Neurological Physiotherapy - Placement & Rotation Ready

NEUROLOGICAL PHYSIOTHERAPY: PLACEMENT & ROTATION READY

Starting a neurological physiotherapy placement or your first neuro rotation? Build the confidence to assess, reason and plan rehabilitation more effectively.

Neurological Physiotherapy: Placement & Rotation Ready is a practical handbook for physiotherapy students and newly qualified physiotherapists preparing for adult neurological practice.

Designed around the real challenges of clinical placements, this guide helps you connect neuroanatomy and neurological conditions with practical assessment, treatment planning, clinical reasoning and patient-centred rehabilitation.

Inside the book, you'll explore:

• Neuroanatomy made clinical: Understand the nervous system, motor and sensory pathways, and upper and lower motor neurone presentations.
• Neurological assessment: Develop a structured approach to subjective assessment, observation, cranial nerve screening, tone, strength, sensation, coordination, balance and gait.
• Common neurological conditions: Explore stroke, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury, peripheral neuropathies and other neurological presentations.
• Rehabilitation planning: Understand task-specific practice, motor learning, gait rehabilitation, balance training, upper-limb rehabilitation and functional progression.
• Clinical safety: Recognise important precautions, changing presentations, escalation needs and multidisciplinary responsibilities.
• Realistic clinical cases: Practise interpreting assessment findings, setting goals and explaining your treatment decisions.
• Rapid-reference resources: Reinforce essential knowledge before patient sessions, placement discussions and clinical assessments.

Learn to think through a neurological physiotherapy session:

Understand → Assess → Interpret → Treat → Reassess → Progress.

Whether you're preparing for your first neurological placement, revising for practical assessments or transitioning into your first Band 5 rotation, this handbook is designed to make clinical knowledge more accessible and usable.

Part of the Placement & Rotation Ready series from Physio Pearls.