MOTIONrehab featured on Made In Leeds TV following the launch of the new Intensive Neurological Rehabilitation Centre.

 Made in Leeds is a local television station serving Leeds and West Yorkshire. The station is owned and operated by Made Television Ltd and forms part of a group of eight local TV stations. It broadcasts from studios and offices in the Chapeltown area of Leeds. So far the film has been viewed over 5800 times across the UK.

MOTIONrehab based in Leeds is the UK’s first Intensive Outpatient & Residential* Neurological Rehabilitation Facility augmented by Robotics and Virtual Reality. The centre includes a range of upper and lower limb robotics and virtual reality technology. The MOTIONrehab centre is the only location within UK with all of these particular devices, giving the clinic International Reference Centre Status for treatment, teaching and research.

The new concept offers patients specialist one to one hands-on therapy from experienced and highly skilled clinicians. Uniquely, MOTIONrehab clients also spend time training with the robotic and virtual reality devices individually and in groups. This allows patients to practice high repetitions of movements which is critical to neuro-plasticity and the optimisation of outcomes.

Neuro-plasticity 

The ability to learn and re-shape the brain and nervous system is called Neuro-plasticity.  For re-learning to take place movements need to be repeated and practiced just as you would expect when learning to play a musical instrument or a new sport. This re-shaping and forming new connections in the brain happens throughout our lifetime.  After injury or illness to the nervous system there is a window of opportunity where the brain reorganises itself at a rapid rate to compensate for the damaged areas. It is commonly believed this is in the first 2 years or so, after this time the brain continues to make new connections, only at a slower rate.

So why is Neuro-plasticity so important?

After injury or illness of the brain or spinal cord the aim of rehabilitation is to promote the re-wiring of the nervous system (neuro-plasticity) to re-learn the lost or damaged movements. The role of Neurological Physiotherapy aims to help individual͛s relearn the lost or impaired movements. However, the key to adopting the newly learnt movements is practice.

It is therefore crucial that individuals have an opportunity to repeat and practice movement to cement the new connections. This is difficult to achieve with traditional physiotherapy and exercise alone! Increasingly over the last decade or so Rehabilitation Technology has provided the means for mass practise and repetition. MOTIONrehab’s International Reference Centre is the UK’s first Intensive Outpatient & Residential Neurological Rehabilitation Facility to truly provide high repetition rehabilitation.

Higher intensity rehabilitation enables you to reach your full potential quicker.

For more information or to book an assessment, please call 0800 8600 138 or email: info@motionrehab.co.uk