BIRKDALE PAEDIATRIC & ADULT NEURO CLINIC

Information about the therapy we provide for all clients - adults, teenagers and children - can be found here. Additional pages on Children and Young Adults expand on some of the unique aspects of therapy for younger clients. Neuro-physiotherapy is helpful to those whose body movements are not ‘normal’ due to a neurological disorder. Such disorders, whether arising from illness or accident, disrupt the neurological pathways connecting the brain and body. Motor nerves, sensation and brain patterns may all be affected.

The disruption may be temporary or permanent, short or long term. Medical diagnosis, advice and outlook are often very uncertain. Your daily life may be affected. You feel uncomfortable, afraid, worried and angry both for now and the future.

You would like to: try to get better, learn how to manage the changes in your body do something positive to improve your situation. The natural response to neurological disorder is to do less – it hurts, it is frightening, we feel out of control and frustrated. Neuro-physiotherapy will: help identify and stimulate the neural pathways that affect movement help you understand how your disorder has affected your body. allow you to feel more confident assist you in achieving the changes necessary to improve.