Physiotherapy For Brain Injuries in Sutton Coldfield

Hello and welcome back again to the ThreeSpires Physiotherapy blog where we take a look at all things physiotherapy related. This physiotherapy article is part of a series of articles where we take a deep dive into our mobile, home visit physiotherapy service in Sutton Coldfield. In this blog we will take a look at one of our neurological physiotherapy services in Sutton Coldfield: physiotherapy for brain injuries. As community physiotherapists visiting their patients at home in Sutton Coldfield we see many patients who have had a brain injury and so I thought it would be helpful look at what our mobile physios can do to help anyone who has had a brain injury in Sutton Coldfield.

For anyone looking at this blog for the first time: all of or physiotherapists are mobile and go out to their patients at home in Sutton Coldfield. We provide physiotherapy across all of Sutton Coldfield including Walmley, Streetly, Wylde Green, Four Oaks and Little Aston. If you live in Sutton Coldfield and need physiotherapy, one of our mobile physios will be able to visit you at home.

Before looking at our physiotherapy service for patients with a brain injury in Sutton Coldfield, we should first look at what a brain injury is, what types of brain injury there are and how having a brain injury might affect you.

What is a Brain Injury?

A brain injury is any damage that occurs to the brain which results in a change in how the brain works. There are two types of brain injuries: traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and acquired brain injuries (ABI) both of which our home visit physiotherapy service in Sutton Coldfield will be able to help you with.

Traumatic Brain Injury

Traumatic Brain injuries are caused by a direct impact causing the brain to hit against the skull and cause bleeding and bruising of the brain tissues. This impact can be caused in a number of ways such as a road traffic accident or a fall from height resulting in an impact on the skull.

Acquired Brain Injury

With an acquired brain injury there is no trauma or impact and instead the damage to the brain is caused by internal factors such as a stroke, a loss of oxygen or an infection.

As regards physiotherapy, the type of brain injury that you have is not likely to affect things much and our physio will be able to have a chat about this with you when they visit you in Sutton Coldfield.

What Are The Symptoms of A Brain Injury?

The effects of a brain injury can vary greatly and will depend upon the severity of the trauma, the person, the area of the brain involved and the amount of brain tissue damaged. Although there are some common symptoms which I have listed below, no two brain injuries are the same and as physios we are very aware that each person will be affected differently by their brain injury.

Common symptoms of brain injuries include:

• Dizziness,
• Fatigue,
• Pain,
• Loss of balance,
• Altered sensation,
• Reduced mobility and muscle strength.

Recovering From Your Brain Injury At Home In Sutton Coldfield

As community physiotherapists visiting our patients at home in Sutton Coldfield, guiding patients through the process of recovering after a brain injury is a vital component of our expertise. It is also the most important and longest part of your recovery after having a brain injury. So, it is good to have a look at some key parts of the recovery process:

1. Discharge from hospital: you will most likely spend a significant period in hospital, depending upon the severity of your brain injury. The first major milestone in your recovery process from a brain injury in Sutton Coldfield comes with your discharge from hospital.
2. Recovery takes time: this is an important factor and you need to have patience when you get home. Recovering after a brain injury is a slow process and you need to accept that your body will likely need a lot of rest.
3. Rest: as mentioned, rest will be a key component of your recovery from a brain injury and that is why I am mentioning it again. After having a brain injury, fatigue is a normal part of the recovery process and managing this fatigue is hugely important and takes time
4. Exercise: Having a graduated and slowly increasing exercise program with the right type of exercises is vital for your recovery after a brain injury. It is important that you do your exercises as prescribed but also listen to your body and not allow yourself to become too fatigued.
5. Physiotherapy: once home in Sutton Coldfield, this will be the key part of your recovery after your brain injury. Having regular and early physiotherapy after your brain injury is vital to maximise your recovery.

After getting back to your home in Sutton Coldfield, we would generally advise that you have a physio visit reasonably soon so that you can have an initial assessment. This will let the physio have a look at how you are doing after your brain injury and give any advice that is needed. This will then give you the confidence to make progress and manage things at home.

Why Have Physiotherapy At Home After A Brain Injury in Sutton Coldfield?

Many people (until they have one of our physios visit them at home) believe they need to attend a physiotherapy clinic in Sutton Coldfield after having a brain injury because they need access to specialised equipment. Usually, the opposite is the case and they would be better staying at home and concentrating on rehab at home with a physio visiting them. We have a whole article here on the benefits of physiotherapy at home:  Mobile Physiotherapy Service At Your Home . Below are some of the key benefits/reasons for having one of our mobile physiotherapists visit you at home in Sutton Coldfield after your brain injury

