Neurological physiotherapy helps you regain your quality of life

Neurological physiotherapy or physiotherapy Neuromuscular is a field of physiotherapy specialising in the assessment and treatment of individuals with injuries and/or pathologies affecting the central and/or peripheral nervous system. Neurological physiotherapy works in the acute, sub-acute or chronic phase of the pathology.

The pathologies in which neurological physiotherapy plays a fundamental role are many and increasingly numerous, among which standout:

• Cerebral Vascular Accident (CVA)
• Brain tumours
• Parkinson's disease (PD)
• Vertebral-medullary injuries (VMIs).
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
• Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
• Dementia
• Neuromuscular diseases
• Among others.

The main aim of neurological physiotherapy is to enable individuals with nervous system injuries by facilitating the recovery of movement patterns through specific techniques based on motor control and neuroplasticity. In this way, the ultimate goal of this area of physiotherapy is to promote greater autonomy and independence in daily life activities, leading to an improved quality of life for the individual, their family, and their carers.

Injuries or pathologies of the nervous system can lead to motor and sensory changes and often manifest as unilateral or bilateral muscle weakness, imbalance, sensory changes, tremors, and uncoordinated movement, spasticity, rigidity, among others, which can lead to disability or functional limitation of daily living activities such as walking.

In this regard, neurological physiotherapy improves joint mobility and flexibility, enhances strength and motor coordination, allows for greater body awareness and postural control through neuromuscular facilitation techniques, and controls or reduces pain. Furthermore, it also improves balance and gait, increases effort tolerance, and promotes greater autonomy in daily living activities (leisure or work), thus enabling greater functionality and independence for the individual.

Neurological physiotherapy further enhances self-efficacy in disease management, which helps to reduce anxiety and depression related to the impact of neurological disease.

In Integrativa, each individual has a physiotherapist specialised in neurological physiotherapy exclusively for them for one hour, with many years of clinical practice. Through clinical reasoning based on scientific evidence and guidelines most recent, the physiotherapist develops a specific intervention plan for you, in which the individual, family and caregivers play an active role, leading to faster and more effective results.