Therapy

The arts therapies and neurologic music therapy (NMT) in particular can work seamlessly towards a rehab programme’s shared functional goals. They also help to overcome the psychological blocks which may prevent 
a person fully engaging in rehab. A recent Cochrane Review (2017) found that “music interventions using rhythm may be beneficial for improving walking in [...]

William Pales was a true adventurer who, as an accomplished sailor, crossed the Atlantic Ocean several times. Then came a massive stroke just after retirement, which locked him out of his beloved great outdoors and into a world of daytime TV. The timing of his stroke was all the crueller given that he had recently bought [...]

Following a brain injury, some individuals will have difficulty understanding what is said to them. is has been described by patients as feeling as if they have woken up in a foreign country. They may be able to get the gist of what is said but suddenly interpreting precise messages is beyond them. Others will [...]

Catastrophic injuries have an ugly habit
 of robbing survivors of their dreams and ambitions. Bucket list items like dancing with tribal warriors or eyeballing sharks in the deep can suddenly seem unattainable. Even less exotic desires, such as skiing or sur ng, may be lost in the looming shadow of the fateful event. Yet reviving [...]

Like the great Houdini himself, the magic therapists have pulled off the seemingly impossible. Not only have they solved the riddle of 
treating a debilitating condition in children; they’ve done so through the prism of tight healthcare budgets. Their solution involves no expensive technology or drug trials and, since it is effective in group sessions, makes [...]

 A major new review, due imminently, is expected to show further hard evidence of the measurable impact of the practice on brain injury clients. The Cochrane body, which provides systematic reviews for healthcare by expertly scrutinising global evidence, is returning to a topic it last visited in 2010. That this most authoritative source of evidence [...]