Patients & families
A Sheffield spinal nurse says he is lucky to walk again following a spinal cord injury when he fell in his garden. “I cared for spinal cord injury patients for 22 years, you think you can empathise a little, but you can’t in any shape or form” When Tony Fallon (57) from Sheffield was paralysed [...]
Around 1,500 Britons a day are quitting their jobs to provide unpaid care, a report has found. More than one million people are estimated to have left work to care for ageing, ill or disabled loved ones over the past two years. One in five employees, equivalent to 6.7 million people, are balancing paid employment [...]
Chris Kamara is set to take part in the Great North Run more than four years after being diagnosed with speech apraxia. The former footballer and Sky Sports pundit revealed his diagnosis in 2022 and stepped away from his broadcasting career that year. Speech apraxia is a neurological disorder that affects the brain's ability to [...]
A Leeds garden has launched an outdoor photography trail featuring work by a local brain injury survivor. York Gate Garden in Adel hosted nearly 100 guests for an exclusive preview of the exhibition, which features Samuel Booth's photography throughout the one-acre site. Booth, a local photographer and gardener, has volunteered at York Gate and Harewood [...]
Former rugby player David ‘Jacko’ Jackson is nearing the end of a 100-day ultramarathon challenge raising funds for brain injury charities. Jackson is aiming to complete a 50km ultramarathon every day for 100 consecutive days, with the challenge due to finish on September 5. He hopes to raise £100,000 for Headway UK and Head for [...]
When Tilly had a sudden stroke, ordinary young-adult life suddenly felt out of reach. Her story shows how specialist, technology-enabled community neurorehabilitation can turn clinical progress into something more personal: work, friendships, freedom and a way back to herself. By Resilience Neuro Specialists, Warwickshire “Having a stroke at 19 isn’t the most interesting thing about [...]
On 11 January, I woke up with a headache and an overwhelming feeling that something wasn't right. As a GP registrar, I tried to reassure myself it wasn't a stroke. But within minutes, I lost all power down my left side. I called my wife, who immediately phoned for an ambulance. Shortly afterwards, I lost [...]
A 12-week table tennis programme may improve movement, balance and walking endurance in people with Parkinson’s, a small pilot study suggests. Participants were able to walk further after completing the NeuroPong programme and reported fewer symptoms of depression than at the start. The programme combines table tennis instruction with exercises tailored to people with Parkinson’s. [...]
When Barry first moved into Albert Road, National Care Group’s specialist neurological service in Levenshulme, Greater Manchester, he was coming from a difficult period in his life. Following a stroke that resulted in a brain injury and left him with communication difficulties, Barry spent a long time in hospital before being placed in an elderly [...]
An Exeter stroke survivor who had a stroke at 29 has turned to stand-up comedy to help rebuild her life and confidence. Molly Kinsey’s act focusses on the chaos of raising her young son, and audiences are stunned when she reveals that she survived a stroke. She is determined not to let the memory problems, [...]
