Therapy

  • Case managers and NHS clinicians praise Calvert Reconnections

    In an early new year boost for Calvert Reconnections, case managers and NHS clinicians throughout the UK have praised the centre’s “life-changing” approach to ABI rehabilitation. Following recent experience days and visits to the Keswick-based residential centre, a range of brain injury professionals have shared their thoughts. “Calvert Reconnections is an amazing place,” said Jamie [...]

  • US military to trial psychedelics for TBI

    The US military is to conduct research and clinical trials to determine whether cannabis and psychedelics can help treat service members with TBI and PTSD.

  • Communication counts at Christmas

    Video reminds of need to be mindful of inclusive communication needs this festive season

  • Parkinson’s apathy treatment to begin clinical trials

    A novel drug designed to treat apathy in Parkinson's disease patients is ready to begin clinical trials.

  • Therapies in action

    The team at Nottingham Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre discuss the importance of multi-disciplinary working

  • Arts therapy, sexuality and mental capacity

    Daniel Thomas, managing director of Chroma, discusses further

  • Music therapy sessions and songwriting

    Chroma discuss how it can be a valuable tool in self-expression after brain injury

  • Welcoming a new age of precision neuroscience

    NR Times reports on how the pioneering work of Aprinoia Therapeutics could influence better patient outcomes in neuro-rehab; in conversation with chief medical officer Bradford Navia. ‘Precision neuroscience’ is a term which encapsulates the ceaseless drive for more targeted and effective brain treatments and diagnoses. Not to be confused with Elon Musk’s neuro-tech startup of the same name, it sits at the intersect between two emergent health innovation trends; the rise of precision medicine – tailored interventions that consider genes, environments and lifestyles – and an acceleration of our understanding of the neurological world. On the frontline of the precision neuroscience movement is Aprinoia, a clinical-stage biotech headquartered in Boston which is opening up new possibilities for the diagnosis and treatment of neuro conditions including Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.

  • Music therapy expedites ankle foot orthotics rehab

    Delivering benefits to children with Cerebral Palsy who are receiving post-operative physiotherapy support