Breakthrough paralysis rehabilitation treatment comes to Neurokinex Watford

The Neurokinex specialist neurological activity-based rehabilitation centre in Watford is now offering the unique Reeve NeuroRecovery® Network-accredited Wide Pulse Stimulation (WPS) protocol to treat spinal cord injured clients.
WPS uses perfectly targeted electrical impulses to stimulate hard-to-reach parts of the spinal cord via the muscles. Neurokinex Gatwick was appointed as the first centre in Europe to deliver the NRN’s unique WPS for spinal cord injury rehabilitation: now its Watford site will be offering the treatment.

Wide Pulse Stimulation can help with a range of spinal cord injuries ranging from neck through to hips, legs and ankles whether completely or partially paralysed.

The WPS rehabilitation programme has been designed to suit individuals looking to make neurological and functional movement gains through task-specific physical activities that are augmented with a specialised form of neurological electrical stimulation that targets the spinal cord via the muscles while they work to complete an exercise.
The stimulation is so advanced and sophisticated that it can even be used on old injuries, bringing fresh hope to people who have lived with paralysis for many years and may believe their rehabilitation is complete.

Neurokinex Watford offers three specific programmes which consist of 20 one-hour sessions, to target the following areas:

Upper Extremity (hands & arms)
Core (stomach & back muscles)
Lower Extremity (Hips, legs, ankles and feet)

“Until recently people living with spinal cord injury and neurological impairments wishing to access therapies offered by the NRN had to travel to the US,” says Jane Symonds, Centre Lead at Neurokinex Watford. “Now that we are approved to deliver the ground-breaking protocol WPS, people in the UK and Europe have access to this cutting-edge technology and equipment much closer to home. I have seen some astounding progress among clients at our Crawley site and am very excited to be able to offer the WPS treatment here at Watford now: it is a genuine breakthrough for our clients.”