Neurorehabilitation is specialized therapy to help people with neurological conditions or injuries. Therapists who specialize in neurorehabilitation can help you regain or increase your cognitive function, movement, speech and fine motor skills.

Neurorehabilitation may include the expertise of:

• Neuropsychologists: These experts assess how your brain function affects your behavior. They may help you adjust to changes in your abilities or recommend therapies to reduce stress.

• Occupational therapists: An occupational therapist helps you with specific tasks of daily living. For example, after an injury, they may help you regain your abilities to button clothes, prepare meals or get in and out of bed.

• Physical therapists: These specialists help you increase your strength, mobility and overall function with a set of prescribed exercises. They may also offer hands-on therapies such as joint manipulation or massage.

• Speech-language pathologists: Also called speech therapists, these experts help with problems related to speech, communication and swallowing.

Many neurological conditions can benefit from neurorehabilitation treatment. Our specialists care for patients with a variety of conditions, such as:

• Alzheimer's disease

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)

• Brain tumors

• Cerebrovascular diseases

• Stroke

• Epilepsy

• Multiple sclerosis

• Headaches

• Huntington’s disease

• Neurological infectious diseases

• Nerve injuries

• Parkinson’s disease

• Spinal cord injuries

• Spinal tumors

We provide a number of specialty clinics for specific neurological injuries and needs. Specialty clinics include the:

Aphasia is the loss of language or communication skills after a brain injury or disease. Depending on the location and extent of brain damage, patients may experience anything from trouble writing or speaking to complete speech loss. The Evidence-Based Aphasia Clinic (EBAC) is a specialty clinic for the evaluation and treatment of patients who experience aphasia after stroke or other neurological conditions.

The program uses language treatment techniques clinically proven to be effective. Care covers the treatment of verbal expression, comprehension, reading and writing. The clinic’s therapeutic team includes a behavioral neurologist, a clinical neuropsychologist and speech-language pathologists, among others.

A variety of injuries can cause a mild to moderate concussion, including accident, sports injury or a fall. Different symptoms can occur following the injury, such as dizziness, fatigue, headaches or poor concentration.

Most symptoms improve over a short period of time, but others may persist for weeks to months. If symptoms persist, worsen or significantly interfere with your daily activities, therapy may be helpful.

A clinical neuropsychologist is a licensed psychologist with expertise in how behavior and skills are related to brain structures and systems. Through objective testing of memory and thinking skills, these specialists evaluate brain function and develop diagnosis and treatment plans.

A typical neuropsychological evaluation involves assessment of:

• Attention and concentration

• General intellect

• Higher-level thinking skills, such as reasoning and problem-solving

• Language

• Learning and memory

• Mood and personality

• Motor and sensory skills

• Visual-spatial skills

You may be referred to the Neuropsychology Clinic after a trauma, such as a brain injury or stroke. Test results can be used to:

• Determine capacity for everyday functions like driving, managing money or working productively

• Differentiate between illnesses

• Identify cognitive strengths and weaknesses

• Plan treatments

A unique component of our Spinal Cord Injury Clinic is aggressive physical rehabilitation. This program is based on the concept that intense physical rehabilitation helps to speed up the return of significant function.

We offer activity-based rehabilitation which uses electrical stimulation together with specialized exercise equipment and biofeedback devices. You also have access to aquatic therapy. You’ll also receive training in high-level wheelchair mobility skills and ambulation with orthotic devices.