Groups call for more exercise after stroke

By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who have had a stroke can often benefit from moderate exercise, doctors and physical therapists report. In a scientific statement from the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association, they write that both aerobic exercise and strength training may help stroke survivors keep up their daily activities and improve their quality of life. Becoming more active may also lower their risk of having a heart attack or a second stroke, but that remains to be shown definitively. “Physical activity really has to be at the base of any sort of recommendation post-stroke,” said James Rimmer, from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Lakeshore Foundation.



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