Neurological physiotherapy is a specialised rehabilitation approach for individuals experiencing movement difficulties due to conditions or injuries affecting the brain, spinal cord, and nerves. Symptoms such as weakness, spasticity, stiffness, altered sensation, dizziness, pain, fatigue, and reduced coordination can significantly impact daily life.
Neurological physiotherapy can help you:
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Regain function you have lost
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Improve your independence in managing day-to-day tasks
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Gain strength and stamina
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Improve your control of your movements
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Move more efficiently, leaving you with more energy to do other things
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Improve your balance
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Get fit through cardiovascular exercise
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Become more flexible
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Improve your walking, be it speed, stability, and/or distance.
Our physiotherapists can design tailored treatment programmes based on your specific needs and rehabilitation goals. Treatments we offer include:
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Hands-on therapy to improve movement quality
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Personalised exercise programmes for strength and mobility
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Walking re-education to enhance gait and stability
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Upper limb rehabilitation for improved arm function
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Clinical Pilates to boost core strength and balance
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Spasticity management for increased mobility
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Strength training to rebuild weakened muscles
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Vestibular rehabilitation for dizziness and balance issues
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Neuromuscular electrical stimulation to support nerve activation
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Education and training for carers to assist in rehabilitation
Martha Lipman
Martha is a highly specialist physiotherapist in neurosciences, with a decade of experience in physiotherapy and rehabilitation.
After being awarded a first-class honours BSc in Physiotherapy, Martha worked at Bristol Royal Infirmary teaching hospital before joining the therapy team at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in 2020.
Her experience includes stroke rehabilitation and rapid assessment, neurosurgical and neuromedical critical care, post-neurosurgical recovery, spinal rehabilitation, complex neurological rehabilitation, upper limb rehabilitation, multiple sclerosis management, FES and orthotics, Parkinson’s, and spasticity management.
Martha’s work includes the use of specialist orthotic equipment and technologies, such as AFO orthoses and functional electrical stimulation (FES) for upper and lower limbs, to treat peripheral limb weakness. Martha is a clinical Pilates practitioner and loves entwining her clinical skills, elements of precision, and Pilates training principles to create targeted individual rehabilitation plans for her patients.
She has a special interest in vestibular physiotherapy and treating balance impairments and is also involved in cutting-edge rehabilitation trials and research at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Alex Dungavel
With over a decade of experience in neurological and spinal rehabilitation, Alex Dungavel is an expert in the field of physiotherapy.
After earning a BSc in physiotherapy in 2014, Alex started working at University College Hospital before taking on a specialist physiotherapy role at the National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery 8 years ago. During this time she also spent a year at the London Spinal Cord Injury Unit at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital.
Alex’s experience includes post-neurosurgical recovery, management of functional neurological symptoms, spinal rehabilitation and neuromuscular condition management, such as cough augmentation. Her work includes innovative approaches to stroke rehabilitation and the use of cutting-edge technologies like Bioness and Alfess, wireless Functional Electrical Stimulation systems designed to treat foot drop.
Alex has a special interest in Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), and in 2024 Alex was invited to speak at the Roche SMA Forum, where she presented on jaw rehabilitation for individuals with SMA.
We offer outpatient physiotherapy at The Queen Square Private Consulting Rooms.
If you live within inner London zones 1-2, we may be able to offer some home-based assessment and treatment. If you live outside this area, please get in touch, and we can see if we can help. We are also able to offer virtual consultations across the UK and internationally.
To be seen as an outpatient, you must have a neurological diagnosis or be under investigation for neurological symptoms and awaiting diagnosis. If possible please share a referral from a GP, embassy, or consultant or written evidence of your neurological condition. If you are unclear, please give us a call, and we will be able to guide you.
To enquire about an appointment, please contact us on:
Telephone: 020 3448 4260