Articles on physiotherapy and rehabilitation: exercises, realistic timelines and milestones after surgery or injury, and how to get the most from work with your therapist. Follow your own programme; these pages explain the principles.
A neurological rehabilitation assessment is the structured first evaluation a rehabilitation team makes after a stroke, brain or spinal cord injury, or a progressive…
A neurological rehabilitation program is coordinated therapy for people whose brain, spinal cord or nerves have been injured by stroke, trauma, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's…
A single private physical therapy session typically costs EUR 30–130 in our guide range for international patients, compared with roughly GBP 45–120 at private…
Stroke rehabilitation results vary widely, but most measurable change happens in the first three months, when the brain's natural recovery is fastest and therapy…
Caring for someone in swallowing rehabilitation rests on three habits: keep them fully upright at every meal and for a while afterward, serve only…
Sports rehabilitation for amateur athletes follows the same biology and the same staged plan as rehabilitation for competitive players: protect the tissue, restore motion,…
Fatigue after brain injury is usually managed with pacing: breaking the day into short blocks of therapy or activity, each followed by planned rest,…
A prosthesis replaces a body part that is missing, such as an artificial leg after amputation or a limb absent from birth. An orthosis…
A swallow study test is an imaging exam that watches food and liquid move from the mouth to the stomach in real time. The…
Neurological rehabilitation has no fixed length. After a stroke, the fastest gains usually happen in the first three to six months, and structured therapy…
Pelvic floor physiotherapy is specialist rehabilitation for the muscles that support the bladder, bowel, and reproductive organs. Treatment typically involves a detailed history, an…
Manual therapy for back pain, hands-on mobilization or manipulation of the spine by a trained clinician, can modestly ease pain and stiffness…
Swallowing rehabilitation, usually led by a speech-language pathologist, combines three things: targeted exercises that strengthen and retrain the tongue, throat and airway-protecting muscles; changes…
In most places you should not drive for a period after a stroke, commonly at least one month for private car drivers and considerably…
To tape a knee, clean and dry the skin and bend the knee slightly. For front-of-knee pain, anchor rigid tape on the outer edge…
A stroke rehabilitation timeline usually begins at the hospital bedside within about 24 to 48 hours, moves to an inpatient rehabilitation unit or home-based…
Manual therapy is a broad family of hands-on techniques, including joint mobilization, soft tissue work and manipulation, used mostly by physical therapists as part…
Physiotherapy (called physical therapy in the United States) is a licensed health profession that restores movement and function after injury, surgery, illness, or long-term…
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