Traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Regaining what was there.
A fall, an accident, an impact — and a child's motor world changes overnight. After traumatic brain injury, focused, measured active therapy helps rebuild coordination, strength and the skills that were interrupted.
What it is
TBI, in plain terms.
Traumatic brain injury is damage caused by an external force — a fall, accident or impact. Depending on severity and location it can leave coordination disorders, motor paresis, and cognitive or behavioural changes.
Recovery is real and active. We combine DMI, suit and suspension work, vibration and stimulation — dosed and measured around your child's specific picture, and adapted as they recover.
Subtypes we work with
Presentations we work with.
We have hands-on experience with the variants named below — and with many rare types that don't fit neatly into any of them. If your child's diagnosis isn't here, please reach out: we work with complex and rare cases every day.
The TBI toolkit
Methods that rebuild after injury.
DMI — motor mapping
Dynamic Movement Intervention drives automatic motor responses and new movement patterns.
About DMICME — gravity reaction
Cuevas MEDEK Exercise trains the child's reaction to gravity and postural control.
Ask about CMETheraSuit — alignment
A suit system that improves alignment and loads the body for active, intensive work.
Ask about TheraSuitGalileo — activation
Gentle vibration wakes up and strengthens muscles before and during therapy.
Ask about GalileoHow we work with it
Deep, hands-on TBI rehab.
We build intensive, repetition-rich programmes that re-train coordination and strength — active loading and patterning — in focused blocks, tracked with objective measures so progress is visible.
No generic templates. Every plan is built around one child's specific deficits, stage of recovery and goals — and rebuilt as they grow.
TBI questions, answered
What TBI parents ask us.
When can active rehab begin after TBI?
Once your child is medically stable. Early, well-dosed active work supports recovery — we coordinate timing with your medical team.
Can coordination and movement come back?
Often, yes, with intensive repetition. We measure baseline and progress and set functional, realistic goals together.
Do you work alongside our other therapists?
Yes — we coordinate with your home and clinical teams so the work continues between visits.
Will insurance help fund it?
Often, via Krankenkasse or IV/AI pathways. See insurance & funding — our parent liaison helps with the paperwork.
Not quite a match?
Doesn't your child fit this profile?
We work with all kinds of children. If your child's condition or diagnosis isn't exactly what's described here, reach out anyway — we'll happily answer your questions, and we look forward to speaking with you.
More in this category
Cerebral & CNS injuries.
Acquired or early-childhood brain injuries causing lasting but often modifiable motor disorders.
Cerebral palsy (CP)
Early-childhood, non-progressive brain injury — all subtypes: spastic, dyskinetic, ataxic and mixed. Therapy combines DMI, TheraSuit/PediaSuit, Spidercage suspension and Apexi serial casting.
Learn moreStroke & sequelae
Acute brain-circulation event — typically hemiparesis, spasticity, sensory and neuropsychological deficits — rebuilt with high-repetition active rehab.
Learn moreCerebellar ataxia & balance disorders
Disorders of motor coordination and postural control after cerebellar damage — uncoordinated movement, gait unsteadiness and dysmetria.
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