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Here's a comprehensive list of various resources I've found helpful and may discuss in future posts. Please peruse them at your leisure for more information, and please don't hesitate to contribute to the list with your suggestions: e-mail revolution.rehab@gmail.com.
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  • My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey (Plume), Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D. the moving tale of a Harvard neuroanatomist who suffered a massive left-brain stroke over the course of four hours and lived to tell the story -- 100% recovered! 

  • Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Little, Brown), John J. Ratey, MD with Eric Hagerman a fascinating study about the neurons created during aerobic exercise and how we can use them to our advantage. Very promising.

  • The Brain that Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (Penguin), Norman Doidge, MD intriguing tales of the brain and its plasticity. A surprisingly quick, intellectual read without too much technical content.

  • The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Vintage), Jean-Dominique Bauby the astounding memoir written by a man who was completely paralyzed due to stroke (the victim of "locked-in syndrome"), transcribed by his blinking to letters of the alphabet. Wow!

  • Light on Pranayama: the Yogic Art of Breathing (Crossroad), B.K.S. Iyengar a resource on the lesser-known arena of yoga that involves breathing techniques. These have been known to heal people of a multitude of ailments -- worth a look!

  • Quantum Touch: The Power to Heal (North Atlantic Books), Richard Gordon open your mind to the potential of alternative healing methods, primarily through the power of touch. 

  •  Team Up: Becoming Accountable to Your Dreams (Optimality Press), Pete Mockaitis the author is a personal friend of Pamela's. In it, he explores the benefits and power of accountability and assigning personal responsibility to yourself and your friends to help you accomplish your goals.

  • The Magnesium Miracle (Ballantine Books), Carolyn Dean, MD, ND explains the vital role of magnesium in helping people with serious medical problems or preventing them -- including with traumatic brain injury.

  • The Magnesium Factor (Avery Trade), Mildred Seelig, MD, MPH and Andrea Rosanoff, MS, Ph.D. these authors explore how magnesium can prevent, treat, and help to reverse several medical ailments.

  • How to Make a Good Brain Great: The Amen Clinic Program for Achieving and Sustaining Optimal Mental Performance (Crown Publishing Group), Daniel G. Amen, MD a comprehensive guide to treating the brain and body right from a brain expert and psychiatrist Dr. Amen. An easy read and highly applicable to anyone, not just sufferers of injury!

  • Best Remedies (Reader's Digest), Mary L. Hardy, MD and Debra L. Gordon a big book on integrative medicine and natural remedies for various bodily conditions



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