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.
Overcoming muscle problems in MS (Part Two)
In the second post of the series, we examine muscle stiffness and spasticity in MS, and some of the principles.
Overcoming Muscle Problems in MS – Part One
In the lead up to MS Awareness Month in May, I shall tackle a question that we always get asked – how should we approach the walking problem in MS?.
What People With MS Can Learn From Truck Drivers
Truck drivers concentrate for hours, but don’t apologise for the fact that they need frequent breaks. They know their bodies, they know when it’s time to pull over, because their life depends on it.
Hydrotherapy for Parkinson’s Disease
Hydrotherapy comes from the Greek word meaning ‘healing water’. For people with Parkinson’s, hydrotherapy can be a great way to exercise in a safer and more comfortable environment.
Aerobic exercise enhances neuroplasticity
Did you know that despite the brain being 2% of the mass of the body, it uses 25% of the available oxygen supply?
The Problem with Strengthening
Muscles respond to strengthening, but brains aren’t muscles. So why are we strengthening the body that doesn’t move well when there is a problem with the brain?
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The Benefits of Hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy is often a popular adjunct to Physiotherapy due to the benefits that water has on the body that land doesn’t offer. But what is Hydrotherapy? Is it the same as water exercises or water aerobics?
Music Therapy Helps People With Stroke Walk Better
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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