1. Difficulty Leaving Your House in Sutton Coldfield: After a brain injury and being discharged many people will find that their mobility has been severely affected and will find it very hard to get out of the house and get to a physiotherapy clinic.  Getting out of the house can be enormously fatiguing and by the time they have got to a physiotherapy clinic they are exhausted. In this case our mobile physiotherapy service in Sutton Coldfield is ideal for enabling access to physiotherapy after a brain injury. Having one of our physios come out to you in Sutton Coldfield during this period means that you are still able to access essential physiotherapy.
2. Neurological Fatigue: a common problem after a brain injury is fatigue and coping with this is often one of the major issues that patients face. Often patients find that leaving the house and travelling anywhere is enormously exhausting and counter productive in the first few months after a brain injury. This is where our home visit physiotherapy service in Sutton Coldfield really helps as our physio is able to visit and enable these patients to access physiotherapy without becoming hugely fatigued by visiting a physiotherapy clinic in Sutton Coldfield.
3. You Are in a Care Home in Sutton Coldfield:  commonly after brain injury many people are not discharged straight home because they need a significant amount of care and in fact they will go to a care home for support. Sometimes this is simply for respite and is temporary whilst they recover but in other cases this will be a permanent move. Clearly these people can’t access a physiotherapy clinic in Sutton Coldfield and will need a physio to come out to them. Having one of our mobile physios visit them at their care home in Sutton Coldfield will make all the difference in their recovery after their brain injury.
4. Assessment and Recovery at Home in Sutton Coldfield: as physiotherapists our experience shows that being able to see our patients at home in Sutton Coldfield and understand the environment that they will be doing most of their rehab in, is of huge benefit. It allows us as the visiting physiotherapists to understand how physio will fit into their life at home in Sutton Coldfield and exercises and routines can be adjusted to ensure that they make the best possible recovery after their brain injury.

There are other reasons for having one of our mobile physios come to you at home in Sutton Coldfield after your brain injury such as time saving but I think that we have covered the key benefits of having a physio come out to you. Next, we will look at the process of physiotherapy after a brain injury in Sutton Coldfield.

What Should You Expect With Physiotherapy  At Home In Sutton Coldfield After A Brain Injury

After making an appointment, one of our mobile physios will come out to you in Sutton Coldfield to conduct an initial assessment to see how your brain injury has affected you. Bookings are made easily by phone, email or our contact form on our website and generally we can get one of our physios out to you in Sutton Coldfield within a week. If you book an assessment by email, it is really helpful to have details about your brain injury and your recovery so far. Key information about your brain injury for us as physios would be: the date of your accident, which hospital you were in, when you got home, your postcode (this lets us work out driving time for Sutton Coldfield), your goals and how you are physically doing at the moment. Giving us this level of detail about how your brain injury happened and has affected you, allows our physio to be much more prepared when they visit you at home in Sutton Coldfield.

Our mobile physiotherapist now visits you at your home in Sutton Coldfield and conducts the initial assessment. At the beginning of the assessment your physio will discuss your brain injury with you, go over the accident and injury, and discuss what your goals are for your recovery. This is a key part of the assessment in our opinion as physios, as it gives us an impression of you and what you would like to work on.

Next, your physiotherapist will complete the physical assessment which looks at what has been affected by your brain injury, how you walk (with any aids), your strength and your balance. The physio will then explain their findings to you and create a personalised exercise program to help you with your recovery after your brain injury that you can do at home in Sutton Coldfield. Finally, they will go through a management plan and book any follow up physiotherapy sessions that are needed.

FAQS About Brain Injuries & Physiotherapy in Sutton Coldfield:

Before finishing, we should answer some common questions that I have been asked by patients about our home visit physiotherapy service for people with brain injuries in Sutton Coldfield:

1. Do your physios visit all of Sutton Coldfield for patients with brain injuries? Yes, we go to everywhere in Sutton Coldfield and if you live in Sutton Coldfield, one of our physios will be able to visit you after you have had a brain injury. If you are worried about this, then just get in touch with your postcode and we will be happy to confirm you are in the travel area of our physiotherapy service.
2. Are you able to work with NHS physiotherapy? This is a very common question and is often a concern of many of our patients and their relatives in Sutton Coldfield. The answer is: yes, we have a lot of experience of working with NHS physios in Sutton Coldfield to help patients after their brain injuries in Sutton Coldfield. We are always happy to work jointly and develop joint goals and plans to maximise the recovery of our patients after a brain injury.
3. Do your physios visit care homes in Sutton Coldfield to help with brain injuries? Yes, absolutely and in fact many of our patients are residents at care homes in Sutton Coldfield.
4. Do you have any testimonials for your physios? Yes, we have many testimonials both here on our website and on Google and Facebook.
5. Can relatives attend physiotherapy sessions? Yes, our physios are very keen for family involvement and in fact having relatives aware of the exercises needed to help with recovery after a brain injury is really helpful.

Okay, I think that we have covered as much as possible in this article about our fully mobile, home visit physiotherapy service in Sutton Coldfield to help people with their recovery after a brain injury. Thank you for taking the time to read this article about our physiotherapy service in Sutton Coldfield and if you or a relative have had a brain injury and need physiotherapy in Sutton Coldfield, then please get in touch and one of our mobile physios will come out to you at home in Sutton Coldfield.