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Here's Why I bought a Fitbit

This study is reported at Medical News Today with the headline "Stroke Survivors Benefit From Regular, Brisk Outdoor Walks" and contains the following

Previous studies have already suggested that exercise that doesn't put undue stresson the body can help stroke survivors increase their quality of life, but these have mainly studied the effect of indoor activities such as walking on a treadmill or using an exercise bike."Little is known about the effects of community-based walking programs in persons with chronic stroke," write the authors.

So lead author and physical therapy lecturer Carron Gordon and colleagues decided to carry out a randomized controlled trial to investigate effects of aerobic training, namely walking outdoors, on stroke survivors.

Early results indicate I'm a long way from the 6000-steps-a-week recommendation I saw in another journal, but I can at least make sure I'm active.

Teaching Piano to Disabled Students

Piano teacher Mark Miller uses Skype to meet the needs of disabled students around the world. I don't know if I was more excited by this story of a stroke patient

When Kay Breslin, one of Miller’s former local students suffered a stroke that left her paralyzed on one side, she never thought she would play music again. But a chance encounter with Miller inspired a friend of Breslin’s to encourage her to try again, with the use of her functional hand. Miller had said he could write some arrangements for her.

“I didn’t want to do it,” Breslin says from her home in Chicago. “I didn’t think it would sound like anything . . . and then my friend commissioned Mark to write some arrangements for my birthday. It was the beginning of something wonderful. It’s brought something back into my life that was very precious.”

or by the remote teaching method. I do know I've been working next to lonely piano for too long. I've thought about left-hand repertory for a long time. Hmmm..