Birkdale Neuro Physio Archives

Developing my practice as a neuro physiotherapist (part 1)

It’s been just nearly two months since I started work at the Birkdale Neuro Rehabilitation Centre and the time has just flown by. I would like to thank the team, management and clients for providing me with such a warm welcome. When I was asked to contribute to the website blog a couple of weeks ago I knew exactly what I wanted to write about in my first blog entry- the continued development of my knowledge and skills as a neuro physiotherapist. As a profession, we are nurtured to be reflective about our practice in order develop and hone our...

“New Approaches to Visual Rehabilitation for Cortical Blindness: Outcomes and Putative Mechanisms”

“Cortical blindness is a chronic loss of vision following damage to the primary visual cortex (V1) or its postchiasmal afferents. Cortically blind subjects demonstrate spontaneous oculomotor adaptations to their deficits that can be further improved by saccadic localization training. However, saccadic training does not improve visual sensitivity in the blind field. In contrast, recent studies by a number of independent groups suggest that localized, repetitive perceptual training can improve visual sensitivity in the blind field.” This is an exciting paper for me as a neuro physiotherapist. I have been working with a child who developed cortical blindness due to epilepsy....

Innovative Approach To Cerebral Palsy

Since qualification, in 1977 I have only been interested in neurology. Treating Cerebral Palsy has taken a great deal of my focus for many years. I am very interested in this condition and the history of treating it especially in children. The following is a useful definition of Cerebral Palsy. The definition is written by Kate Hoy research fellow /clinical neuropsychologist at Monash University gave the best definition for cerebral palsy in her article in the conversation.com “Cerebral palsy describes a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitations that are attributed to non-progressive...

Miami University’s Students Visit to Bikdale

In June 2015 Professor Michael Armstrong from Miami University engineering department rang me to enquire if 15 engineering student could visit Birkdale Neuro Rehab Centre and together we could create tools that could be used in physiotherapy. I was excited, very rarely the neurological patients or physios have any input in the tools that are used to assist with treatment. This opportunity could not be missed as I really needed a bike which would be reasonably priced and could be used at home and would not occupy a big space in someone’s sitting room. A bike that would improve left...