The 'Lights, Mirrors, Action' Model of physical rehabilitation suggests that;
Lights = Waking Up/Warming Up the stroke survivor body to prepare to benefit from the therapies that are carried out afterwards.
Mirrors = Energise / Excite the brain so that the environment to allow neuroplasticity take place occurs.
Action = Undertaking all normal activities of daily living (ADL) after formal therapy has ended.
The suggested 'Evening' programme with; - Expectation Priming - Walking - Cross-Education Effect - Sensory Substitution Effect is discussed and is also described in detail in Chapter 20 of my book.
Chapter 20: Evening Expectations
THE TAKEAWAY
1. The way to benefit from this expectation effect is to embrace these beliefs:
a. Genuinely believe that your body will make a recovery.
b. Genuinely believe that the more you learn about stroke and how beneficial hard work and repetitions can be, the better the recovery will be.
c. Genuinely believe that the more repetitions or hours of safe therapy you undertake, the better the physical recovery will be.
d. Genuinely believe that your home is often the best place for undertaking a program.
2. Set out the pre-rehabilitation priming information before every rehabilitation session, and ask your stroke survivor to slowly read the information and try to truly understand it.
3. Ask your stroke survivor to slowly read the 18 pre-rehabilitation expectation priming rules. Reading these will prime and motivate your stroke survivor to get started and will maximize their chances of success.
4. Enjoy the evening four-week program.