Recovery stories from Srikakulam.

After my father's stroke he could not even sit on his own. Madam came home five days a week, taught us how to lift him without hurting his shoulder, and in three months he was walking to the verandah with a stick. Doing it at home made all the difference for us.

I was scared to bend my knee after the operation in Visakhapatnam. Surya Kumari garu was patient and firm. She made me practise on my own stairs. Now I go to the temple on my own.

Years of lifting rice bags had given me constant back pain. The exercises are simple and she showed me how to lift properly. I have not taken a painkiller in two months.

I could not comb my hair or hang clothes on the line. With her sessions and the towel exercises, my arm goes up fully now. She explained everything in Telugu so I understood why each exercise mattered.

Our son enjoys every session because it feels like play. He now sits without support and has started standing holding the sofa. She taught us exercises we do with him every evening.

My mother is 82 and had two falls last year. After a month of visits she gets up from the cot by herself and walks to the kitchen. Madam also told us to change the bathroom mat and add a light, small things we never thought of.