The Empowered Brain Program is a completely from home, integrative clinical rehabilitation program for individuals living with mild cognitive impairment, cognitive decline, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and chronic degenerative neurological conditions.
It is a goals oriented program, focused on working with you and your family to provide high level therapeutic care, as well to train the carer / family member(s) to facilitate it.
All appointments via telehealth - open to patients from all countries
12 month program of high frequency appointments for long lasting results
How It Works
Long Term Care
The Empowered Brain Program is a from home, 12 month clinical program for patient therapy and carer training. Guaranteed appointments take place on a weekly basis with multiple sessions per week in the beginning phase of care.
Brain Based - Multi Modality
Empowered Brain Program is unique in that it integrates multiple Brain Based disciplines into a single program, performed entirely from home. This reduces the stress of coordinating appointments between various medical professionals and their often conflicting approaches. Principle disciplines utilized in the the Empowered Brain Program include Functional Neurology, Functional Medicine and Integrative Nutrition, Chiropractic, Rehabilitation, Applied Kinesiology, Neuro Emotional Technique and Lifestyle Medicine. Click here to learn more about the therapies offered.
Changing Brain Function Requires Repetition
The Empowered Brain Program therapeutic approach emphasizes repetition, reinforcement and novelty over the 12 month period towards achieving meaningful patient results. This approach is based upon the model of a neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity refers to the brain's ability to relearn and reorganize functions via neuronal connections.
Complex Issues Require A Multi Faceted Approach
A multi-faceted approach is required in working with mild cognitive impairment, cognitive decline, dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and more. This is because of the complexity of factors involved in the conditions as well as their stages of progression. The Empowered Brain Program is designed to fulfill that role from the comfort of your home. It addresses brain based imbalances, cardiovascular health, movement and balance components, exercise, nutrition, supplementation and meal plans, and relational components.
Program Principles
Individualized
You are a person with needs, desires, interests, and values - not a condition and not just a patient. All care is designed exactly for you, for who and how you are. Whatever your starting point, we will work forward!
Relational
Our relationship is focused across a long term span, with clear objectives, goals, to share in your life and values and towards comprehensive achievements - immediate and long term. Working together as a team!
Constructive
This is a Neuroplasticity model of care, provided and designed to be administered and reinforced daily to near daily, not just during clinical sessions, it builds on itself week by week. Strengthening neuronal connections and optimizing brain-body function accumulatively, day by day!
Cutting Edge
Neuroscience is a growing frontier. The Empowered Brain Program strives to utilize the most up to date research and studies on brain function, clinical equipment and technology, in your hands!
Therapy for the Patient, Training for the Carer
Training You And Your Carer To Specialize In You
The carer / family member is included as a partner in the physician patient relationship as part of the Empowered Brain Program. He or she is trained to perform various assessments and provide hands on care for many of the therapies provided as guided by Dr. Pine.
By the end of the 12 month program the carer / family member will be a specialist in utilizing certain therapies together with appropriate therapeutic equipment for the individual.
Basic Home Equipment Included
Various therapeutic and clinical equipment are offered to the patient as part of the Empowered Brain Program. Basic necessities are included at no additional fee as part of the 12 month package. Other "plus addons" may be recommended for private purchase on a case specific basis. More information is provided during your first consultation.
You Keep It, No Strings Attached
All therapeutic equipment included as part of the 12 month Empowered Brain Program is retained by the patient, to be utilized without limitation.
Evidence Based, Functional Goals
Computerized Neurocognitive Testing
The Empowered Brain Program uses CNS Vital Signs for Standardized Computerized Neurocognitive Testing for all our patients, upon initiation of care and quarterly throughout the program as a comprehensive metric for progress. Our goal is to achieve real changes, and its important to regularly apply a standardized metric for it. Ongoing CNS Vital Signs testing is made available to the patient as part of the Empowered Brain Program, at zero additional cost.
Used by thousands of medical facilities worldwide, CNS Vital Signs testing establishes a comprehensive picture of the individual's neurocognitive and behavioral brain health status- for early detection, evaluation, management, treatment and outcome documentation purposes.
Comprehensive Brain Health Status Picture
Standardized parameters tested include memory, attention, executive control, processing speed, cognitive flexibility, social acuity, working memory and much more. It is very user friendly and can be performed from home. We recommend our patient's family members to take the basic CNS Vital Signs test to investigate any familial brain-health status concerns. This testing is available in 50 different languages.
Measurable and Trackable Outcomes
We encourage our patients to perform an initial volumetric Brain MRI and later in the 12 month program as we track measurable changes. Routine blood work / laboratory panels may be requested as appropriate. Together, the results of these critical components are interpreted and applied with the below disciplines to address each patient's individual needs and goals.
Program Structure and Goals
Bridging health concerns and lifestyle needs with integrative clinical disciplines.
The Empowered Brain Program Is All Hands On Deck
Repetition, intensity, time and age are critical factors in working towards functional change. The time intensive nature of the Empowered Brain Program pays off day by day with your dedication and hard work.
We guide you through every step along the way.
Clinical sessions for the first month of care are scheduled 4 days a week. The second and ongoing months throughout the program often involve appointments of twice a week or weekly.
What To Expect Getting Started
Initial Consult - 1 hour duration, cost USD 400, price includes Secondary Consult
- Consultation is performed to understand your health situation and chief concerns for therapy.
- Presentation on the structure of the Empowered Brain Program, understanding the different components involved. Including therapy modalities, clinical tools, program schedule and pricing structure.
- Discuss the qualification criteria to be accepted and begin care as a patient in the Empowered Brain Program.
- Examination and assessments - computerized tests (brain performance and functionality, cognition, etc); neurological and physical-motor / sensory assessments; requests for diagnostic tests (MRI, X-ray, blood testing etc)
Secondary Consult - 30 minute duration - cost included in initial consult fee
- Review of findings for all assessments performed. The objective is for the patient and carer / family member to have an understanding of the patient’s health situation and the clinical methods that are going to be utilized.
- Clinical objectives map / timeline presented for 12 months of regular sessions.
- Nutritional and lifestyle program presented including meal plans and health supplement plans.
- Initiating clinical treatment plan based upon the above.
- Arrange the relevant clinical equipment to be shipped to patient for regular home use
Ongoing Therapy Consultations
- Weekly appointments - ranging from daily, several times per week, to weekly sessions are performed as part of the 12 month care package. Includes patient treatments and family member / carer training