In Advanced Neuro Hospital Neurological treatment and management of people who have a neurological condition resulting from damage to their brain, spinal cord or nerves. Neurological physiotherapy provides this service in a number of settings, including acute hospital wards, rehabilitation wards, in the in people homes and in an outpatient setting.

IN WHAT CONDITIONS CAN ADVANCED NEURO HOSPITAL HELP

• Stroke (CVA)
• Huntingtons Disease
• Motor Neurone Disease
• Head Injury
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Cerebral Palsy
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Parkinsons Disease
• Epilepsy
• Flaccid baby syndrome
• Nerve and spine injury
• Migraine and Vascular headache.
• Guillan-Barre
• Charcot Marie Tooth
• Other Neurological conditions

WHAT DOES AN ASSESSMENT INVOLVE?

Depending upon the symptoms you present with, your assessment will involve the neurological physiotherapist looking at any of the following:

• Posture and balance
• Muscle power and imbalance
• Muscle tightness
• Joint stiffness
• Altered sensation
• Co-ordination
• Activities of daily living

You will benefit from wearing loose comfortable clothes or bringing shorts or a vest top if you know the physiotherapist may need to look at the affected area, eg your knee or shoulder joint. Your assessment may take up to one hour. This is usually made up by some time asking questions about your diagnosis, symptoms you have, taking a short medical history (so please bring a list of your current medication) and discussing what your expectations of physiotherapy are before looking at the areas identified above.

WHAT WILL TREATMENT INCLUDE?
Depending on your individual needs, treatment may include:-

• advice, education and promotion of self management
• hands-on Neurological Physiotherapy treatment, eg soft tissue stretches/ joint mobilisations and facilitation of normal movement patterns
• balance work
• exercise therapy
• sensory retraining
• pain management
• practising activities of daily living
• teaching your carers techniques on moving or positioning.