Neurological OT in Melbourne's West: Expert Brain Injury & Stroke Rehabilitation

Our Core Services

Our neurological occupational therapy offering across Melbourne's western suburbs features five key service areas, all delivered with specialist clinical expertise, tailored intervention and a clear focus on restoring independence.

Rehabilitation that restores your independence: Comprehensive therapy to rebuild function and facilitate meaningful recovery following a neurological event.

Complex Seating & Positioning: Specialist assessment and intervention for posture and support when managing neurological conditions.

Assistive Technology: Purpose‑built equipment prescription designed to enhance daily function and independence.

Capacity Building: Focuses on enhancing your skills and independence in everyday activities, so you move beyond surviving to thriving.

Serial Casting: Progressive casting application designed to stretch tight muscles, improve joint alignment and support mobility gains.

Empowering You for Everyday Independence

Capacity Building at NeuroPerform emphasises sustained independence through practical skills development in your home and community. Our comprehensive approach goes beyond basic therapy to help you thrive in all aspects of daily life across Melbourne's western suburbs.

Your Personalized Capacity Building Journey

We begin with a thorough personalised assessment, covering diagnosis, current function, and future potential to guide intentional goal‑setting. This whole-person evaluation examines your physical abilities, cognitive functions, emotional well-being, and environmental factors to understand exactly what support will help you succeed.

We then design and implement a tailored intervention plan built around your strengths, your environment, and your meaningful activities. Our therapy explores real‑world habits and routines, helping you confidently engage in daily life, whether that's cooking a meal, using public transport, or returning to community participation.

What Capacity Building Includes

Life Skills Training
Regain or develop essential abilities for daily living—from cooking and grooming to managing finances. Through hands-on practice, we teach practical techniques like breaking tasks into manageable steps and using adaptive tools, building your confidence for independent living.

Community Access and Participation
We help you engage meaningfully outside your home, whether that's shopping in Sunshine, socializing in Footscray, or navigating public transport across the western suburbs. Our training addresses physical abilities, cognitive skills, and environmental barriers through real-world practice in your actual community.

Support Worker and Carer Programs
When you have support workers or family carers, we develop and deliver training programs that enhance care quality while promoting your independence. This includes teaching safe transfers, proper positioning, adaptive tool use, and practical strategies for daily challenges.

Comprehensive Assessments
Our occupational therapists conduct specialized assessments to support your independence goals, including functional capacity assessments, Supported Independent Living (SIL) evaluations, and Specialised Disability Accommodation (SDA) assessments. For NDIS participants, these detailed reports support funding applications, plan reviews, and tailored support recommendations.

Progress is tracked and reviewed
We continuously evaluate outcomes and adjust interventions to ensure long‑term success. This evidence-based approach promotes lasting confidence and meaningful engagement with your community.

Serial Casting: Progressive Treatment for Muscle Tightness

When muscle stiffness and contractures limit your movement, NeuroPerform's serial casting services offer an evidence-based solution across Melbourne's western suburbs. This progressive casting technique involves applying a series of lightweight casts over several days to stretch tight muscles and improve joint alignment gradually.

Understanding When Serial Casting Can Help

For people with neurological conditions like cerebral palsy, stroke, spinal cord injury or acquired brain injury (ABI), increased muscle tone can cause arms or hands to become overly tight and stiff. This stiffness creates challenges, including awkward positioning that makes movement difficult, persistent pain and discomfort, and contractures where muscles shorten permanently, locking the limb in a bent position.

Traditional splints and stretching exercises help maintain flexibility, but when muscles are very tight or contractures have developed, these methods become less effective. Poorly fitting splints may even cause pressure sores as the arm's shape changes.

How Serial Casting Supports Your Recovery

When splints and stretching aren't enough, serial casting offers a gentle, step-by-step solution. Often paired with Botulinum Toxin (Botox) injections to relax muscles and enhance comfort, serial casting is particularly effective for managing spasticity following stroke, brain injury, and serial casting cerebral palsy interventions.

This controlled, evidence-based process delivers meaningful outcomes:

• Eases muscle stiffness and reduces spasticity

• Prevents or reverses contractures

• Reduces pain and discomfort

• Improves movement, function, and range of motion

• Restores comfortable, usable positioning for daily activities

Sustaining Your Progress

Your occupational therapist designs a comprehensive follow-up program to maintain the gains achieved through casting. This tailored approach may include custom splinting, strength training for opposing muscle groups, and functional activities that keep your arm and hand engaged in meaningful daily tasks, ensuring your improvements last well beyond the casting period.