Neurological Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation

Experienced rehabilitation for neurological conditions, complex injuries and reduced mobility

Stroke and post-stroke rehabilitation
Parkinsons disease
Spinal cord and traumatic brain injury
Balance, gait and falls rehabilitation
Complex rehabilitation following hospitalisation, surgery or serious illness

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Neurological Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation

Neurological physiotherapy helps people whose movement, balance, strength or physical function has been affected by a neurological condition, serious injury or prolonged illness.

At Advantage Healthcare & Physiotherapy, treatment is provided by an experienced senior physiotherapist with more than 20 years of clinical practice and an extensive background in hospital-based neurological, spinal and traumatic injury rehabilitation.

Treatment is individualised and focused on improving movement, mobility, physical capacity and everyday function.

Conditions we help with

Neurological physiotherapy can support people with a range of neurological conditions, complex injuries and mobility difficulties. We commonly help with:

Stroke and post-stroke rehabilitation
Parkinson’s disease
Spinal cord injury
Traumatic brain injury
Polyneuropathies and other neurological conditions
Rehabilitation following amputation or significant traumatic injury
Frailty, deconditioning and reduced mobility
Slow recovery following hospitalisation, surgery or serious illness
Severe physical disability and complex rehabilitation needs

What neurological physiotherapy can help with

Neurological conditions and complex injuries can affect the way the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles work together to control movement. This can lead to changes in walking, balance, strength, coordination, muscle tone and the ability to complete everyday tasks safely and independently.

Treatment is based on the specific difficulties affecting each person. Rather than following a standard exercise program, rehabilitation focuses on the movements and activities that are most important to daily life, with the aim of improving mobility, physical capacity and confidence.

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Walking and gait difficulties

Gait retraining can help address altered walking patterns, shuffling, freezing or reduced walking confidence. Treatment may focus on improving step quality, control, efficiency and safety during everyday mobility.

Balance and recurrent falls

Rehabilitation can help improve balance, stability and confidence with standing and walking. Treatment may also address the strength, coordination and movement strategies needed to reduce falls risk.

Weakness and reduced physical capacity

Neurological conditions, injury and prolonged illness can lead to significant loss of strength and endurance. Progressive rehabilitation can help rebuild the physical capacity needed for walking, transfers and everyday activities.

Coordination and motor control

Neurological injury can affect the ability to control movement accurately and efficiently. Rehabilitation may use repeated, task-specific movement practice to improve control of the arms, legs and body.

Spasticity, stiffness and reduced joint range

Changes in muscle tone can contribute to stiffness, restricted movement and difficulty completing everyday tasks. Physiotherapy can help maintain joint movement, manage stiffness and reduce the secondary effects of reduced mobility.

Transfers and functional mobility

Difficulties with standing, transferring or moving in bed can have a major impact on independence. Rehabilitation can focus on practical tasks such as standing from a chair, getting in and out of bed and moving safely between positions.

Rehabilitation after hospitalisation, illness or serious injury

Recovery can continue well after someone leaves hospital. Following a stroke, major injury, surgery or serious illness, people may experience significant weakness, reduced balance, loss of endurance and difficulty returning to their previous level of mobility.

Neurological rehabilitation can provide a more structured and gradual rehabilitation approach for people who need greater support than routine musculoskeletal physiotherapy. Treatment can focus on rebuilding strength, walking, balance, physical capacity and confidence with everyday activities.

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Stroke rehabilitation

A stroke can affect strength, balance, coordination, walking and the ability to perform everyday movements. The impact varies considerably between people, so rehabilitation needs to be based on the individual's specific difficulties and goals.

Physiotherapy may focus on improving walking, standing balance, transfers, strength, coordination and use of the affected arm or leg. Rehabilitation can also help people gradually rebuild confidence and physical independence following a stroke.

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Physiotherapy for Parkinson’s disease

Parkinson’s disease can affect walking, balance, posture, coordination and the ability to initiate and control movement. People may also experience shuffling, freezing, slower movement and reduced physical capacity over time.

Physiotherapy can focus on gait retraining, balance, strength, movement strategies and maintaining physical capacity. Treatment is tailored to the person's current abilities and the activities they want to continue doing as independently as possible.

Our Neurological Physiotherapist

Huibrid Steyn

Senior Neurological Physiotherapist

Advanced Practice - Neurological & Slow-Stream Rehabilitation

Huibrid has extensive experience in neurological, spinal and traumatic injury rehabilitation. Her background includes stroke, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, amputation, polyneuropathies, Parkinson’s disease and complex physical rehabilitation.

Advanced training

Huibrid has completed Bobath training in neurological rehabilitation and advanced seating training. She also has more than 20 years of experience working in hospital-based spinal, neurological and traumatic injury rehabilitation settings.

Experience and Interests

Huibrid has a particular interest in helping adults with neurological conditions, severe physical disability and complex rehabilitation needs improve movement, mobility and everyday function.

Her treatment may focus on walking and gait, balance, strength, coordination, transfers, motor control, physical capacity and maintaining independence. She also has extensive experience supporting people through different stages of recovery following neurological injury, trauma and hospitalisation.

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Advantage Healthcare & Physiotherapy are recognised providers of physiotherapy under NDIS. Click if you would like to learn more about NDIS funding for treatment.

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Advantage Healthcare & Physiotherapy's goal is to provide the highest quality care possible to the Wynnum, Manly, Brisbane Bayside residents.