After you are referred by your doctor and thoroughly evaluated, a team of specialists will help set treatment goals for recovery. This team can be made up of many skilled professionals, including the neurologist/neurosurgeon, an occupational therapist, a physical therapist, and a speech/language therapist.

Disorders and Injuries

Many conditions of the nervous system may be helped by physical medicine and rehabilitation. These include, but are not limited to:

  • Vascular disorders: Stroke, transient ischemic attack, subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • Infections: Meningitis, encephalitis, polio
  • Structural, traumatic, or neuromuscular disorders: Brain, head, or spinal cord injury; brain or spinal cord tumors; peripheral neuropathy; muscular dystrophy; myasthenia gravis; Guillain-Barré syndrome
  • Functional disorders: Seizure disorder, dizziness, neuralgia
  • Degenerative disorders: Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Huntington's chorea, Alzheimer's disease
Program Components

A typical neurological rehabilitation program may include the following:

  • Assistance with activities of daily living
  • Speech therapy
  • Activities to improve control and muscle balance
  • An exercise program
  • Gait and balance retraining
  • Activities to improve cognitive impairments
  • Education regarding the disease and disease process
  • Goal-setting involving both you and family members
Our Locations

Physical Rehabilitation Center, Concord
2700 Grant St., Suite 300, Concord, CA 94520
Outpatient Physical Rehabilitation: (925) 674-2125

Physical Rehabilitation Center, Pleasant Hill
3480 Buskirk Ave., Suite 150, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
Outpatient Physical Rehabilitation: (925) 947-5300

Registration and Forms

Neurological Disorder Patient Registration Packet for patients with neurological disorders such as stroke, Parkinson's disease, or multiple sclerosis