Bettina Paeth Rohlfs has been working as a physiotherapist with patients with neurological injuries since 1980. First in different acute and rehabilitation clinics in Germany and then in her own practice in Spain. She is a Bobath-Instructor since 1986 and she is teaching the Bobath-Concept in Europe and South America. Her book ”Erfahrungen mit dem Bobath Konzept” (translation: Experiences with the Bobath-concept) has been edited in the second edition in German and Spanish. She mainly uses the Bobath-concept in her daily treatment of patients but is open to combine it with other treatment methods and with support of technical devices like the Vibrosphere®.

Treatment of Señor Pepe

Señor Pepe, 67 years old, has CVI Hemiparesis and is slightly inattentive on his left side.

Bettina has treated Pepe for 10 months. In the beginning he showed, besides the Hemiparesis, clear neuropsicological disorder and the so called “Pusher syndrome”. Through consistent treatment with the Bobath-concept for one hour, three times a week, the symptoms reduced considerably. Now he is able to walk by himself at home. He can even take some steps without a stick. When walking outdoors he walks with a stick and a person accompanying for safety reasons.

One problem still remaining after the treatment was the reduced feeling on his left side of the body. Not having any sensibility in his heel he can not build up the necessary ground reaction force in the stance phase.

By training with the Vibrosphere®, with the frequency of 30Hz for 45 seconds, he started to feel the heel and automatically extended the left knee (se photo). After four more training sessions, Bettina walk together with Pepe and his stance phase had become much better.

Bettina Paeth Rohlfs
Physiotherapist
Senior Instructor Bobath IBITA

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