Practitioner pressing another person’s lower back and hip while they lie on their side on a grey table

Living with a long term condition

Practical writing on stroke, Parkinson's, multiple sclerosis, arthritis and persistent pain, aimed at the person living with it and at the person helping them.

Older man on blue exercise ball extends arm with green dumbbell while clinician supports him

Exercise and Parkinson's: what the evidence actually supports

Why exercise is treated as part of Parkinson's management rather than an optional extra, what the research points to, and what a physiotherapy programme involves.

Stylized posterior human anatomy showing brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves on purple background

Living with a long term condition · 3 min

Neuroplasticity: how the brain relearns movement after a stroke