Being Chief Operating Officer at Cognivate, a community-based neurorehabilitation team, means I sit behind the scenes of client care. Rather than focusing …
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Having launched two community neurorehab teams a generation apart after career plotlines took me away from the clinical frontline for some twenty …
5 Tips to Manage Fatigue after Brain Injury
If you are experiencing fatigue after brain injury, you are certainly not alone. Fatigue is one of the most commonly reported and …
The basics of brain anatomy
Our brain is a complex organ. It controls many important and essential functions of life such as our breathing, body temperature, blood …
Managing spasticity and spasms
What are spasticity and spasms? Spasticity is muscle stiffness that makes it difficult to move. It results from abnormal messages in the …
Returning to work or study after a brain injury
For many people with an acquired brain injury, a primary goal may be to return to work or study. However, they may …
Fatigue after brain injury: an introduction
We all experience fatigue at some point in our lives but it is usually only for a limited time and gets better …
Goal setting and action plans in neurorehabilitation
Goal setting is a vital part of the rehabilitation process, because it is when you and those around you, together with your …
Podcast Episode 1: The Basics Of Muscle Tone
Unlocking brain injury Podcast Episode 1: The basics of muscle tone 14th June 2021 Release date 33 minutes Length Share on twitter …
A guide to therapies after brain injury
This guide looks at some of the different kinds of therapy you can have after a traumatic brain injury and what each …
An introduction to neurorehabilitation
What does ‘neurorehabilitation’ mean? Neurorehabilitation is the process of enabling a person who has sustained a brain injury [BI] to resume their …
“Going for gold” in community neurorehabilitation
“Going for gold” in community neurorehabilitation Share this page Share on linkedin Share on twitter Share on email Cognivate is firmly rooted …