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After a stroke or a severe brain injury, families often hear a careful “from here on it all depends on the rehabilitation”. Behind that phrase lies a reality: the nervous system recovers slowly and needs not rest but daily, methodical work. Neurological rehabilitation in Germany is built as exactly that kind of work — in stages and with a clear logic.
For which conditions
Neurological rehabilitation follows a stroke or a head injury, and is used in Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis, in spinal cord injury, polyneuropathy and neuromuscular disease. What all these have in common is the need to rebuild lost functions — movement, speech, swallowing, memory.
The logic of the phases
In Germany neurological rehabilitation is divided into phases, labelled with the letters A to F. Phase B is early rehabilitation for severely affected patients who still need intensive monitoring; phase C is when the patient can take part in sessions but with considerable help; phase D is rehabilitation for those who are largely independent. This system makes it possible to match the clinic precisely to the current condition rather than referring someone “for rehabilitation” in general.
The programmes are built on exercise therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy, together with neuropsychology and the restoration of speech and swallowing. Sessions combine individual and group work and are matched to the particular patient. One well-known clinic of this kind is Medical Park Loipl in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, working with phases C and D; it also houses Germany’s first centre for clinical neuroplasticity — the field that studies the brain’s ability to reorganise and take over lost functions.
How we help
We help work out which phase of rehabilitation matches the patient’s condition and find a clinic for it, forward the medical records and agree the dates. We take on visa support, translation and accompaniment, including for patients with limited mobility; the clinic’s invoice is paid directly.
This material is for information only and does not replace a consultation with a doctor. Whether treatment is possible, what it will involve and what it will achieve can be determined only after an examination at the clinic in person.