Rehabilitation after Guillain-Barre Syndrome

This little girl is amazing us all at Reach Rehab Physiotherapy.   She developed a rare condition when she was 18 months old, called Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Guillain-Barré syndrome affects your nervous system, causes damage to the sheaths that allow your nerves to transmit their messages.    This results in paralysis of the legs, arms or

Showcasing Clinical Research: Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES)

Our highly experienced Physiotherapist, Lucy, has had her research case study regarding Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) presented today at the International FES Conference.  Lucy is passionate about this treatment, which applies small electrical charges to a muscle that has become paralysed or weakened due to brain or spinal cord damage.  Lucy has been researching the

Paediatric Home Visit Physiotherapy Service

“My name is Jacob and I have a very rare condition called Pachygyria.  This means that parts of my brain did not develop correctly with thickened parts to the cerebral cortex of my brain.    There is no medical treatment for this, only supportive treatments such a physiotherapy.    I have physiotherapy at school and

Physiotherapy Technical Instructor

Meet Sarah.. Sarah Mann, has over 22 years of experience as a highly skilled Physiotherapy Technical Instructor. Sarah is a huge part of Reach Rehab physiotherapy, providing hands on Physiotherapy to both adults and children. The role of a Physiotherapy technical instructor is to provide regular face to face input but at a more cost

Specialist Childrens Physiotherapist

MEET ANOTHER OF OUR TEAM…   This is Ben, he is a Specialist Childrens Physiotherapist.   Ben completed a Masters Degree in Physiotherapy at the University of East Anglia (UEA).   He also has an Undergraduate Degree in Sports and Exercise Science. Ben made the decision to specialise in paediatrics straight from graduation. He is skilled in

ON-LINE PHYSIOTHERAPY

  Reach Rehab can provide  On-line (Virtual) Physiotherapy sessions as an alternative to face to face. Why have a Virtual Session? Face to face physiotherapy is always the gold standard in my opinion.  However there are times when this is not possible, or viable for various reasons.  These can include the location of where the

Online Physiotherapy consultations.

Online physiotherapy consultations are being carried out by Reach Rehab. We are using formal video consultation, and can assess, advise, check exercises, modify and send new exercise protocols electronically. We hope this will serve as a solution in such difficult times.                           Virtual

My first time walking….

“I want to try to walk. I have never tried before.” So he did, and he mastered it.  Reach Rehab helped in the provision of the walking frame through a charity funding application. We are now working on building up cardiovascular fitness: an important aspect of health often over looked with those who are wheelchair