This week MOTIONrehab celebrates the 5 years since the launch of its first robotics-led intensive neurological rehabilitation centre. In April 2018, MOTIONrehab launched the UK’s first Robotics-Led Intensive Neuro Rehab Centre. The clinic was the brainchild Sarah Daniel inspired by the work at Queens Square Intensive Upper Limb Neurorehabilitation Programme and following a visit to Europe researching clinics in 2017. On Sarah’s return, she shared her vision with her husband and the MOTIONrehab Intensive Neurological Rehabilitation Centre concept was born.
MOTIONrehab is a family business and Sarah along with her husband Jon (also a physiotherapist) decided to invest heavily in technology to enable MOTIONrehab clients to achieve an intensive high dose therapy. Sarah was determined to offer MOTIONrehab patients a more efficient and outcome driven rehabilitation service. Up until this point nobody had really used the term “intensive rehabilitation” and historically neurological physiotherapy was delivered once a week for between 45mins and an hour. It is great to see this way of delivering therapy is now being recognised in clinical guidelines “patients following stroke should receive at least 3 hours a day of therapy (therapist-delivered) and should be supported to remain active for up to 6 hours a day” (The National Clinical Guideline for Stroke for UK and Ireland, 2023)
Sarah Daniel says:
“In 2018, many people simply weren’t aware of how much progress was possible to make with this ‘high repetition/high dose’ approach. I wanted to change that. I wanted to help more people access these benefits and get their lives back more quickly.”
When the first MOTIONrehab centre opened in April 2018, it was the only clinic within Europe to combine the particular devices under one roof, giving the clinic International Reference Centre Status for treatment, teaching and research.
The results spoke for themselves. MOTIONrehab clients achieved their rehab goals quicker, often exceeding theirs and other professionals’ expectations. MOTIONrehab proved the concept worked opened a second clinic in Hull in December 2020. Since then, other clinics have followed suit offering the same devices and concept MOTIONrehab pioneered.
Why Intensive High Dose Rehab Requires Robotic Technology?
Sarah Daniel says:
“It was a huge risk opening the first clinic, we were really challenging the neurological rehabilitation model in the UK. However, I believed in the concept and the outcomes MOTIONrehab patients have achieved proves the model works
Not only do the devices make treatment more interesting and engaging for patients but integrating the devices with traditional therapy means that people at any stage of their rehabilitation, and with any level of disability, can participate in motivating and challenging therapy. People want to get well, and they want to get their lives back quickly. High intensity/high dose rehabilitation has a crucial role to play, and MOTIONrehab’s technology makes it available and accessible.”
Over the last five years MOTIONrehab has held an open-door policy inviting other private and NHS hospitals/clinics such as: Circle Health, Birmingham, Askham Rehab, VIM Health, Hobbs Rehab and NHS facilities to see how our concept works. It is great to see how other neurological rehabilitation centres are now following MOTIONrehabs lead and providing robotic-led rehabilitation benefitting patients with neurological conditions across the country.
“A big thank you to Tyromotion, Thera-Trainer and Ectron who continue with us on this journey”
Patients attend MOTIONrehab from all over the world
MOTIONrehab has worked hard over the last 5 years to raise the profile of intensive high dose robotic-led neurological rehabilitation and the benefits that it can bring to patients. MOTIONrehab clients are only too happy to share their success stories and this has led to patients attending from all over the world. MOTIONrehab patients have come from a far and returned time and time again:
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International Reference Centre – Working with clinics and researchers all over the world
MOTIONrehab continues to present its concept internationally and has contributed to numerous research projects across the world. MOTIONrehab’s experience consistently demonstrates its vision of high intensity, high dose rehabilitation, augmented by robotic and VR technology enhances functional outcomes for patients.
MOTIONrehabs Intensive Neurological Rehabilitation Centre was awarded International Reference Centre Status in 2018 and has worked with researchers and clinics sharing its expertise in rehabilitation technology and delivering intensive high dose rehabilitation all over the world including:
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Leaders and Followers
It’s always hard being the leader in an industry. MOTIONrehab is incredibly proud of what it has achieved in the last five years driving change in the neurological rehabilitation sector pioneering its concept. It is exciting to see other rehabilitation companies following suit recognising that intensive, high dose Neurological Rehabilitation is not just about the number of hours, it’s what you do in those hours that count and by implementing robotics-led rehabilitation into their clinics they will be providing truly intensive neurological rehabilitation. We welcome you to the party.
The Next 5 Years….
Watch this space…
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