Stories of Recovery
True stories of neuroplastic recovery. Interviews with people who have recovered from brain related conditions such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), post concussion syndrome (PCS), chronic and persistent pain, blast injuries and stroke. Personal stories of the lessons learned and the tips & tricks to help you get back to full health.
Series 1 (including 5 episodes) was released in Nov/Dec 2021. Recording for series 2 is nearly complete and these episodes will be released in the coming months. For full transcripts and linked shownotes of each episode, please visit the podcast website at: https://storiesofrecovery.buzzsprout.com/
Note: More detailed shownotes are available within the chapter episodes (due to character limitations on the full episodes).Series 1 episodes include:
- Episode 1 - William - Recovery from a farm motorcycle accident (TBI),
- Episode 2 - Sally - Recovery from a stroke on the operating table (Stroke),
- Episode 3 - Trevor - Recovery from chronic pain resulting from a lower back injury (Chronic pain),
- Episode 4 - Robbie - Recovery from the effects of multiple concussions (Post concussion syndrome),
- Episode 5 - Lloyd - Recovery from the blast impacts of a misfiring shotgun (blast injury).
Musical acknowledgments to Ricky Valadez & Marco Zannone for the terrific intro and outro music (licence via pond5.com).
For all podcast related queries, or to get in touch via email: stories.of.recoveryRF@gmail.com
Episodes
27 episodes
Lloyd (Blast injury): Chapter 4 - Final learnings, new beliefs & advice to others
Episode 5: Chapter 4 - Lloyd Polkinghorne - Recovery from a blast injury (Blast injury) - Final learnings, new beliefs & advice to others.In the final episode of this initial series we meet Lloyd Polkinghorne, a 36 year old newspape...
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24:27
Lloyd (Blast injury): Chapter 3 - Things which helped him continue to get better
Episode 5: Chapter 3 - Lloyd Polkinghorne - Things which helped him continue to get better.In the final episode of this initial series we meet Lloyd Polkinghorne, a 36 year old newspaper owner and editor and a former mixed irrigator fro...
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17:57
Lloyd (Blast injury): Chapter 2 - The turning point & moving forward
Episode 5: Chapter 2 - Lloyd Polkinghorne - The turning point & moving forward.In the final episode of this initial series we meet Lloyd Polkinghorne, a 36 year old newspaper owner and editor and a former mixed irrigator from Barham...
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25:51
Lloyd (Blast injury): Chapter 1: Life, the accident & the deterioration
Episode 5: Chapter 1 - Lloyd Polkinghorne - Recovery from a blast injury (Blast injury) - Life, the accident & the deterioration. In the final episode of this initial series we meet Lloyd Polkinghorne, a 36 year old newspaper owner ...
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25:45
Lloyd (Blast injury): Full Episode - Recovery from a firearm accident
Episode 5: Full episode - Lloyd Polkinghorne - Recovery from a firearm accident (Blast injury). In the final episode of this series we meet Lloyd Polkinghorne, a 36 year old newspaper owner and editor and a former mixed irrigator from B...
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1:31:09
Robbie (Post Concussion Syndrome): Chapter 5 - Final learnings back to full health
Episode 4: Chapter 5 - Robbie Frawley - Final learnings back to full health (PCS).In this episode I tell my story of recovering from post concussion syndrome (PCS). It took me 7 years to fully recover, but if I knew at the start everythi...
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20:53
Robbie (Post Concussion Syndrome): Chapter 4 - Major learnings
Episode 4: Chapter 4 - Robbie Frawley - Major learnings (PCS).In this episode I tell my story of recovering from post concussion syndrome (PCS). It took me 7 years to fully recover, but if I knew at the start everything that I know now, ...
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36:02
Robbie (Post Concussion Syndrome): Chapter 3 - Searching for answers & things that helped along the way
Episode 4: Chapter 3 - Robbie Frawley - Searching for answers & things that helped along the way (PCS).In this episode I tell my story of recovering from post concussion syndrome (PCS). It took me 7 years to fully recover, but if I ...
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28:28
Robbie (Post Concussion Syndrome): Chapter 2 - Treatment, management strategies and learning about 'neuroplasticity'
Episode 4: Chapter 2 - Robbie Frawley - Treatment, management strategies and learning about 'neuroplasticity' (PCS).In this episode I tell my story of recovering from post concussion syndrome (PCS). It took me 7 years to fully recover, ...
