A new technology-led neurorehabilitation centre has opened to offer high-intensity programmes of physiotherapy, advancing the recovery of people with neurological injury or illness from across the UK.
The Rehab Physio has created a specialist centre of excellence which uses an array of robotics and virtual reality rehab technology to up the ante on traditional neurophysio programmes.
The new 3,500sq ft centre, in Wirral, Merseyside, marks a £400,000 investment for the business and its second expansion into new premises, and builds on The Rehab Physio’s growing reputation and status in the neurorehab sector since its creation in 2011.
Its commitment to high-intensity programmes to maximise outcomes has seen it attract clients from well beyond its native North West, with its new centre seeing strong interest from across the UK.
Now, with investment in its new suite of technology, which includes a number of Tyromotion devices, The Rehab Physio can increase the breadth of neurorehabilitation opportunities for clients even further.
“We know from research how vital intensity and volume is, and we can achieve new levels with this new technology. It isn’t possible to replicate that through traditional physiotherapy,” says Christopher Wynne, who spent a decade in the NHS before founding The Rehab Physio.
“We’ve been running clinical sessions for seven or eight years now and technology has advanced greatly in that time, we’ve seen the impact it has made and the evidence that shows the effect of volume and repetition, which is why we decided to create this centre.
“Technology allows us to work in a different way, so we can be delivering the intensity of rehabilitation that people want and need. We can massively increase what they can achieve even in an hour.”
The Rehab Physio has created new 80-hour packages for clients, which are bespoke to their needs, and can be completed during a specially-created programme of between four and seven weeks and will see clients receiving a minimum of four hours of 
specialist neurophysio each day.
The business has also partnered with local hotels to offer a ‘residential’ programme for those travelling from across the UK.
“We have tried to create programmes which are suitable to offset against day to day life, for those people locally who want to spend time focused on their rehab while they’re here and then go home, but also for those from further afield who really want to dedicate themselves to it,” says Christopher.
“Really intense rehabilitation does take commitment so we want to support people to achieve the outcomes they want as much as we can. We’re keen to be as far reaching as possible so people can come to us from across the UK.
“Opportunities for this level of rehabilitation can be limited by a lot of things, but we are trying to offer something to everyone, regardless of budget.”
