What is Functional Neurology?
• Study of the brain and how it works. Functional neurology emphasizes the nervous system and indeed neuron as being the modulator of human expression and experience. • Functional neurology interventions have been derived from many sciences including neurology, neurophysiology, neuropsychology, embryology and cellular biochemistry. • Functional neurology has diverse application in restoring health and maintaining health. • Traditional neurology is taught using a disease based model and while it may help detect the presence of disorders it may be less sensitive than functional neurology in investigating neurological symptoms. • Functional neurology assesses how well groups of nerves are working. Under active nerves may quickly fatigue and be unable to do their job. The functional neurologist can determine the specific group of nerves that need attention and can prescribe individually very specific exercise designed to improve performance and function. • The original concepts of function
