Rehabilitation Support Services
We offer access to some of the latest technology to assist in neurological rehabilitation. Boost your physical abilities by trying out our cutting edge rehabilitation equipment.
Our physiotherapists work with clients to develop a tailored plan, specific to their situation.
AlterG Treadmill
On the AlterG Treadmill air pressure supports from below to give a sense of weightlessness, allowing you to offset your bodyweight by up to 90%!
This helps to control movement and strengthened weakened limbs and allows a physiotherapist to reduce a body-weight load in precise increments, ideal for exercising in a safe and controlled environment.
If any of the following apply conditions apply, the treadmill will help.
- Legs are heavy and effortful to move.
- Difficulty balancing
- Afraid of falling
- Fitness and stamina are limited due to the above points.
- Pain in the hips/knees/ankles that limits walking.
- Recovering from hip/knee/ankle surgery.
- Would like to feel the freedom of walking on air!
Funded by Jeanette Russell Fundraising Campaign
G Move Suit
The G Move Suit is a wearable technology using Pressotherapy to apply compression to the upper and lower legs.
It can be used with clients living with incomplete Spinal Cord Injuries, Stroke, Brain Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Parkinson’s Disease, with symptoms including weakness and paresis, sensory impairment, ataxia, fatigue and spasticity.
Depending on how the pressure is applied, it can have a number of positive effects:
- Increased muscle strength.
- Reduced delayed onset muscle soreness.
- Reduced risk of injury.
- Improved circulation
- Improved. proprioception.
Funded by Client donations.
Mollii Suit
The Mollii Suit provides tailored rehabilitation in the form of a garment with electrotherapy programmed according to your requirements.
It can be used by people living with a neurological condition such as multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, acquired brain damage, spinal cord injury and stroke.
The Mollii Suit has shown reliable results in the following:
- Improvements in efficiency of mobility with a reduction in effort required.
- Improvements in upper limb function with a reduction in effort required.
- Improvements in postural control.
- Improvements in balance.
- Reduction in muscle fatigue.
- Reduction in pain.
Funded by a grant from the Crerar Trust.
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