Other neurological conditions
Neurological Physiotherapy
Our neurological approach allows us to work with a large range of neurological conditions. The type and stage of your condition will influence how we support you.
Our support may include:
- Therapy targeted at maintaining or improving your function
- Preventing secondary complications
- Ensuring your safety in what you do
- Decreasing your falls risk
Neurological conditions
Other conditions we help with include (but are not limited to):
If your particular condition doesn’t appear in this list or you’d like to know more about our services, please contact us or check out our FAQs page.
Ataxia
Lack of muscle control or coordination of voluntary movements
Concussion
A type of traumatic brain injury causing the brain and head to move quickly back and forth
Dementia
A disease affecting memory, thinking and behaviour
Guillain-Barre Syndrome
A rare neurological disorder when the body’s immune system attacks the nerves causing weakness or paralysis on both sides of the body
Motor Neurone Disease (MND)
Known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), MND is a progressive neurological disease resulting in muscle weakness, eventually leading to paralysis
Multisystem atrophy
A rare disease that affects
respiration, blood pressure and bladder control
Muscular dystrophy
A group of diseases (due to genetic mutations) that affect muscles controlling movement
Myositis
Muscle inflammation causing the muscles to become weak and painful
Neuropathy
Nerve damage leading to weakness, numbness and
pain in hands and feet
Post-polio syndrome
A condition affecting polio survivors decades after the
initial polio illness
Progressive supranuclear palsy
A rare brain disorder causing problems with movement, balance, vision and speech
Spinal cord Injury
Damage to the spinal cord leading to loss of sensation and/or loss of motor control (paralysis and weakness)