Clinicians & therapists

Irregular responses in the brain to challenging tasks and mistakes could be key to understanding common links between abnormal behaviours in a range of mental illness and cognitive disorders, a new study has found. 

Music therapy is being adopted at The Portland Hospital to encourage young children with Cerebral Palsy who have undergone Spinal Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR), to improve participation during post-operative physiotherapy sessions.

Rehabilitation services business RTW Plus has launched a national network of specialist neurorehab providers to bring together best practice from across the UK and Ireland. 

Following a spinal cord injury, many people look for a sport to play in order to be a part of a team, achieve specific goals and to improve their health. But how does activity-based rehabilitation facilitate the transition into para-sport? 

People living with Cauda Equina Syndrome (CES) are being supported in rediscovering their sex and intimate lives through the launch of a first-of-its-kind therapy service. 

Prolonged social isolation and changes to work opportunities during the first UK lockdown were linked with changes in people’s thought patterns, a new study suggests. 

An app to track and improve communication recovery for people with aphasia is being developed, inspired by a stroke survivor who wanted to monitor his progress. 

People living with depression or anxiety pre-pandemic have been more severely affected by disruption to jobs and healthcare, a new study has revealed. 

The mental health impact of maltreatment of a child can last as long as 70 years, shocking new research has revealed. 

With a global reputation for its work in brain and spinal cord injury rehabilitation, Craig Hospital has delivered life-changing outcomes for thousands of patients for 65 years. Deborah Johnson meets Jandel Allen-Davis, CEO of the pioneering US hospital, to learn more about its work