Neurological physical therapy

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When injury or illness affects your brain or nervous system, it can cause wide-ranging neurologic symptoms. You might experience physical issues (like lack of balance or mobility) as well as problems with speech and thinking.

At Atrium Health Floyd and Harbin Clinic, our neurological physical therapists help you recover movement and function. With their help, you can get back to living your best quality of life.

What is neurological physical therapy?

An injury or illness can leave you with life-changing neurological symptoms. You may have difficulties with movement, memory, focus, speech or other functions.

Working with a specialized neurological physical therapist (PT) can help you recover basic as well as complex functions. You’ll improve physical strength, balance and coordination. You’ll also relearn how to perform essential daily tasks.

You might receive neurological physical therapy during an inpatient stay at the hospital or rehabilitation facility. You can also continue neurological PT on an outpatient basis throughout your recovery.

Types of neurological physical therapy

Neurological physical therapy typically involves a team of specialists from a variety of disciplines. Together, they’ll create a personalized plan based on your needs and goals.

Depending on your specific needs, you might work with:

Occupational therapists
Physical therapists
Speech and language pathologists
Rehabilitation nurses

Conditions treated with neurological physical therapy

Any type of injury or illness affecting the brain and nervous system can result in neurological symptoms. Our neurological physical therapy program helps people recovering from or living with a variety of conditions, including:

Brain or spinal cord injury or trauma
Degenerative disorders, such as Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
Memory disorders, including dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
Neuromuscular disorders, such as muscular dystrophy, myasthenia gravis and Guillain-Barré syndrome
Stroke

Neurological physical therapy benefits

The primary goal of neurological PT is to improve quality of life for people with neurological challenges. Whether you work with a neurological physical therapist as an inpatient or outpatient, you’ll work on improving: