Joel Costello Videos

DON’T BE AFRAID TO REST AND RECOVER #braintumourrehab #strokerehab #neurorehab #braintumourwarrior #braintumourawareness #brainsurgery #ataxia #brainsurgery #braintumour #stroke #dysphagia #swallow #speechpathology

I DID IT! 7 laps of the Fleet Steps!! (7.5 actually) 😂 #braintumourrehab #strokerehab #neurorehab #braintumourwarrior #braintumourawareness #brainsurgery #ataxia #brainsurgery #braintumour #stroke #dysphagia #swallow #speechpathology

Who’s keen to join me? This Sunday 9am Fleet Steps, Miss Macquarie’s Chair If you can’t make it, please help me spread awareness for #braintumourawarenessmonth by sharing the reel on your Instagram story #braintumourrehab #strokerehab #neurorehab #braintumourwarrior #braintumourawareness #brainsurgery #ataxia #brainsurgery #braintumour #stroke

The BEST way to recover from brain surgery is…… Live your life Allow the unexpected twists and turns of every day life to help rehabilitate you and form new neural pathways Get out in nature Surround yourself with loved ones Enjoy every second of EVERY day #braintumourrehab #strokerehab #neurorehab #braintumourwarrior #braintumourawareness #brainsurgery #ataxia

Target a achieved - boom 💥 Who’s coming to do some stairs with me? 9am Sunday May 28th Fleet Steps - Miss MACQUARIE’S chair

May is Brain Cancer Awareness Month, and I am excited to challenge myself alongside Charlie for this noble cause. My goal is to raise $700 for the Charlie Teo Foundation, dedicated to brain cancer research. To do so, I will attempt to walk up and down the staircase at Miss Macquarie’s chair unassisted, seven times, in a challenge I call “The Stairway to Seven.” Before my brain surgery, running laps up and down this staircase was a regular activity for me and my friends. Now, after my recovery, I am eager to try it again and celebrate this achievement while supporting a worthy cause. During May, I will condition myself to conquer these stairs by training on every staircase I can find: at home, in my building, at work, and even at the beach! On Sunday, May 28th at 9 am, I will begin “The Stairway to Seven,” and I invite anyone who wants to join me to come along. But even if you cannot be there physically, you can still support me by donating through my page. Every contribution, no matter how small, will make a difference and help me reach my target. Your support will mean a lot to me, and it will help me tackle brain cancer HEAD-ON. Thank you for taking the time to read my message. #charlieteofoundation #braincancerawarenessmonth #braintumourrehab #strokerehab #neurologicalrehab #neurologicalrehabilitation #neurorehab #neurorehabilitation #braintumourwarrior #braintumourawareness #brainsurgery #ataxia #ataxiarehab #coordinationrehab #neuropt

Have you had visual disturbances during your brain tumour journey? 👀 🧠 #braintumourrehab #strokerehab #neurologicalrehab #neurologicalrehabilitation #neurorehab #neurorehabilitation #braintumourwarrior #braintumourawareness #brainsurgery #ataxia # #neuropt

SURVIVING THE UNTHINKABLE I recently celebrated my 3 year cranniversary by holding a zoom call with fellow brain tumour warrior’s, Tracey and Tori, who I have met on Instagram After watching the recording our call, I realised that a lot of the content was really interesting, and may be insightful for anyone going through something similar to us, so Ive decided to edit our call into bite-size videos and am going to begin uploading them to YouTube, so that anyone going through a brain tumour journey can watch them and learn from three seperate people who have all lived through it To watch the full video, follow the link in my bio Thank you @tracey86610 and @tori.jean.dent for being brave enough to share your journeys 🤙🏽 #braintumourrehab #strokerehab #neurologicalrehab #neurologicalrehabilitation #neurorehab #neurorehabilitation #improvemybalance #coordinationexercises #braintumourwarrior #braintumourawareness #brainsurgery #ataxia #ataxiarehab #coordinationrehab #neuropt #trendingreels #reelsviral

