What conditions do neurophysiotherapists treat?
Neurophysiotherapists specialise in the assessment and treatment of adults with concerns moving about as a result of damage to the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves or muscles.
This list is not exhaustive as there are many other neurological conditions involving brain and/ or spinal cord! Please contact Specialist Physiotherapy to discuss your needs, if it is not included on the list.
Examples of these are:
- Stroke
- Acquired brain injury (head injury)
- Parkinson’s disease
- Parkinsonism
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Spinal cord injury
- Cerebral palsy
- Guillain Barre Syndrome
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- Brain or spinal cord tumour
- Muscular Dystrophies e.g. Facio scapular humeral muscular dystrophy
- Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
- Elderly people requiring rehabilitation after hospitalisation, illness, surgery or falls.
Specialist Physiotherapy can also provide physiotherapy services to case managers and solicitors. Please call or email Karen Jackson for more information.
Common issues that arise:
- Weakness in legs, arms and/or trunk muscles.
- Balance problems when moving about indoors or outdoors.
- Coordinating movements.
- Pain, stiffness or spasticity in legs or arms which hinders movement.
- Difficulty using hands for everyday activities.
- Concerns about repeated falls or a fear of falling.
- Needing advice and support to optimise ability when coping with a deteriorating condition.
- Feeling that there is more potential for moving about.
- Wanting expert assessment, advice and support to achieve goals that you have in mind.
- Getting disheartened and need a physiotherapy review to keep you going in the right direction.
- Needing physiotherapy but unable to access it via the NHS, or as a ‘stop gap’ whilst waiting for an appointment.
Conditions Treated
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