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Spinal cord injury

Rehabilitation and therapy that’s tailored to you.

Living with or recovering from a spinal cord injury can look different for everyone. The effects vary depending on the type and location of the injury, the severity, and each person’s life stage and individual circumstances.

At Royal Rehab LifeWorks, we take a collaborative and personalised approach. With deep expertise in spinal cord injury rehabilitation, our specialist team works closely with you to understand your unique needs, develop a tailored plan, and deliver the right support to help you manage symptoms or focus on recovery.

Rehabilitation and therapy targets

  • Mobility and balance: Enhance ability to stand, walk, and manage the risk of falling.
  • Muscle strength: Build and maintain strength to support overall physical function.
  • Fatigue: Implement strategies to improve energy levels and endurance.
  • Mental wellbeing: Support psychological, emotional, and social wellbeing.
  • Independence: Enhance independence through adaptive equipment and assistive technologies.

Your program may include

Neurological physiotherapy
By focusing on neuroplasticity, movement, strength, and everyday function, our physiotherapists support recovery with targeted techniques.
  • Task-specific training: Practising real-life movements to retrain the brain, helping with walking, siting, standing, and moving independently.
  • Building strength: Tailored exercises strengthen weakened muscles, improving stability and preventing further strength loss.
  • Enhancing balance and coordination: Specialised exercises improve balance and coordination, reducing the risk of falls and improving ability to engage in functional tasks.
  • Improving arm and hand function: Strengthening and coordination exercises help restore movement and dexterity in affected limbs.
  • Managing muscle stiffness: Stretching and positioning techniques help reduce tightness and improve comfort.
  • Reducing pain: Physiotherapy helps alleviate joint and muscle pain caused by imbalances or improper movement.
  • Preventing complications: Regular movement and therapy help reduce the risk of issues like pressure sores, contractures, and blood clots.
  • Boosting confidence and wellbeing: Achieving progress through physiotherapy can enhance self-esteem and overall quality of life.
Aquatic therapy
Aquatic therapy is highly beneficial in neurological rehab due to the buoyancy of water.
  • Improving balance and coordination: The buoyancy of water offers support, reducing the risk of falls and allowing you to practice balance exercises with greater confidence, which is key to regaining stability and independence.
  • Enhancing muscle strength: Water resistance naturally provides a form of resistance during movement, helping to build muscle strength in weakened areas, even for individuals with limited mobility.
  • Enhancing range of motion: The water helps relax muscles and reduce stiffness, promoting greater joint mobility and flexibility.
  • Managing pain: The water can alleviate muscle pain and spasms, helping to relax the body and reduce discomfort.
  • Improving gait and walking ability: Practicing walking in water can help you relearn proper gait patterns and improve walking ability by offering a low-impact way to work on movement.
  • Proprioceptive training: The water provides sensory input, enhancing body awareness, which is often impaired due to neurological injury or condition, helping you regain a better sense of movement and positioning.
  • Enhancing cardiovascular fitness: Aquatic exercises improve cardiovascular fitness, supporting overall physical recovery and stamina.
  • Enhancing psychological wellbeing: The supportive, weightless environment of water can boost confidence and motivation, helping you maintain a positive mindset throughout your rehabilitation journey.
  • Reducing spasticity: The buoyancy and resistance of water can help manage muscle spasticity (muscle tightness), by providing gentle movement and reducing strain.
Exercise physiology
Using tailored, evidence-based movement programs, our exercise physiologists focus on rebuilding strength, restoring function, and improving overall health and wellbeing.
  • Enhancing physical function: Structured exercise helps regain mobility, endurance, and independence in daily activities.
  • Improving cardiovascular health: Aerobic exercise supports heart and lung function.
  • Building strength and endurance: Targeted resistance training combats muscle weakness and fatigue.
  • Enhancing balance and coordination: Exercises are designed to improve stability, reducing falls and promoting safer movement.
  • Supporting neuroplasticity: Repetitive, meaningful movement patterns help the brain rewire and adapt.
  • Managing fatigue: Graded exercise programs are designed to improve energy levels and reduce fatigue.
  • Addressing chronic conditions: Programs consider co-existing conditions like diabetes, high blood pressure, or obesity.
  • Encouraging long-term self-management: Education and home-based exercise plans empower individuals to maintain their progress.
  • Boosting mood and motivation: Physical activity supports mental health, confidence, and a sense of control over recovery.
Adapted recreation
Designed to support you in exploring and participating in meaningful leisure and sport, regardless of disability, injury, or illness.
  • Encouraging physical activity: Recreational activities are adapted to improve mobility, strength, and overall fitness in a fun, engaging way.
  • Rebuilding confidence: Participation in enjoyable, achievable activities fosters independence and a sense of accomplishment.
  • Supporting social connection: Group-based programs help reduce isolation and promote peer support and community engagement.
  • Enhancing emotional wellbeing: Leisure activities provide purpose, reduce stress, and support positive mental health.
  • Improving coordination and motor skills: Recreational tasks like art, games, or sport-based activities help refine fine and gross motor function.
  • Fostering inclusion: Activities are tailored to individual abilities, ensuring everyone can participate meaningfully and safely.
  • Promoting lifelong habits: Encourages sustainable engagement in healthy recreation and leisure beyond the rehab setting.
  • Exploring new interests: Adapted recreation provides opportunities to discover new hobbies and redefine life.
  • Integrating into the community: Programs help individuals access inclusive community facilities and events with confidence.
Group exercise classes
Our group classes are designed for people with neurological and physical disabilities and provide a welcoming environment where you can engage in supervised exercises to meet your specific needs.

Life Strong is a moderate intensity workout specifically designed to improve your balance, strength and endurance. It’s your pathway to better health and wellness.

Our Life Strong classes are an opportunity for you to continue your personalised gym programs with 1:2 support available in a group setting.

Neuro Pilates classes
We combine traditional principles of Pilates with neurological rehabilitation to improve your strength, mobility, and balance.

Classes take place on mats and are low impact and focus on building neuroplasticity.

Classes are specially designed and evidence-based for neurological conditions. They are personalised to help you meet your individual goals and enhance your capacity to move better in daily activities, manage tasks, exercise the mind through memory, attention and learning and improve independence.

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