1st Year Anniversary – Paper, Going for Gold We are so very pleased to announce that we are celebrating our 1st year Anniversary here at the Birkdale Neuro Rehabilitation Centre and would like to take the time to reflect on our journey so far. From a single room clinic within her beautiful home, where she worked independently for over 25 years, Farshideh took a large step to create her lifelong vision of an all encompassing neurological centre. The first phase, to find the right space, following 2 years of searching the streets of West London Farshideh came across a hidden...
How can Neuroscience better inform Neurorehabilitation? Farshideh and I were very excited to attend the first CarePlus Conference which focused on the latest thinking and findings in neuroscience and aimed to facilitate reflection on how this knowledge may impact our current clinical practise. There was a high calibre of speakers throughout the day, who each gave excellent presentations to illustrate their current research and findings. Professor Evian Gordon, the Executive Chairman and International CEO of the Brain Resource Company challenged us as health practitioners to think how we approach ‘change’ with our clients and how they as individuals perceive change....
Due to my connections with the TM society, I have, with some success, treated a number of TM diagnosed children and I would make the following observations for you to consider: the rare incidence of TM often leads to mistaken – or late – diagnosis, especially in children, who are less able to describe their condition in terms that an adult understands as a result of this, many children are, initially, given therapy suitable for spinal injuries in response to apparent lower limb difficulty. TM is, however, an illness which attacks the central nervous system, with both brain and spinal...
Sitting on an air cushion and playing with toys will reveal significant, yet unspoken, information about a childs’ condition to a therapist. This simple activity calls into play co-ordinated, and multiple, sensory and motor functions; any failings of these will indicate something specific to the watching physical therapist. For example: When a child is sitting and reaching forward to play with toys, eye movements tell the child where the toys are in relation to the body. The child has to maintain balance and, in doing so, the vestibular system is called into play. As the child’s eyes track the toy,...
