feel more like yourself. Your personalized team will work with you on improving mobility, independence, speech, swallowing, daily living activities, recreation, hobbies and adjusting to the emotional challenges and new life circumstances. We are committed to including your family in all steps of your care and recovery and encourage active familial participation. 

Florida Hospital Rehabilitation is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) and allows for access to all Florida Hospital programs and services.