Challenges of treating and living with a brain injury | Letters
Readers respond to an article on how early intensive rehabilitation after a stroke or head injury is crucial for recoveryRather like Ian Sample himself trying to read Orlando Swayne’s book,...
By Guardian Staff · The Guardian Opinion
Readers respond to an article on how early intensive rehabilitation after a stroke or head injury is crucial for recovery Rather like Ian Sample himself trying to read Orlando Swayne’s book, I was nervous reading his article, braced for half-digested truths or oversimplifications on neurotherapy ( The doctor who mends broken brains: why there is room for hope after a stroke or head injury, 3 June ). But he paints an accurate picture of the way brains retain neuroplasticity and the reality of the postcode lottery around therapy and rehabilitation services. I am a speech and language therapist specialising in stroke and neurorehabilitation, and I can attest to what he and Dr Swayne state in the article – that sadly, for some people, the damage caused by neurotrauma cannot be recovered from, but for others, the vital neuroplasticity continues for months and, in some people I have seen, years at a time. Continue reading...