NeuroPro Therapy

Voice of the Customer

what people are saying

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  I have been receiving physiotherapy in my home, for an hour weekly, for over a year now. I can’t believe how much progress I have made working with Jason Knox, PT NPC, at NeuroPro Therapy!
  
  Several years ago, my life as a graphic designer was completely altered when I suffered a stroke that paralyzed my right side. I could no longer use my right hand functionally and could only walk short distances inside with a walker. I was motivated and determined to overcome my disability and spent a long time trying to build my confidence to walk and use my hand, with very little improvement and lots of frustration.
  
  Years after my stroke, working with Jason has made a tremendous difference. He gave me the advice, the methods, the support and real hope. I am walking with a cane now and have even walked without a cane for short distances. My hand and arm are writing, drawing, and doing small tasks. It has been hard work but I see and feel progress and that creates a positive attitude.
  
  Jason showed me the exercises, laid out my homework and explained what he expects from me each week. His encouragement has made a huge difference and I believe I have risen to all the challenges and done the best I could. Jason won my trust and now I believe I can still improve.
  
  I have a long way to go but I am proud of what we have achieved and look forward to more progress in the future. If you want someone who can achieve real recovery, when others have given up, Jason is your therapist.

  Irene D.
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  The existing neuro rehab method focuses on safety first, and on small incremental changes. Incremental progress is what keeps us motivated to keep moving forward and putting in the work, but our lives aren’t built with safety bars or harnesses. Babies don’t learn to walk and climb by staying in a jumper. They have to fall so they can get back up. A neuro injury is just that, a fall that makes us have to re-learn how to get back up and how to move better so we don’t fall again. If we keep barriers up and avoid taking risks to do the things we loved before, we may never do them again. We have a short period of time to push and rebuild pathways, and the more fear and safety nets we build into these pathways the less capable we become of living our lives without them.
  
  Jason understood this from the start. I wasn’t looking for a safety worker, I needed someone to help me push myself. Someone with the therapy knowledge to train my mind and body with proper movements and the exact muscles that could push me out of my comfort zone to try new things…and, once that one thing was easy, we were finding the next “impossibility” and making it happen too! This wasn’t peg boards or conventional therapy. We’re doing real life — get back to those things you loved or the activities you always wanted to try. From re-learning how to skate using skating drills on dry land and then even on the ice, to skiing, mountain biking, road cycling, throwing or catching, swinging a hammer, and climbing a ladder — just get back to being a confident you again!
  
  There are so many things we take for granted prior to injury that are important to get back. Don’t accept just hobbling around your kitchen or let the only enjoyable part of your day be how fast you can stack washers. Let yourself enjoy this new life post stroke with all that life has to offer, and see what you’re capable of. Recognize that this didn’t happen to you, it happened for you and the best part of you just needs a new foundation. Let Jason help you build it!

  Carter N.
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  Hope, commitment, professional expertise with results. That is what a family obtains from working with Jason Knox.
  
  As a mom of a survivor of Traumatic Brain Injury I have spent the last number of years watching and participating in various systems of recovery for my son. It began in a medical world where I was offered very little hope beyond a coma and vegetative state. Glimmers of hope were seen as we entered the rehabilitation world and once there I saw a division of sides develop. One side which consisted of accommodate and learn to live with your injury and the other side to believe in neuroplasticity and the brain’s ability to rewire. We experienced both. We realized later there was a connection to Jason and his training of therapists and hospital staff.
  
  After 22 months in hospital, my son began working with Jason through his private practice. Why Jason and his private practice? My son’s injury was far beyond what basic physical therapy exercises would fix. He required someone that had a deep knowledge of the human body and the ability to solve muscle movements in relationship to the rewiring of his severely injured brain. We saw this depth of knowledge in Jason. As it is important to me as a family caregiver to gain the knowledge to help my son in between sessions, Jason is patiently willing to teach me as I follow along, learning movement patterns and exercises or taking the time after a session to give clear explanations of what can be worked on at home. I have watched my son continue to make progress month after month. The 19 year old in the hospital who came out of a coma, had no movement, started rewiring his thumb to move, confined to a wheelchair, learning to stand on his own, learning to walk; continues to make progress and has the support of Jason’s therapy to move forward in his journey.
  
  My son always looks forward to therapy with Jason. He has taken the time to build a relationship with him, learn who he really is, what motivates him and what his future goals and aspirations are. My son was a hiker and loves the outdoors. Jason has facilitated this and does therapy outdoors at a different location each time, which my son picks. The choice of location has kept my son motivated. They climb hills, walk through mud, snow, ice and work on whatever terrain my son has chosen. They have played sports, tried axe throwing, and my son has even done indoor skydiving. I find him laughing through his fatigue even as he struggles to get his shaking muscles into the house again. It is risky and pushes far beyond what anyone else could do with my son which is a result of the trust built between them. It is within those situations that my son rediscovers a feel of what his life was like before his brain injury and what it can be again. It is a taste of freedom that he lost at 19 and a glimpse into getting his physical life back. It is the risk and the physical push that makes progress in his ability to independently walk, run and regain full movement of his body.
  
  Jason has proven that recovery goes well beyond the old norms of 2 years and gives that gift to patients he works with. His commitment to not give up on patients shows a true belief in neuro-physical therapy and the results it can bring. I cannot say enough about the importance of finding a therapist that believes in the restorative practice of neuro-rehabilitation and Jason is that therapist.
  
  If other therapists want to learn what is possible, how to have fun in therapy, and how to achieve continued, progress-oriented recovery in their patients, I would highly recommend training with Jason and completing NeuroPro Education courses. And for patients or families interested in receiving this type of rehab around the Calgary area, I would highly recommend Jason and NeuroPro Therapy.

  Darlene G.