<span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong>Background and Aims:</strong></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Brain damage caused by stroke is associated with sensorimotor and/or cognitive impairment, depending on area of brain affected and the severity of attack.</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;">The aims of this study were to show the importance of physiotherapy associated with electrolyte and mineral balance through diet correction in patients recovering from stroke.</span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methods:</span></b></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> This is a follow-up study of two patients with stroke followed at Kinshasa International Hospital Center during period from May 16 to July 1, 2020. The first had received physiotherapy with foods for correction of the existing ionic and mineral deficiency and the second had only received pharmacological management with conservative physiotherapy without making a change in diet. Clinical and electrolyte monitoring was performed at regular intervals in both patients. The variables of interest evaluated in both patients were FIM,</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> MOTOR/SENSORY and Ionic balance.</span></span></span></span><span><span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results:</span></b></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> The parameters of FIM,</span></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><spa