Our Services
“I might have been given a bad break, but I’ve got an awful lot to live for”
– Lou Gehrig, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Physiotherapy
Neurological physiotherapy is a specialist area of physiotherapy. We assess and treat clients with a variety of neurological impairments that result in abnormal movements, weakness or functional loss. We aim to maximise your potential and improve your quality of life through restorative interventions and teaching you compensatory techniques where required.
Neurological conditions present themselves in a variety of different ways and it requires specialist assessments to tease out the details and provide you an optimal rehabilitation programme. Because your condition is specific to you so is our assessment and treatment plan.
Assessment
We provide a comprehensive, specialist neurological assessment with you at the centre. We set meaningful goals with all clients and ensure they are measurable so we know what we are doing is effective. If it isn't working for you we will soon know and change our strategy to meet your goals.
Treatment
Treatments are client specific and vary dependent upon what we are trying to achieve. We can use hands on therapy including manual mobilisations and soft tissue work, kinesiology taping and appropriate exercise prescription including pilates based concepts.
follow up
Our goal is to get you living the life you want to lead. We appreciate time is a valuable commodity and the expense associated with private therapy. Therefore we will work within your personal lifestyles to offer appropriate follow up. This can be as frequent or infrequent as you require. Ultimately we hope to get the majority of clients continuing with a programme independently.
Long-term plan
Ideally we would like our clients to leave our clinics satisfied and not requiring further input from us. Some clients may require long-term reviews to continue their progression whilst others with deteriorating conditions may require reviews to address changes in the physical capabilities. Some clients may require ongoing 'maintenance' therapy for prolonged periods. We would happily discuss this with you.
Group Classes
Group Exercise Classes
Often with the support of your peers exercise can seem like a much less daunting task. Group classes are often more financially appealing too, allowing for a longer term commitment. Worried you won’t be able to keep up? Don’t worry we can tailor every class to each individual.
We are currently developing our exercise classes across Dorset. Want one near you? Use the contact us page to express an interest.
Group Education Sessions
Our series allows for condition specific education so you can better understand and manage your health. Greater understanding and knowledge can help you inflict positive changes to your lifestyle.
We also offer education series on more general topics such as the benefits of exercise and pain as well as having guest speakers on topics such as nutrition.
Want to learn more about a specific topic? Drop us a line and we’ll see what we can do.
Treatments
We use a variety of treatment techniques
Depending upon your treatment needs and goals we have a variety of techniques at our disposal. The list here is not exhaustive and if you wish to know more please ask your therapist.
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Other Therapies
At Dorset Neuro Rehabilitation we are keen to broaden our horizons in order to offer our clients holistic, all encompassing therapy. We are fortunate to have affiliated colleagues with neurological specialisms in both Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy. The Speech Therapist’s are experts in both communication and swallowing disorders and there is a specialist interest in Neuropsychology within the discipline. If this is an area you wish to learn more about please use the contact us page and we will happily discuss this further.
How much does it cost?
Physiotherapy
Clinic Appointments
Our clinic is located within the Move Clinic in Poundbury, Dorchester. Appointments are 45 minutes in duration.
You can read more about our clinic by clicking here.
Initial Assessment
£90
Follow
Up
£70
Initial Assessment
£90
+ travel
Follow
Up
£70
+ travel
Physiotherapy
Home Visits
We aim to cover Dorset but occasionally reach out to bordering counties. If you live outside of a 15 mile radius from our clinic location a home visit may incur a travel charge but we will discuss this with you. Appointments are normally between 45 – 60 minutes in duration.
Physiotherapy
Virtual Appointments
We are delighted to be able to offer virtual appointments now. These are great for a “check in” appointment or as a pre-assessment. Appointments vary in duration but allow up to 1 hour.
Virtual
Assessment
£75
Virtual
Follow Up
£60
Initial
Assessment
£90/hr
Follow
Up
£90/hr
Speech and Language Therapy
Home Visits
Due to the nature of Speech and Language Therapy visits they can exceed 1 hour and as such are charged at an hourly rate. SALT is currently only provided as a home visit. Please contact us should you wish for a clinic appointment.
Initial
Assessment
£90/hr
Follow
Up
£90/hr
Occupational Therapy
Home Visits
Due to the nature of Occupational Therapy visits they can exceed a 1 hour and as such are charged at an hourly rate. Occupational Therapy is currently only provided as a home visit. Please contact us should you wish for a clinic appointment.