Dr Paul Hutchins, FRCP
Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine
Dr Paul Hutchins (FRCP) is a consultant in rehabilitation medicine who works with people recovering from stroke and acquired brain injury, leading the kind of multidisciplinary team, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, and neuropsychology, that this site describes.
He keeps the clinical content on Brain Rehab Fitness honest: that the way therapies are explained, the figures on intensity and timelines, and the descriptions of how recovery is measured all reflect current rehabilitation practice and the evidence behind it, in line with guidance from bodies such as the Royal College of Physicians and NICE.
His review makes sure the writing is accurate. It cannot make it specific to you. Every brain injury is different, and what your own recovery needs is a matter for the rehabilitation team who can assess you, set goals with you, and adjust the programme as you go.
Articles medically reviewed by Dr Paul Hutchins
- Aphasia Recovery After Stroke: How Speech Comes Back, and by How Much
- Arm and Hand Recovery After Stroke: What to Expect and Why It Is the Hardest
- Cognitive Rehabilitation After Brain Injury: Attention, Memory and Executive Function
- Choosing a Neuro-Rehabilitation Programme: Hours, Who Leads It, Progress and Follow-Up
- Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy (CIMT): Who Qualifies, the Dose, and What It Does
- Falls and Balance After Stroke: The Risk and the Honest Evidence on Prevention
- Gait and Treadmill Training After Stroke: Who It Helps and Who It Does Not
- Goal-Setting in Rehabilitation: How Goals, Not 'Potential', Drive Recovery
- Functional Electrical Stimulation After Stroke: Foot Drop, the Arm, and How It Compares with Orthoses
- Does More Therapy Mean Better Recovery? What the Dose Evidence Really Shows
- How Much Therapy Do You Need After Stroke or Brain Injury?
- How Much Does Neuro-Rehabilitation Cost? US, UK NHS and Private, and Abroad
- How Neuroplasticity Drives Recovery After Stroke and Brain Injury
- Measuring Progress in Rehabilitation: mRS, Barthel, FIM and Fugl-Meyer Explained
- Mirror Therapy After Stroke: How It Works, the Evidence and the Dose
- My First Weeks of Rehab, Honestly: What the Early Grind Is Really Like
- Inpatient vs Outpatient Rehabilitation: The Continuum and When Each Is Used
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Abroad: Why People Go, the Intensity, the Cost and What to Check
- Occupational Therapy After Stroke: Daily Activities, the Arm and Hand, and Adapting the Home
- Neuro-Rehabilitation: The Team, Neuroplasticity, Therapies, Intensity and Outcomes
- Physiotherapy After Stroke: Movement, Strength, Gait and Task-Specific Practice
- Robotics in Neuro-Rehabilitation: Gait, Arm, and the UK/US Disagreement
- Post-Stroke Depression: How Common It Is and Why It Matters for Recovery
- Post-Stroke Fatigue: How Common It Is and How to Manage It
- Shoulder Pain After Stroke: Why the Weak Side Hurts, and How to Prevent It
- Spasticity and Botulinum Toxin After Stroke: What It Does and Does Not Do
- Staying Motivated in Long-Term Rehab: Getting Through the Plateau Months
- Stroke Recovery Timeline: How Fast, How Long, and What Comes After
- Stroke Rehabilitation: The Pathway, the Team and the Goals
- Speech and Language Therapy After Stroke: Aphasia, Dose and Swallowing
- The Day My Hand Moved Again: A First Small Win in Stroke Recovery
- Swallowing Problems After Stroke: Dysphagia, Safety and Recovery
- Task-Specific Training: The Core, Strongest-Evidence Approach to Recovery
- The Emotional Side of Stroke Recovery: Shock, Grief and the Fight
- The Recovery Plateau Myth: Why the 6-Month Ceiling Is Partly an Artefact
- The Rehabilitation Team: Who Does What in Neuro-Rehabilitation
- Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation: The Team, the Cognitive Work and Recovery
- Will I Walk Again After a Stroke? Honest Odds and Timelines