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
- Arm and Hand Recovery After Stroke: What to Expect and Why It Is the Hardest
- Choosing a Neuro-Rehabilitation Programme: Hours, Who Leads It, Progress and Follow-Up
- Aphasia Recovery After Stroke: How Speech Comes Back, and by How Much
- Cognitive Rehabilitation After Brain Injury: Attention, Memory and Executive Function
- 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
- Does More Therapy Mean Better Recovery? What the Dose Evidence Really Shows
- Exercise and Fitness After Stroke: Cardiorespiratory Training, Strength Work and What Each Does
- Functional Electrical Stimulation After Stroke: Foot Drop, the Arm, and How It Compares with Orthoses
- How Much Therapy Do You Need After Stroke or Brain Injury?
- How Much Does Neuro-Rehabilitation Cost? US, UK NHS and Private, and Abroad
- Goal-Setting in Rehabilitation: How Goals, Not 'Potential', Drive Recovery
- Measuring Progress in Rehabilitation: mRS, Barthel, FIM and Fugl-Meyer Explained
- How Neuroplasticity Drives Recovery After Stroke and Brain Injury
- Inpatient vs Outpatient Rehabilitation: The Continuum and When Each Is Used
- 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
- Neuro-Rehabilitation Abroad: Why People Go, the Intensity, the Cost and What to Check
- Neuro-Rehabilitation: The Team, Neuroplasticity, Therapies, Intensity and Outcomes
- Post-Stroke Depression: How Common It Is and Why It Matters for Recovery
- Occupational Therapy After Stroke: Daily Activities, the Arm and Hand, and Adapting the Home
- Physiotherapy After Stroke: Movement, Strength, Gait and Task-Specific Practice
- 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
- Robotics in Neuro-Rehabilitation: Gait, Arm, and the UK/US Disagreement
- Spasticity and Botulinum Toxin After Stroke: What It Does and Does Not Do
- Returning to Work After a Stroke: What Vocational Rehabilitation Actually Involves
- Speech and Language Therapy After Stroke: Aphasia, Dose and Swallowing
- Staying Motivated in Long-Term Rehab: Getting Through the Plateau Months
- Stroke Recovery Timeline: How Fast, How Long, and What Comes After
- Swallowing Problems After Stroke: Dysphagia, Safety and Recovery
- Stroke Rehabilitation: The Pathway, the Team and the Goals
- The Day My Hand Moved Again: A First Small Win in Stroke 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
- Vision Problems After Stroke: Field Loss, Neglect and What Rehabilitation Can Do
- Will I Walk Again After a Stroke? Honest Odds and Timelines