Though dead brain tissue cannot be restored, intensive rehabilitation can help many people learn to overcome disability.
Intensive rehabilitation trains other parts of the brain to do what the damaged part originally did.
This
foundation is based on the concept that you can rewire your damaged brain cells to other parts of the brain and retrain those cells to work for you! 
This picture was completed six to nine months after training my opposite hand
to draw. During this time, my fine motor skills were developed.
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There are 4.8 million survivors of stroke in the U.S.A. today with many
more world wide!
- 750,000 people suffer from stroke each year of
which one third are fatal.
- Stroke is the third leading cause of death and the leading cause of disability!
- If you are a stroke victim and you are reading this, please consider yourself one of the lucky ones!
You are already a miracle.
- In the United States, stroke costs about $50 billion per year in direct cost and loss of productivity.
- Depression occurs in up to 60% of stroke patients.
- Stroke can be harder on loved ones than it is on the patient.
Family and friends often feel helplessness or are overwhelmed with the task at hand and what the future
might bring.
(Took two months, going over and over
with opposite hand)
(Three to six months with opposite hand)
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