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What goes on in an asessment?

Once you have decided that you want to be treated by heads up!, you will be given a 75-minute assessment which may involve:

• finding out more about your neurological problem, what has happened in the past and how it is affecting you now

• talking over the movement goals that you have

• giving a professional opinion as to whether these goals are realistic. We encourage people to have ambitious goals without being totally unrealistic

• developing agreed-upon goals and a treatment plan

• taking measures/photographs so that future progress can be easily measured. This could involve assessing how far you can reach when you are standing, whether you can stand up from a plinth without using your hands or how long it takes to walk a certain distance

• discussing how many sessions the initial treatment programme should last. This can depend on the severity of your problems, the extent of your goals, your budget and how regularly you want to travel to one of our clinics

• discussing your home exercise programme and giving you some exercises. Some patients engage in other activities such as hydrotherapy, gym work, Pilates or yoga and we can discuss whether any of these would be appropriate for you.

There may also be time for some treatment, so that you can get your first taste of the heads up! 'hands-on' approach.

Some patients need a written report for their consultant and GP and we are happy to provide one after the assessment when it is requested.

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