Alton Stroke Support Blog

Dave and Kate’s Story Recently, 7th April, was our monthly meetup – a chance to share experiences, challenges, and wins with peers who understand what life is like after a stroke. This month was particularly special as we welcomed husband and wife Dave and Kate, who highlighted the benefits of facing stroke recovery as a…

Nutrition and Stroke Recovery After a stroke, looking after your health becomes more important than ever – and a balanced diet plays a key role in rebuilding strength and supporting recovery. While this journey can bring challenges, such as changes to taste and smell or difficulties with swallowing, it can also be a time of…

Neuro fatigue Here is a little helpful information about neuro fatigue and how it can affect everyone post stroke, which we recently received from Southampton based Different Strokes. The main message is that whilst, as stroke survivors, we can’t fight it, we can help ourselves by pacing our lives and listening to our brains so…

How Social Prescribing Can Help Social Subscribing is a local service connecting people to activities, groups, and support which improves health and wellbeing. Emilia Barnett is one of our Social Prescribing team in Alton, and she joined our last Meet Up to explain how they can help with (non-medical) issues like loneliness, debt, or stress…

Cycling for all Peter Jean is the Chair of the charity Inclusive Cycling which is based at Alice Holt. Some of our Group already take advantage of their amazing range of bikes for all levels of mobility and experience. However, we had asked Peter to come and share a little more about what they offer.…