A clear look at pelvic floor care after stroke.
Stronger After Stroke takes up a subject that stroke coverage can easily miss: pelvic floor problems that may follow stroke, including urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and pelvic pain.
Stronger After Stroke
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Stroke is a life changing event, but despite this there can be a great life after stroke too. In this podcast, hear from stroke survivors and medical specialists about how to be STRONGER after stroke! We will cover hard to discuss topics, from gender norms and sex after stroke, as well as listen to survivor journeys as they navigate their life after stroke. Presented by the Norton Neuroscience Institute Comprehensive Stroke Center and Resource Center.
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Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Stronger After Stroke connects clinical recovery with the work, fatigue, family strain, and practical decisions that follow a stroke.
Rosa Hart starts with what changes after the emergency: work, medication decisions, fatigue, identity, and the pressure placed on family caregivers. As a stroke nurse navigator, she guides conversations with survivors, caregivers, a medical director, and a disability specialist.
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A bedside conversation turns to FMLA, because your job does not pause for a stroke.
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- Rosa Hart to ask how a caregiver keeps a job while staying at the hospital bedside
- a survivor's account of brain fog that doesn't reduce neuro fatigue to ordinary tiredness
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A clear legal map for returning to driving after stroke.
This episode frames the return-to-driving question after stroke as both a legal and practical test. Rosa Hart and attorney Cameron Fatower move through the 90-day period without seizures or blackouts, the step of checking in with the DMV or BMV, and the danger of moving ahead…
A practical look at how pregnancy-related stroke risk can linger years after delivery.
Stronger After Stroke centers women and stroke risk, with Rosa Hart and Dr. Rabia Baridi laying out the links between pregnancy, preeclampsia, blood pressure, and the need for close follow-up after delivery.
A practical look at transportation, caregiver leave, and access to follow-up care after stroke.
Stronger After Stroke turns its attention to a practical recovery problem: how stroke survivors get to follow-up care, and how caregivers keep work from unraveling while helping.
A practical look at stroke risk, the Watchman device, and the steps around implanting it.
Rosa Hart interviews Dr. Daniel Sean Stewart on Stronger After Stroke, tracing atrial-fibrillation-related stroke risk and the Watchman device for people at risk for, or who have experienced, stroke.
Stroke fatigue is not ordinary tiredness, and Mark Green makes that plain.
Stronger After Stroke stays with a part of recovery that is easy to miss from the outside: neuro fatigue that is more than ordinary tiredness and can bring on head-spinning, room-spinning, nauseous overwhelm.
A grounded stroke story about Italy, medication confusion, and recovery that is harder to read than it first appears.
Bella's recovery story has a practical, unsentimental edge. It starts with the crisis in Italy, then moves into the medication confusion that followed, and keeps coming back to the harder question of what was stroke and what was something else.
A practical reminder that hearing belongs in the stroke conversation.
The episode treats hearing as part of the stroke conversation, not an aside, and it does so in plain, useful language. Rosa Hart keeps the focus on the questions listeners are most likely to have: whether stroke can affect hearing, why hearing aids can sound too loud at first,…
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Episodes
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Fighting Fatigue: Reclaiming Energy After Stroke
Stroke survivor Mark Green shares his journey of recovering from a hemorrhagic stroke caused by high blood pressure.
·43m·4 clips - 2
Should You Apply for Disability After a Stroke? Steps to Take With Sam Schad
Rosa Hart sits down with disability specialist Sam Shad to talk about disability questions after stroke.
·50m·2 clips - 3
Part 1 of 2: What Every Woman Needs to Know About Stroke
Hidden gemHost Rosa Hart interviews vascular neurologist Dr.
·18m·1 clip - 4
From Patient to Purpose: Adam Maddox's Journey
Adam Maddox shares his journey from having a stroke at his brother's funeral to recovering and finding purpose as a healthcare worker.
·28m·2 clips - 5
The Overlooked Key to Stroke Recovery: Hearing
This episode explores the often-overlooked connection between stroke and hearing, featuring audiologist Dr.
·32m·2 clips - 6
Lost in Translation: Bella's Stroke Journey Abroad
Bella, a stroke survivor, shares her harrowing experience of having a stroke while on vacation in Italy, detailing the language barriers and medical challenges abroad.
·39m·3 clips - 7
Role Reversal – When the Child Becomes the Caregiver with Tiffany Cardwell
Tiffany Cardwell shares her journey as a daughter who became the primary caregiver for her father after his stroke in the Philippines, discussing the logistical challenges, emotional shifts, and practical steps like power of attorney and assisted living.
·33m·3 clips - 8
How Kids Heal After Stroke with Arpita Lakhotia, M.D.
Hidden gemDr.
·25m·1 clip - 9
Love, Resilience and Recovery: A Young Caregiver's Story
Katie Deakins, wife of young stroke survivor Russell, shares her caregiving journey, covering financial struggles with insurance, emotional challenges, and the critical role of advocacy in his recovery.
