Most stroke survivors get a fraction of the rehabilitation the evidence supports — then get told they've plateaued when the visits run out. MindForge provides intensive, instrumented stroke rehabilitation in Dallas for survivors who still have recovery in them. Free 15-minute call · (214) 730-6463.
MindForge doesn't bill insurance — by design. Direct-pay is what makes an individualized, intensive program possible rather than care shaped by billing codes. HSA/FSA and financing options exist, and a written Good Faith Estimate precedes any commitment.
The therapy-dose problem
In CDC's multi-state surveillance, only about a third of adult stroke survivors reported using outpatient rehabilitation after discharge — 31.2% across 20 states and D.C., 35.5% in later four-state data — despite guidelines that recommend it [1]. And dose runs deeper than access: rehabilitation researchers conclude substantially more movement practice may be needed for better outcomes than standard schedules deliver [1]. The bottleneck is structural — coverage caps, scheduling, access — not biological.
Recovery didn't stop; the visits did
The same two facts as every brain injury: Jimmo rights mean covered skilled care can't lawfully be cut off purely for "no improvement" [2] — worth knowing and using — and the recovering brain remains plastic well beyond the traditional "window," which is why concentrated dosing months or years post-stroke still has a mechanism. If you left therapy walking-but-not-well, talking-but-not-easily, back-at-home-but-not-back-to-life: that gap is exactly what intensive-format rehabilitation exists for.
Stroke care at MindForge
Instrumented evaluation — gait and balance under load, oculomotor and visual field function, autonomic response, cognitive testing, validated instruments — then the concentrated program: daily sessions across consecutive weeks integrating task-specific neurorehabilitation, graded conditioning (our conditioning line), and functional-medicine support for the metabolic terrain recovery runs on. Coordinated with your neurologist and any covered therapy you retain — we fit around it, not against it. Medical management of stroke risk stays with your physicians, full stop.
The Discovery Day, the program, the limits
MindForge Discovery Day — comprehensive neurological evaluation + report of findings + care plan; family at the findings table; written GFE. Program pricing is shared on your free 15-minute call (exact quote + GFE at the wrap). The bounds: deficits differ enormously by stroke; some functions rebuild, some compensate, some need different settings — the report of findings tells you which is which, in your numbers, including when the answer is a referral elsewhere.
What treatment looks like: Discovery Day → concentrated weeks (what to expect) → instrumented re-test, survivor and family together.
Frequently asked questions
It's been two years — is recovery still possible?
Plasticity doesn't observe anniversaries; what's trainable is an evaluation question, answered in numbers.
We were told "plateau" — now what?
Two answers: your Jimmo rights for covered care [2], and evaluation for intensive-dose care — often both.
Do you handle blood thinners and medical management?
Your physicians do — we coordinate, never replace.
What's the family's role?
Central — see what to expect.
Is there treatment on the Discovery Day?
No — it's a diagnostic day; your program typically begins within days.
Do you take insurance?
We're direct-pay, with superbills provided — see ways to pay.
Sources: [1] Ayala et al., CDC MMWR 2018;67(20):575–578 — outpatient rehabilitation use among adult stroke survivors: 31.2% (2013, 20 states + D.C.) and 35.5% (2015, four states); PMID 29795076. Therapy-dose analysis: Lang, Lohse & Birkenmeier, Curr Opin Neurol 2015; PMID 26402404 (Care-Seeking §3). [2] Jimmo v. Sebelius (2013), as page 51.