Relearning after a brain injury, our best hope for recovery
Research continues to advocate for the plasticity of our brains, that brain structure can be altered in response to physiotherapy.
6 Novel Ways to Train your Balance
Now that you are avoiding the most common balance retraining pitfalls, I would like to share with you my 6 novel ways of helping people improving their balance.
5 tips for avoiding disappointment in goal setting
It is common practice in physiotherapy when you meet a client for the first time, that we ask about their therapy goals, so we can steer the treatment plan into a particular direction. And off we go into that direction!
The biggest mistake in balance retraining
Sometimes, doing so much is actually detrimental for our patients and I can think of one classic example being balance retraining.
Why you need to fix arm swing
In an age where we can divert most of our attention to our phones, and still be able to walk at the same time, I start to wonder whether our arm swing is still relevant.
How to stop a hyperextending knee
In our clinic, we see many neurological patients who come in through our doors with a laboured walking pattern.
The surprising truth about heated pools and MS
There is a common myth amongst many of our patients with multiple sclerosis that the heated pool you find in many leisure and recreational centres around Melbourne are bad for their fatigue.
How the opposite index finger can assist reaching with the weaker
Many stroke patients of ours have trouble with reaching and grasping objects with their more affected hemiplegic arm.
How to use the 4 Stages of Memory Building with patients
In clinical practice, we see this all the time. The ability to learn something well depends on how well encoded the person’s brain is in interpreting your instructions and applying itself to the task
The role of necks and feet in balance retraining
Balance involves the ongoing interaction between seeing, feeling and orientation in space, and is underpinned by the visual, somatosensory and vestibular systems.
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I began to do a bit of research of my own into the idea of music therapy for people with neurological conditions.
It takes Parkinson’s to Tango
In the field of Parkinson’s therapy, there’s a bit of a mini revolution coming on the past few years around dancing. Finally, therapy get sexy!
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