Vancouver Island society bringing in new ‘holistic’ brain rehabilitation program

The non-profit is teaming with ABI Wellness, a company that deals with cognitive rehabilitation, to offer the Axis Cognitive Rehab clinic, aiding people in brain injury recovery.

“Even in the first research study that we did … we ended up opening it up to moderate and severe traumatic brain injury,” said Porter.

“We identify what would be challenging for them physically and we’re just trying to get heart rate up, blood flow to the brain, to prepare the brain for the cognitive intervention,” he said.

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