Paul Bentley – (Stroke)
On the 8th December 2016 I had a stroke which resulted in total loss of feeling down my right side and consequent impaired mobility and balance. Following emergency intervention I…
Patrick Goodacre (Brain Injury)
Physiotherapy is perhaps the key part of my whole brain injury rehabilitation because my physiotherapy gains have increased my ability to maintain my self-confidence and therefore my mental state. More…
Paul Tooke (Cerebral Palsy)
I have noticed a massive change since coming to heads up! It takes a long time, the foot work and core strength have really helped. The work on my feet…
Megan Corns (Stroke)
I had my first stroke when I was twenty and over the years suffered four more. During this period I have received some excellent physiotherapy but also some that has not helped…
Roger Hale (Parkinson's)
I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in May 2006 and it was then that my Consultant Neurologist recommended heads up! My first assessment at heads up! and the tailored programme which was specifically…
John Claydon (Stroke)
In December 2009 I suffered a major stroke affecting my left side, I was hospitalised followed by rehabilitation in The Bradley Unit until March 2010. I received excellent care here and after…
Ian Beedie (Stroke)
I found heads up! through an online search, the treatment looked like it would follow on from my rehab and be specific to my condition. At my first session, nearly 3 years…
Tommy Sampson (Stroke)
I suffered a massive stroke on 5 December 2007. After two separate spells of hospitalisation I was released to go home, my partner Sandie contacted ‘heads up!’ so that I could continue…
Antonia Lister-Kaye (Cerebral Palsy)
I have had cerebral palsy since birth. I arrived at heads up! barely able to walk and desperate as I had always been able to walk after a fashion. Anna gave me…
Paul Aylett (Spinal Cord Injury)
Following a motorbike accident resulting in a spinal cord injury in February 2010 and a month in hospital, I contacted heads up! to see if they could help with my rehabilitation. They…
Freddie Wheeler (Stroke)
Freddie Wheeler came to heads up! six months after his stroke, having been told that he would never walk again. After two years of great effort on his part, working with heads…
Ruby Ford talks about the stroke journey with her husband Ian (Stroke)
On the 1st December 2002 my husband, Ian, had a stroke three weeks before his 62nd birthday. His right side and speech were badly affected, but mobility improved quite quickly. However, without…
Hannah Hillary (Cerebral Palsy)
I was recommended to heads up! by my orthotist who introduced me to neurological-physiotherapy. After many years of conventional physiotherapy the heads up! team created a programme which has been very beneficial…
Heather Thomas (Cauda Equina Syndrome)
I cannot recommend heads up! highly enough. Further to cauda equina syndrome I was left with bilateral footdrop and weakness from the waist down, particularly on my left side. I was unable…
Richard Bown (Stroke)
I started going to heads up! at the suggestion of my GP in October 2014. My history is that as a result of a breach birth I have always had a…
