Stroke survivors who have lost flexibility or movement or suffer pain, discomfort while moving about or difficulty when walking, turning, lifting, getting dressed etc. have found that the Feldenkrais Method is  hugely beneficial in their rehabilitation!  Working with the Neuroplasticity of the brain and through the reorganisation of the nervous system, through gentle, guided movement which a Feldenkrais Method Practitioner applies, the brain may reorganise itself around the damaged area and functional recovery may take place.  The neural connections need the correct environment and guidance of the therapeutic interventions and movement re-education that the Feldenkrais Method Practitioner provides.  

Moshe Feldenkrais worked successfully with many stroke and neurological students during his career and he outlines his highly inventive, customised approach to working with stroke in his 1977 case study “Body Awareness as Healing Therapy: The Case of Nora