The Power of Synergy in your Stroke Rehab.
The Power of Synergy in your Stroke Rehab.
Synergy is defined as”-the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects”.
A” buzz” word of the 80’s business world, it along with other jargon du jour became cliché however it is a term that I adopted into the lexicon of my everyday business dealings and more recently to a certain extent my personal life.
In plain English, Synergy means to me the linking of several related or unrelated tasks that will upon completion produce a result greater than the sum of their separate or independent effects.
No more was this effect more visible that within the parameters of my rehab plan following my stroke in 2016.
Activities such as physiotherapy, the involvement of dieticians, Occupational therapists, “the dress group”, the combined efforts of the medical and nursing staff can have by their nature singular objectives and have a singular result
But
The Synergy of all these tasks in a co-ordinated mode against a common objective \{my recovery/ rehab\} resulted in me walking out and embarking on my Recovery journey and being the person, I am today!!
Note to Clinicians- Ensure that there is real synergy in the recovery/rehab plans you develop for Stroke Survivors. Then inform your Survivors.
Note to Stroke Survivors-Ask your clinician to outline the synergy of all elements in your recovery/rehab plan- then you will know why you are being asked to do that myriad of recovery tasks
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