What better way to spend your 3 year brain surgery anniversary than to have a virtual brunch with 2 other incredible brain tumour warriors - @tracey86610 and @tori.jean.dent These women are phenomenal! Brave, strong, engaging, funny and have the BEST attitudes towards life and the cards they’ve been dealt We chatted for 30 - until Zoom booted us off lol - and we share our insights and advice to help inspire others who may be going through similar things to us We will be posting more of our chat across the next few days - if you or someone you know is going through something similar, don’t forget to share our content with them We aren’t here to become Beyoncé or Instagram influencers, we just want to create a community of hope and insights for anyone else going through what will easily be the toughest time in their life PLEASE 👍🏽LIKE, COMMENT, SAVE, SHARE #braintumourrehab #strokerehab #neurologicalrehab #neurologicalrehabilitation #neurorehab #neurorehabilitation #improvemybalance #coordinationexercises #braintumourwarrior #braintumourawareness #brainsurgery #ataxia #ataxiarehab #coordinationrehab #neuropt #trendingreels #reelsviral

My 40th bday was last Wednesday So, I declared myself a bday week and bookended my bday with two seperate weekend bday parties Every year of life is a gift and I felt it fitting to celebrate that fact The first weekend bday getaway was down the coast where I celebrated with my family and all the lads I grew up with The second weekend bday getaway was up the coast where I celebrated with work colleagues and all the people I’ve met since moving to Sydney Since my brain surgery, and the realisation that life is insanely short, and that there are no dress rehearsals I’m a massive believer in squeezing as much joy out of every day And creating experiences that I’ll remember forever with people that inspire me My advice to everyone is to cherish every single day and do things that set your soul on fire Laugh Sing Dance Get out in nature And really connect with those around you I can’t thank everyone enough who have made my 40th bday celebration the most perfect week of my life I love you all and cannot stop smiling

THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE TEO From someone who as actually been operated on by him Charlie is a genius! He is caring, highly skilled and a blessing! The fact that his colleagues, medical governing bodies and the media have forced him to stop operating in Australia is sad. I may not be here right now, if this ruling came through 3 years ago I was fortunate enough to have been operated on by Charlie, before all this nonsense and fear mongering forced this medical magician to cease saving lives on Australian shores For every unfortunate outcome, I know of hundreds more successful ones, but sadly the media realise that it’s the “horror” stories that sell newspapers Help me spread the actual truth about Charlie Teo!!! More of the general public need to know how amazing this guy is!!! PLEASE 👍🏽LIKE, COMMENT, SAVE, SHARE 🦒 #braintumourrehab #strokerehab #neurologicalrehab #neurologicalrehabilitation #neurorehab #neurorehabilitation #improvemybalance #coordinationexercises #braintumourwarrior #braintumourawareness #brainsurgery #ataxia #ataxiarehab #coordinationrehab #neuropt #trendingreels #reelsviral #charlieteo

MY LEFT ARM WILL JUST RANDOMLY START SHAKING The trauma to my brain has caused numerous deficits and new challenges for me to live with and overcome One of them is have tremors in my left arm. I am learning to live with them, and they are improving Help me help more people - the bigger I can get my page, the more people, and their families, I can help! Help me make the Instagram algorithm happy by……. 👍🏽LIKE, COMMENT, SAVE, SHARE 🦒 Insights & tips from a personal trainer who is also living through a brain surgery recovery journey of their own #braintumourrehab #strokerehab #neurologicalrehab #neurologicalrehabilitation #neurorehab #neurorehabilitation #improvemybalance #coordinationexercises #braintumourwarrior #braintumourawareness #brainsurgery #ataxia #ataxiarehab #coordinationrehab #neuropt #trendingreels #reelsviral #tremor

THE FINGER TO NOSE TEST Used to test for damage to the cerebellum, if you have damage to the cerebellum, your coordination, speed and accuracy with this test will be affected - just like mine is in the video I use this exercise to improve my fine motor skills. I aim to get faster and more accurate with my challenged side over time - t try doing this at least once per day Help me help more people - the bigger I can get my page, the more people, and their families, I can help! Help me make the Instagram algorithm happy by……. 👍🏽LIKE, COMMENT, SAVE, SHARE 🦒 Insights & tips from a personal trainer who is also living through a brain surgery recovery journey of their own #braintumourrehab #strokerehab #neurologicalrehab #neurologicalrehabilitation #neurorehab #neurorehabilitation #improvemybalance #coordinationexercises #braintumourwarrior #braintumourawareness #brainsurgery #ataxia #ataxiarehab #coordinationrehab #neuropt #trendingreels #reelsviral #occupationaltherapy

