Steve Brine, Winchester MP, paid a visit to Hobbs Rehabilitation Winchester to catch up with Director & Co-founder Helen Hobbs and the team to hear how Hobbs Rehabilitation is becoming a world-class force to be reckoned with.
The visit made it into the local newspaper, Hampshire Chronicle, and you can read the full digital on their website.
Helen looks forward to joining Steve at the UK House of Commons in May with UKABIF for the Acquired Brain Injury Bill Reception where they will talk more about support for those with a brain injury and hear more about ABI strategy.
The GB Sports arena is an area of growth for our Concussion, Balance and Vestibular Service. As well as clinical provision to Team GB athletes for concussion rehabilitation, we also provide clinical expertise to coaches, medical teams and sports scientists.
We deliver training resources, and in-person education and sit on steering groups and forums across a variety of sports bodies. This month has seen us liaising with the EIS (English Institute of Sport) and a Premiership football club.
Emma Jewer, Clinical lead for the Concussion Service says “The importance of specialist expertise is now being recognised and we are proud to support the movement towards better protocols for both acute and persistent symptoms post-head injury.”
Hobbs Rehabilitation, The MiNT Academy: Masterclass in Neurotechnology, University of East Anglia (UEA), and NeuroVirt Limited had a study training day piloting the use of NeuroVirt in the home environment for stroke survivors. This collaboration continues to grow and strengthen and we are about to embark on patient recruitment.
The involvement of patients from design and creation to a product used in clinical practice is key for neurotechnology. And just in time, we have a new online research consent form that makes it even easier to register interest in participating. If you’re interested in, or you have a patient that would like to participate in research, clinical trials and product design head to themintacademy.co.uk/patients.
The MyoPro, a powered arm and hand brace, can help to increase the range of movement, grip and functional use of an upper limb affected by damage to the nervous system. It accomplishes this by detecting the user’s own signals to the muscles in the arm, even when no movement is possible.
Hobbs Rehabilitation provides a free initial trial, a 3-hour detailed assessment with a report for case managers, fitting for bespoke users and a follow-up rehabilitation service where users are able to use the device intensively on an in/outpatient basis.
The MyoPro service is available at Hobbs Rehabilitation Winchester. For more information and to refer please call us or complete the form at:
www.hobbsrehabilitation.co.uk/contact
01962 779796
Kirsti Pretty
PR & Marketing Lead
