Circle Rehabilitation
The new issue of NR Times is life and packed with exclusive brain and spinal injury insights. If there is a thread running through this month’s stories, it is what recovery looks like when the right people refuse to accept the situation in front of them. Sometimes that person is the survivor. Andy Read, whose [...]
In October 2025, Terry's life changed dramatically. What initially appeared to be a heart attack was diagnosed as an aortic dissection. During his recovery, he spent six weeks in a coma, suffered two further heart attacks and a stroke, and remained in hospital for three months before being referred to Circle Rehabilitation. Before his illness, [...]
The new issue of NR Times is now live and packed with exclusive news and insights. If there’s a thread running through this issue, it’s the idea that behind every clinical task sits a person - and that the best rehabilitation never loses sight of them. Our cover feature explores exactly that. Dr Ronda Boswell [...]
The new edition of NR Times shines a spotlight on the innovation, resilience and evolving science shaping brain and spinal rehabilitation today. Issue 51 explores the realities of recovery beyond traditional boundaries, from a remarkable case of cross-border rehabilitation and the growing role of neurological music therapy, to cutting-edge advances in virtual reality, robotics and [...]
NR Times issue 50 is now online and packed with exclusive news and insights. Our cover story turns to the future, exploring the intersection of music, AI and the mind - and what emerging innovation could mean for neuro rehabilitation. As always, this issue brings together insight, experience and forward-thinking ideas from across the field. [...]
Every day, clinicians, case managers, lawyers and others help people reclaim movement, language, memory and independence after a brain or spinal injury. It is demanding, complex work - and those who choose it rarely look back. We asked NR Times members: What's the most rewarding part of working in this field? Here's what they told [...]
A teenager with cerebral palsy is on a mission to raise funds to give disabled children the freedom to run through frame running. Using a running frame, children and adults with mobility challenges can experience the joy, freedom and independence of running - a feeling James Scammel describes as flying, free from limits and disability. [...]
Dermot has always been a Birmingham Blues fan. It runs in the family. Generations before him had followed the club, and it was his dad who took him to his very first match. From that moment on, Dermot fell in love with the Blues — the atmosphere, the loyalty, the sense of belonging. On the [...]
By Circle Rehabilitation patient, Rosaline My name is Rosaline. I came from Nigeria to the UK for medical treatment after being diagnosed with progressive cervical myelopathy in September last year. After a right knee replacement surgery, my mobility began to deteriorate—my walking became more difficult, my legs were unsteady, my grip strength reduced, and even [...]
Stroke survivor Stu opens up about his recovery at Circle Rehabilitaion in Birmingham On the 1st of April 2025, Stuart, a much-loved Paramedic Operations Manager with the West Midlands Ambulance Service, collapsed at the gym after suffering a stroke. At just 50 years old, fit, healthy, and full of life, it came as a huge [...]