·53m·4 clips - 10
Heart Month: Watching Over the Heart and Brain
Stroke Nurse Navigator Rosa Hart interviews interventional cardiologist Dr.
·17m·1 clip - 11
Understanding Stroke Medications and Personalized Recovery
Hidden gemRosa Hart and Dr.
·39m·2 clips - 12
Regaining Control: Pelvic Floor Therapy for Incontinence After Stroke
Hidden gemRosa Hart speaks with pelvic floor therapist Lisa Cecil about how stroke can lead to urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, pelvic pain, and trouble getting to the bathroom on time.
·21m·1 clip - 13
Driven to Thrive: Tackling Transportation After StrokeDriven to Thrive: Tackling Transportation After Stroke
Rosa Hart hosts Caitlin Zoller on Stronger After Stroke.
·21m·2 clips - 14
Can I Drive Again? Legal Realities After Brain Injury
Hidden gemRosa Hart hosts Cameron Fatower on Stronger After Stroke to explain Kentucky and Indiana driving rules after stroke or brain injury.
·25m·1 clip - 15
Women and Stroke: Recovery, Prevention and Health Equity
Hidden gemRosa Hart brings Dr.
·29m - 16
Wired to Heal: Hope for Recovery After Pediatric Stroke
Host Rosa Hart interviews pediatric rehabilitation specialist Katherine Schuster about helping children and teens achieve their best life after a stroke.
Apr 13, 2026·27m - 17
What I Wish I Knew: A Caregiver's Journey With Brain Injury Recovery
A stroke nurse navigator interviews a caregiver about her experience supporting her mother's recovery after a stroke.
Dec 9, 2024·34m - 18
Diabetes and Stroke: Interview With Lina Yassine, M.D.
Host Rosa Hart interviews endocrinologist Dr.
Nov 12, 2024·25m - 19
Memory After Stroke: Interview with Gregory E. Cooper, M.D., Ph.D.
A stroke survivor podcast discussing memory problems after stroke with a neurologist.
Oct 14, 2024·16m - 20
Running Toward Recovery: Russell Deakins' Journey from Stroke Survivor to Half-Marathon Finisher
A stroke nurse navigator interviews a young stroke survivor about his life before and after the stroke.
Sep 9, 2024·23m - 21
Cognitive Rehab After Stroke: Interview With Anne Blandford, Speech-Language Pathologist
Aug 12, 2024·22m - 22
Interview With Langston Gaither, Caregiver for Stroke Survivor
Jul 8, 2024·19m - 23
Visual Changes After Stroke
Jun 10, 2024·33m - 24
From Athlete to Stroke Survivor: An Interview with Vickie Foster
May 13, 2024·20m - 25
Mediterranean Diet for Any Budget: Interview With Deborah Eck, Registered Dietitian
A stroke nurse navigator interviews a dietitian about the Mediterranean diet for stroke prevention and recovery, focusing on affordable solutions.
Apr 8, 2024·26m - 26
Integrative Solutions for Stroke Survivors, Interview with Dr. Rachel Busse
Stroke nurse navigator Rosa Hart interviews Dr.
Mar 11, 2024·23m - 27
The Heart & Brain Connection: Heart Care After Stroke
Feb 12, 2024·17m - 28
Traveling After a Stroke: Interview With David Todd, Stroke Survivor
A stroke survivor shares his story and recovery journey, hosted by a stroke nurse navigator.
Jan 8, 2024·24m - 29
Sleep Apnea and Stroke
Dec 11, 2023·18m - 30
Interview with Stroke Survivor Dawne Gee
A stroke survivor shares her journey and insights on life after stroke, hosted by a stroke nurse navigator.
Nov 13, 2023·38m - 31
Brain Health - Interview with Tatjana Rundeck, M.D., Ph.D., FANA
A stroke nurse navigator interviews a neurologist about brain health, cognitive impairment, and stroke recovery.
Oct 9, 2023·37m - 32
"How Long Until I am Back to Normal?" Rehab Expectations
Sep 11, 2023·33m - 33
Feldenkrais – Neuroplasticity/Better Movement – Dorothy Henning
Aug 14, 2023·25m - 34
Flannery O'Neil - Rehab Through Aphasia, Support
Jul 10, 2023·22m - 35
Is it a Migraine or Am I Having a Stroke?
Jun 26, 2023·33m - 36
Making Connections Through Music: Stroke Care and Music Therapy
Jun 12, 2023·17m - 37
Emotional Coping After Stroke
May 29, 2023·23m - 38
Identity Crisis: Role Changes for Survivors and Their Family
May 15, 2023·24m - 39
Intimacy and Sex After Stroke, Part 2
May 1, 2023·19m - 40
Stroke Survivor Ify Whitfill on Perspective Change
May 1, 2023·23m - 41
Intimacy and Sex After Stroke, Part 1
May 1, 2023·23m - 42
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