Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Physiotherapy | Specialist Treatment at PhysioFunction

Expert Physiotherapy for Functional Neurological Disorder (FND)

Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) is a condition that affects how the brain sends and receives information to the body, causing neurological symptoms, such as tremor or paralysis, sensory or visual changes, speech changes and cognitive changes or seizures.

Our FND rehabilitation programmes are designed to retrain the brain and body connection through structured, evidence-based therapy. We focus on:

Movement Retraining: Developing personalised exercises to restore normal movement patterns and improve motor control.
Balance and Coordination Enhancement: Implementing targeted activities to bolster balance and coordination, reducing the risk of falls.
Strength Building: Utilising strength training to address muscle weakness, enhancing overall functional abilities.
Gait Rehabilitation: Employing treadmill training and other techniques to improve walking patterns and stability.
Education and reassurance:helping you understand your condition
Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Working alongside other healthcare professionals to provide comprehensive care tailored to each individual's needs.

Your personalised FND rehabilitation programme may include:

Neurological Physiotherapy - hands-on facilitation and re-education of movement.
Soft tissue techniques to release and mobilise tight muscles.
Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) walking, hand function, cycling and cross training to improve any sensation loss as well as to re-educate muscle activation patterns, enabling them to contract in a functional manner.
Virtual Reality devices like  GripAble.
Access to specialist Occupational Therapy and Speech and Language Therapy services.

Occupational Therapy to improve daily living skills
Gait and balance training – use of the LiteGait, G Move, AlterG, which can help to reduce pain when walking and standing, which in turn helps the brain to recognise that these movements are not damaging to the body
Functional strength and resistance training in our PFit studio with expertise from our Sports and Exercise Therapists and Personal trainers.
Aquatic Physiotherapy/Hydrotherapy to aid movement, reduce pain, improve balance, increase strength and promote function.
Access to Speech and Language to support communication and swallowing

Benefits of FND Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy

Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy are key parts of FND treatment and recovery. It can help you:

Improve movement and coordination, reduce functional weakness and tremors. increase independence in daily activities, improve walking ability and balance, reduce pain and fatigue, build confidence in movement and support long-term symptom management

What is FND (Functional Neurological Disorder)?

Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) is a condition that affects the how the nervous system functions and how the brain sends and receives signals to and from the body. Symptoms are caused by a disordered nervous system where no damage has occurred.

The symptoms of FND are out of the individual’s control and the precise symptom presentation and severity varies from person to person. Some examples of symptoms include:

Muscle weakness, paresis or paralysis
Movement disorder such as tremors or muscle contractures
Speech and swallowing difficulties
Sensory deficits in vision and skin sensation
Pain
Seizures
Sensory symptoms
Cognitive issues
PPPD (sometimes called functional dizziness, triple PD or 3PD)
Visual Symptoms

Various risk factors for FND have been proposed and include exposure to psychological stressors, a traumatic event or a period of illness. These do not cause any structural changes in the brain or body, rather affecting the networks within the brain and body, causing symptoms to persist after the event and can often worsen over time without any intervention. FND commonly occurs alongside diagnosed psychological health conditions including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.

The diagnosis of FND is based on positive features and is not a diagnosis of exclusion of other conditions. Diagnosis will generally consist of physical examination, blood tests and scans carried out by Neurological Consultants.

Treatment is recommended to be multidisciplinary, treating the presenting symptoms and begins with establishing a two-way communication between clinician and patient to improve understanding and engage patients in their own treatment.

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April - FND Client

Every member of the team at PhysioFunction has been absolutely fantastic. They provided me with an intensive program over 3 weeks which has significantly improved my FND symptoms. I still have my struggles, but I am now in a place where I can hopefully go to the gym and build on the exercises provided. I would highly recommend this treatment to anyone with FND. APRIL, FND CLIENT

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FND Client

One of the biggest problems with having FND is that most health professionals do not understand it. Here at Physiofunction - they understand! They are the experts, so you don't have to be. Initially I was struggling to walk unaided and the slightest exertion would cause my FND to be triggered. But now I am able to walk, run, and work on high level exercises. The sessions with Charlie are fun, interesting and informative and he helps me improve my ability and confidence in real life scenarios. I can't believe how much progress I have made in a fairly short period of time; I didn't think it was possible to improve to this level. So thank you Physiofunction for everything you do.

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