New recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control to encourage patient’s suffering from chronic pain to seek physical therapy services have been made. This recent push for physical therapy is an attempt to slow down the rate of opioid usage in patients with chronic pain. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), sales of prescription opioids have quadrupled since 1999 in the United States. In response, the CDC released opioid prescription guide

A stroke occurs when the blood flow to an area of the brain is cut off. When an area of the brain is deprived of oxygen the cells begin to die. When these cells die due to a stroke the abilities (motor-movement or cognitive) that are controlled but that area of the brain are lost. There are 2 types of strokes; ischemic and hemorrhagic. An ischemic stroke is caused by a blockage or clot in a blood vessel, while a hemorrhagic stroke is caused by a vessel burst (aneurysm) or a v