Neurologist Orlando Swayne is challenging the assumption that stroke and head injury recovery has fixed limits. While he's realistic about outcomes, his research shows that early, targeted and intense therapy can sometimes deliver life-changing improvements that seemed impossible.

The key insight is timing and commitment. Rather than accepting disability as inevitable, Swayne advocates for aggressive rehabilitation in the critical early stages, arguing we have a moral obligation to give patients every opportunity for recovery. It's a message of hope grounded in evidence—not every patient will fully recover, but many more could improve significantly than currently do with standard care approaches. Read the full story →

Today's takeaway: Brain plasticity is more powerful than we've traditionally believed—the difference between recovery and disability sometimes comes down to whether patients get intensive therapy at the right moment.