Neurological rehabilitation is designed to help treat patients with nervous system or neurological diseases. Rehabilitation aims to increase function, reduce debilitating symptoms, and improve a patient’s quality of life. The types of rehabilitation treatments recommended depend on the areas of the body affected by the neurological condition.

Symptoms that may prompt the need for neurological rehabilitation include:

• Muscle weakness and abnormal muscle tone
• Pain
• Difficulty walking
• Difficulty with daily activities such as eating, dressing, bathing, toileting
• Difficulty swallowing
• Difficulty speaking