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When Sleep Isn’t Simple

September 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.

This handout offers fresh, non-obvious strategies for improving sleep after stroke, brain injury, or spinal cord injury. It’s designed for patients who’ve already tried the basics and still struggle to rest. Use it to validate sleep challenges while providing practical tools.

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Brain Injury and Rest

December 25, 2021 by Megan Berg.

This handout describes the need for the brain to rest after an injury in order to heal with a brief discussion about why the struggle between the need for sleep and the increased difficulty the brain has getting sleep after a brain injury. The handout includes 9 specific strategies that patients can implement themselves and 10 ways that family, friends, and medical staff can help.

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