Functional Neurorehabilitation
Introduction
Functional neurorehabilitation is the heart of your Treatment program. When you struggle with a neurological disorder or have suffered a neurological injury, there will be pathways that have been damaged, and cells that have been lost.
Functional neurorehabilitation works to maximize the health and viability of your remaining pathways and neurons. Functional Neurorehabilitation relies on the principle of neuroplasticity, which is the ability of neural networks in the brain to change, grow, and reorganize. I work with the neurons and pathways you have that are still viable, and design specific and unique protocols to make them work better.
Most neurological conditions have the potential to improve with functional neurorehabilitation. We focus on helping you regain and improve as much of your neurological function as possible, so you can get back to living the life you desire.
What is Functional Neurorehabilitation?
When you struggle with a neurological disorder or have suffered a neurological injury, there will be pathways that have been damaged, and cells that have been lost.
Functional neurorehabilitation works to maximize the health and viability of your remaining pathways and neurons. Functional Neurorehabilitation relies on the principle of neuroplasticity, which is the ability of neural networks in the brain to change, grow, and reorganize. I work with the neurons and pathways you have that are still viable, and design specific and unique protocols to make them work better.
Most neurological conditions have the potential to improve with functional neurorehabilitation. We focus on helping you regain and improve as much of your neurological function as possible, so you can get back to living the life you desire.
How Does Functional Neurorehabilitation Help You?
In your Treatment program, I don’t just look at what is not working. I look at what still works, and develop specific rehabilitation strategies to make it work better. Every neurological condition involves some level of damage or dysfunction involving specific neurons and pathways.
The symptoms you may experience are not just a consequence of how badly these systems have been damaged. Your symptoms are also the result of how well the pathways and neurons that remain are functioning.
Neuronal and pathway function can be assessed in a number of ways, but on a purely cellular level, function can be evaluated in terms of time to summation, intensity of summation, and time to fatigue. The important questions to ask about any pathway pathway are how hard is it to activate, how well does it work when activated, and how long can it fire until it fails. I ask those three questions with every examination procedure and every neurodiagnostic test I perform.
My diagnostic testing allows me to gain objective data on all of these critical metrics, and shows me exactly what we need to monitor for signs of fatigue as I move you through rehabilitation. I use this data to design specific protocols of exercises and combinations of therapies that can improve all of these functions, in ways that can safely and comfortably move you toward your recovery.
What To Expect
Functional neurorehabilitation can take many different forms depending on your condition and your unique set of circumstances. It generally involves integrating more than one neurological system, in order to make them work better together.
This can involve doing eye exercises while balancing on an unstable surface, or receiving electrical stimulation while on a tilt table, or performing hand-eye coordination exercises while wearing strobe glasses that block individual visual fields at specific frequencies, or performing cognitive exercises in a virtual reality environment. Every case we work with is different, and so is every functional neurorehabilitation protocol.
Pioneering Functional Neurology Care Across Europe for Over 35 Years.
Kim has been helping people recover from complicated neurological conditions, such as Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injuries, Dizziness and Vertigo, Dysautonomia, and Movement Disorders through innovative diagnostics and customized brain-based solutions for 35 years.
