Inertia Neurological Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Adelaide
Neuro Physiotherapy Adelaide and Inertia Health Group
Neurological Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation are critical for people who have undergone a neurological injury or incident or who have been diagnosed with a neuromuscular condition or disorder. Our Neurological Physiotherapists in Adelaide work closely as part of a team with Exercise Physiologists, Speech Pathologists, Podiatrists and Occupational therapists to ensure you are receiving the most holistic care and rehabilitation of your condition.
Neurological Physiotherapy Rehabilitation is a very involved form of treatment which can require intensive Physiotherapy and rehabilitation exercises for a number of conditions. Quite often this form of neurological rehabilitation is very important for improving conditioning to allow for optimal function and conditioning and regaining function post incident.
Inertia’s Neurological Physiotherapists in Adelaide have extensive experience in working with people of all ages who are managing, living or trying to improve their current condition.
Our Neurological Physiotherapists in Adelaide work closely with people who have sustained or being diagnosed with number of conditions. Many of our patients who seek our help for rehabilitation often are looking to improvement aspects of following;
- Movement
- Balance
- Walking and Mobility
- Upper limb function, strength, mobility, endurance and control
- Lower limb function, strength, mobility, endurance and control
Our Neurological Physiotherapists in Adelaide provide the latest evidence-based techniques around these conditions to ensure we are working with our patients as closely as possible to help move forwards together to their goals. Our techniques ensure we are utilising the bodies neuroplasticity to improve our patients conditions through exercise based rehab and hands on rehabilitation. Where necessary we can prescribe particular aids and braces to ensure we can keep people as mobile and independent as possible to ensure we are assisting with making everyday life as easy and achievable as possible for our patients.
Conditions Neurological Physiotherapists can Assist with:
Inertia Neurological Physiotherapists in Adelaide can assist with a number of the following neurological injuries and neurological diagnosis:
- Stroke Rehabilitation & Cerebrovascular Disorders
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Acquired Brain Injury
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Muscular Dystrophy
- Myositis
- Motor Neuron Disease
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Guillain – Barre syndrome
- Myositis Diagnosis
- Brain Surgery Rehabilitation
- Epilepsy and Seizure Inducing Conditions
- Ataxia and conditions that induce lack of muscular control
- Parkinson’s Disease
- These are the most common conditions we assist with, however, we do treat many others please enquire with us to see if we are able to assist you.
Individualised Physiotherapy Neurological Assessments of your Condition
Our Neurological Physiotherapists in Adelaide individually assess your condition, function and goals to ensure our treatment programs are based around improving your condition and function inline with what you want to achieve from your treatment and what is possible. When completing your individual assessments your Neurological Physiotherapists may run a battery of tests to assess your current function and see where can be worked on and improved.
Some of the common tests that help our Neurological Physiotherapists get a measure of your function might be but not limited to:
- 30 sec bicep curl test
- 6 Minute Walk Test
- 2 Minute Walk Test
- 30 Second Sit to stand
- Timed Up and Go Test (TUG)
- Berg Balance Tests
- Dynamic Gait Index
- We also look at aspects in particular presentations like joint mobility, spasticity, clonus and limb neglect.
Neurological Physiotherapy Treatment Adelaide
Neurological Physiotherapy treatment is a combined treatment. When we look at treatment and rehabilitation of neurological conditions in people we have to consider we are treating all aspects of the body, from the neural or nerve tissue to the brain to the connection with the muscular and skeletal systems. As such our therapists use the main principles of neuroscience and try to actively harness the power of neuroplasticity when rehabilitation or working with our patients. Coupled with our exceptional knowledge of rehabilitation science, human movement sciences and exercise prescription and therapy our Neurological Physiotherapy treatments are well placed to maximise the human potential to improve persons individual function, mobility, strength endurance and independence to the best of our ability and in taking your individual diagnosis or condition into account.
Our Neurological Physiotherapy Treatments include a range of modalities depending on the individual patients needs, presentation, condition and goals:
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Hands on Manual Therapy
Soft tissue and joint techniques - this helps greatly for pain management, muscle tension, fatigue, spasticity, recovery from active treatment sessions - Hands on Muscle and Joint stretching techniques
- Acupuncture and Dry Needling techniques where required and indicated
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Exercise Therapy
We can make use of our onsite gym and rehabilitation facility for one on one sessions and/or prescription of home programs.
- Strength and conditioning programs to improve physical fitness and health
- Gait and walking retraining
- Exercise for better body awareness
- Exercise for better more skilled movements
- Motor re-learning / Training for upper and lower limbs
- Balance retraining
- Assistance with prescription of walking aids or bracing
- We work within our patients treating teams, this means we can liase with family members, carers, support workers and organisations to assist in ensuring our patients are supported and have a high level of advocacy.
Mobile Neurological Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Adelaide
The great aspect to working with Inertia Health Group is our Neurological Physiotherapists are mobile and are able to assist you at home or in your care facility. Many of our Neurological patients take advantage of our mobile or at home Neurological Rehabilitation services. Our therapists can attend your home and complete your rehabilitation program in the comfort of your own home. Some of our patients like to mix things up a bit and take advantage of our on-site gym and rehabilitation facility for some of their rehabilitation sessions and also like the convenience of having their therapist attend their home. We work together with you to ensure your rehabilitation requirements are met in line with your goal while ensuring ease of access for you whether it be in the clinic or at home.
Neurological Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Adelaide & The Inertia Health Group Advantage
The key advantage of working with Inertia Health Group is that we have all aspects of your care covered. Our therapists work as a collaborative team and ensure the very best outcomes are sought out and worked towards. Our team communicates with each-other and any therapists, carers, support workers or doctors involved in your care. Ensuring their treatment plans are integrated and communicated and that all treating practitioners are on the same page when it comes to your treatment. This reduces the stress associated with communicating a liaising with different practitioners, with different treatment approaches and ensures all aspects of your care are inline.
Neurological Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Adelaide Funding Options
There are many funding models for Physiotherapy for patients who require Neurological Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation. We see a wide variety of patients and accept a number of different referrals.
NDIS Neurological Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Adelaide
We support the NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) and are registered providers, for anyone who has been effected by a neurological event we encourage you to look in to this form of support as it may assist you on many different levels, from access to many forms therapy to at home living supports and various forms of technology that could be utilised to helping you maintain independence or offer you the support required to achieve the goals you have and improve your quality of life..
Looking for Neurological Physiotherapy in Adelaide?
If you’re searching for a Neurological Physiotherapy in adelaide look no further than the team at Inertia Health Groups. With years of industry experience and a commitment to health and well-being, you can rely on our team to get your best self.