After Stroke or Head Injury, everything changes. Not just for the survivor, but for family, and friends too.
There will be a so many questions. We hope to help you with some of them.
Take a tour and watch some of the videos. We hope they'll help you.
Speak to a Local Physio today. We cover the whole of Torbay and South Hams
01803 640241
You'll need advice, and physiotherapy treatment after stroke or head injury. Contact us by filling in the form, and we can decide together whether meeting by video link or face to face is right for you. Or just ring on 0800 9 020 191. It's free. You can also send a text message direct to 07957 884 143 to arrange a call back
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We help people learn balance and walking after strokes, head injuries or spinal cord injuries.
We also treat people with Parkinson's Disease, Multiple Sclerosis and other rarer diseases of the brain and spinal cord.
We've had lots of experience helping people like you. See how we can help.
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We are still helping all our patients during the Corona virus pandemic, and some new ones too. Covid 19 has changed the way we work, but medical visits are allowed, and we have developed a system of video consultation and filmed video lessons, to enable treatment remotely, for people, when face to face isn't right .
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Your goal is to relieve pain and restore movement, balance, standing and walking ability. We'll help and guide you.
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We'll work hard to improve your quality of life
Physiotherapy is an active, hands on and exercise-focused approach to eliminating pain, healing injury and rehabilitation. We mainly work using the world renowned Bobath concept for neuro rehabilitation. The aim is to restore and enhance movement after injury, illness or surgery, using therapeutic exercises, education and lifestyle advice.
We have helped a lot of people over the years. Here are a few of their comments
It was a long time after my stroke that I started work with the team at S.H.I.P.S
but with their help and my new wellies I am walking better.
Christine Curtis, Newton Abbot
Its over 4 years since my stroke. For a long time after that I couldn't even stand. Working with the team at Ships Physio I am still making good progress
Eileen Sweeting, Torquay
The staff at Ships Physio have really helped me after my spinal cord was damaged. I can get treatment at home when its convenient and though I won't get walking, it stops me from getting worse
June Scott, Torquay
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Q. It's been several months now since my stroke. We've been told that there is nothing more to be done. Is there anything that can help ?
A. The longest gap in our personal experience, from stroke to starting treatment is 6 years, that resulted in going from no walking to independent walking. Treatments change over time, we say that it's never too late to ask. We'll give you our honest opinion, even in the unlikely event that we can't help.
Q. I've been given a plastic moulded splint to support my ankle. It doesn't work that well, and although I can get around my walking is poor. Can you help ?
A. There are four main kinds of splint, one the common plastic type, two kinds of new carbon fibre and electronic splints. If you have only tried one, then it can help to be re - assessed with some of the modern ones in mind. Just ask.
Q. I have heard of electrical muscle stimulation . Would this suit me ?
A. We started using electrical muscle stimulators in 1990, and have used a wide variety of the equipment available, right up to the Bioness H200, and the Ottobock L300 Go and L300 Go Plus.
We also have had good experiences with the Walkaide XFT foot drop stimulator.
The Walkaide is newer to the market and is a lot simpler to set up. It's not so sophisticated so is a lot less expensive, but it works very well with most people. Ask us about a trial.
Also we work with Remotion Ltd. providing people with the whole body suit called the Mollii suit.
Every year we attend the European Neuro Convention, where the latest developments are available on display and to test.
Q. What are the best home exercises to do after stroke ?
A. There are a few ideas here on this site and we are working hard to create more videos for a YouTube channel. In the end the best exercises are ones you can actually do on your own. Even better we think are ones that you make up for your self. We love it when going back for a follow up, to be asked " what do you think of this exercise that I have been trying ? " The answer will almost certainly be that it's great. It might benefit from refining, but one of the hardest things is having the confidence to start off without too much fear of making a mistake.
Mostly making mistakes is really the process by which we all learn. Speaking of my own physiotherapy experience, the more experience I have the more open I become, to saying that I make mistakes in work all the time. That's to say I try treatment approaches that DON'T
work for an individual. It's just that I don't pursue them, and the " mistake " is spotted and rectified so quickly that my patients don't notice, meanwhile we have moved along to a method that is more promising.
We've seen too many people left with a list of exercises that are too hard to follow. Most often now we make a custom video of your home exercises, so you can follow and judge your progress. This works really well if you have a computer or a modern television in your house, and we make your custom films appear on your own screen.
Our goal is to enable you to live a pain-free life, with full mobility.
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