Updated:Jan 16,2014  Excerpted from the article, "A Rehab
Revolution," Stroke Connection Magazine, September/October 2004
(Last science update March 2013) Jump to 2006 update  Rehab
centers across the country are using innovative advances in
rehab science. These therapies can either supplement or replace
traditional therapy.  Traditional therapy is intended to
progress very slowly to prevent abnormal movement. The new
therapies are aggressive, focusing on forced movement,
repetition and intensity. They also rely on technological
advances.  The concept of biofeedback is as simple as looking in
the mirror to watch yourself move your arm or leg. It’s a visual
reinforcement that you are moving your limbs in a desired way.
“After a stroke, it is common for survivors to move their arms
or legs abnormally,” says Dr. Richard L. Harvey, medical
director of the Stroke Rehabilitation Center at the
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. “Biofeedback can train a
survivor to move more naturally.”   In biofeedback, a wire el