Have you wondered what the best path forward is to recover from a catastrophic injury or disease? Are you on the search for what to do after your therapy visits have ended? There are promising advancements being made long after traditional therapy options are exhausted or opportunities to increase your intensity and frequency of therapy training in activity-based therapy. There has been a huge movement in the last 10-15 years to help our neurologically affected clients after Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke, Brain Injury, GBS, Parkinson’s Disease, and other neurological injuries/disease by addressing activity-based therapy to promote neuroplasticity to aid the nervous system’s ability to change connection in response to new information and stimulation. Activity based therapy incorporates weight-bearing activities, functional electrical stimulation, task specific practice, massed practice, and locomotor training.
Unfortunately, insurance only covers therapy services for so long. Therapists are limited with their time to see their clients in a traditional therapy setting. So how do you maximize your time in therapy and then continue on your recovery path back to independence? Activity based therapy and guided neuro fitness training is designed as the missing link to our current healthcare limitations. Ideally there is an experience neurologic therapist integrated in this recovery journey to monitor progress, limit injury risks, and provide guidance for the ideal path forward. Exercise alone is good, but to get the most bang for your buck you need to incorporate neuro rehab principles into the proper strength movement patterns, posture training and re-educate the impaired or paralyzed muscles for the best rehabilitation outcome.
Activity based therapy gyms are continually growing around the country in order to help address the growing needs of the neuro disability community.