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31:14
Robbie (Post Concussion Syndrome): Chapter 1 - Life, the accident and the weeks following
Episode 4: Chapter 1 - Robbie Frawley - Life, the accident and the weeks following (PCS).In this episode I tell my story of recovering from post concussion syndrome (PCS). It took me 7 years to fully recover, but if I knew at the start ...
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13:30
Robbie (Post Concussion Syndrome): Full Episode - Recovery from post concussion syndrome (PCS)
Episode 4: Full episode - Robbie Frawley - Recovery from post concussion syndrome (PCS)In this episode I tell my story of recovering from post concussion syndrome (PCS). It took me 7 years to fully recover, but if I knew at the start ev...
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2:06:07
Trevor (Chronic Pain): Chapter 4 - Life now and looking forward
Episode 3: Chapter 4 - Trevor Barker - Recovery from chronic/persistent back pain (Chronic pain) - Life now and looking forward.In this third episode we meet Trevor Barker, a former electrician and now support coordinator from north eas...
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18:21
Trevor (Chronic Pain): Chapter 3 - Trevor's main learnings and advice
Episode 3: Chapter 3 - Trevor Barker - Recovery from chronic/persistent back pain (Chronic pain) - Trevor's main learnings and advice.In this third episode we meet Trevor Barker, a former electrician and now support coordinator from nor...
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24:22
Trevor (Chronic Pain): Chapter 2 - The turning point to recovery
Episode 3: Chapter 2 - Trevor Barker - Recovery from chronic/persistent back pain (Chronic pain) - The turning point to recoveryIn this third episode we meet Trevor Barker, a former electrician and now support coordinator from north eas...
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30:30
Trevor (Chronic Pain): Chapter 1 - Life, back injuries and living with chronic pain
Episode 3: Chapter 1 - Trevor Barker - Recovery from chronic/persistent back pain (Chronic pain) - Life, back injuries and living with chronic painIn this third episode we meet Trevor Barker, a former electrician and now support coordin...
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24:39
Trevor (Chronic Pain): Full Episode - Recovery from chronic/persistent back pain
Episode 3: Full episode - Trevor Barker - Recovery from chronic/persistent back pain (Chronic pain)In this episode we meet Trevor Barker, a former electrician and now support coordinator from north eastern Victoria who following a minor...
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1:34:43
Sally (Stroke): Chapter 4 - The Olympics & the recovery lessons learned there
Episode 2: Chapter 4 - Sally Callie - Recovery from a stroke on the operating table (Stroke) - The Olympics & the recovery lessons learned there.In this second episode, we meet Sally Callie, a triple Olympian, a world re...
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20:09
Sally (Stroke): Chapter 3 - Looking back & the key learnings
Episode 2: Chapter 3 - Sally Callie - Recovery from a stroke on the operating table (Stroke) - Looking back and the key learnings.In this second episode, we meet Sally Callie, a triple Olympian, a world record holder and an ...
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18:17
Sally (Stroke): Chapter 2 - Rehab & taking ownership
Episode 2: Chapter 2 - Sally Callie - Recovery from a stroke on the operating table (Stroke) - Rehab and taking ownership.In this second episode, we meet Sally Callie, a triple Olympian, a world record holder and an U23 worl...
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23:06
Sally (Stroke): Chapter 1 - Rowing, life & suffering a stroke
Episode 2: Chapter 1 - Sally Callie - Recovery from a stroke on the operating table (Stroke) - Rowing, life & suffering a stroke.In this second episode, we meet Sally Callie, a triple Olympian, a world record holder and ...
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24:32
Sally (Stroke): Full Episode - Recovery from a stroke on the operating table
Episode 2: Full episode - Sally Callie - Recovery from a stroke on the operating table (Stroke).In this episode we meet Sally Callie, triple Olympian, a world record holder and an U23 world champion in the sport of rowing, who's also a ...
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1:22:59
William (TBI): Chapter 4 - New habits & perspectives
Episode 1: Chapter 4 - William Cole - Recovery from a farm motorcycle accident which resulted in a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) - New habits & perspectives.In the first episode, we meet William Cole, a 25 year old farmer from ...
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32:31
William (TBI): Chapter 3 - Returning home & key learnings
Episode 1: Chapter 3 - William Cole - Recovery from a farm motorcycle accident which resulted in a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) - Returning home. William's main recovery learnings.In this third chapter of the episode, William has ...
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