I LITERALLY COULDN’T SWALLOW MY OWN SALIVA For three months I couldn’t eat or drink and for weeks needed to use a dental sucker tube to help me remove the build up of saliva in my throat, because my brain forgot of how to automatically swallow it -asyndrome known as #dysphagia It took months of #speechpathology to help me learn how to swallow again, and I now have scars on my tummy from where my feeding tube was inserted into my stomach Help me help more people - the bigger I can get my page, the more people, and their families, I can help! Help me make the Instagram algorithm happy by……. 👍🏽LIKE, COMMENT, SAVE, SHARE 🦒 Insights & tips from a personal trainer who is also living through a brain surgery recovery journey of their own #braintumourrehabexercises #braintumourrehab #strokerehabexercises #strokerehab #neurologicalrehab #neurologicalrehabilitation #neurorehab #neurorehabilitation #improvemybalance #coordinationexercises #braintumourwarrior #braintumourawareness #brainsurgery #ataxia #ataxiarehab #coordinationrehab #neuropt #trendingreels #reelsviral

ATAXIA AND SLIPPERY FLOORS If you have ataxia or other balance disorders, be careful when turning corners, especially when you’ve got your hands full with groceries and have no way of grasping onto anything if you do accidentally slip 👍🏽LIKE, COMMENT, SAVE, SHARE 🦒 Insights & tips from a personal trainer who is also living through a brain surgery recovery journey of their own #brain #braintumour #tumour #rehab #ataxia #stroke #braintumoursuccessstory #brainsurgery#brainsurgerysurvivor #braintumourwarrior #ataxiaexercises #neurorehab #strokewarrior #strokerehab #strokeexercise #balance #balancetraining #strokerecovery #braininjury #motorskills #finemotorskills #finemotorskillsexercises #finemotorskillrehab #ataxiarehabexercises #strokerehabexercises #brainsurgeryrehabexercises #improvemotorskills #motorskillrehab #handeyecoordination #brainsurgeryrehab

WHAT IS KALEIDOSCOPE VISION? Immediately after I swam in the open ocean for the first time since brain surgery, I had an episode of Kaleidoscope vision I’ve had infrequent bouts of this happen ever since having brain surgery Ir generally goes away after 30 mins - my advice is try and stay calm and let it pass 👍🏽LIKE, COMMENT, SAVE, SHARE 🦒 Insights & tips from a personal trainer who is also living through a brain surgery recovery journey of their own #brain #braintumour #tumour #rehab #ataxia #stroke #braintumoursuccessstory #brainsurgery#brainsurgerysurvivor #braintumourwarrior #ataxiaexercises #neurorehab #strokewarrior #strokerehab #strokeexercise #balance #balancetraining #strokerecovery #braininjury #motorskills #finemotorskills #finemotorskillsexercises #finemotorskillrehab #ataxiarehabexercises #strokerehabexercises #brainsurgeryrehabexercises #improvemotorskills #motorskillrehab #handeyecoordination #brainsurgeryrehab

SWIMMING IN THE OPEN OCEAN WITH ATAXIA 👍🏽LIKE, COMMENT, SAVE, SHARE 🦒 Insights & tips from a personal trainer who is also living through a brain surgery recovery journey of their own #brain #braintumour #tumour #rehab #ataxia #stroke #braintumoursuccessstory #brainsurgery#brainsurgerysurvivor #braintumourwarrior #ataxiaexercises #neurorehab #strokewarrior #strokerehab #strokeexercise #balance #balancetraining #strokerecovery #braininjury #motorskills #finemotorskills #finemotorskillsexercises #finemotorskillrehab #ataxiarehabexercises #strokerehabexercises #brainsurgeryrehabexercises #improvemotorskills #motorskillrehab #handeyecoordination #brainsurgeryrehab