Ormond Neuroscience

21/09/2025

You think it won't happen to you. Think again: up to 50% of people over age 85 may have Alzheimer's Disease. Those are not good odds! Risk factors for dementia include depression, taking too much medication, hearing loss, air pollution, traumatic brain injury, and vascular problems. Neuroscience can significantly mitigate your risk. It's easy, safe, and doesn't require medication. Act now and contact Ormond Neuroscience on 081 326-4509 or visit our website: https://www.ormond.co.za/neuroharmonics/

Alzheimer's South Africa Headway Gauteng Dementia SA

18/09/2025

Ormond Neuroscience is located at the Netcare Rehabilitation Hospital, one of the best neurological rehabilitation facilities in Southern Africa. If you've had a stroke, traumatic brain injury or any other neurological problem, this is where you want to be treated.

Your journey doesn’t stop when you leave the hospital and neither does our care. 💙 At Netcare Rehabilitation Hospital, we provide the therapies, technology, and compassionate support you need to rebuild strength, regain independence, and rediscover confidence.

Our personalised programmes cover stroke, spinal, orthopaedic, paediatric, and brain injury rehab. We support you every step of the way, from robotic rehabilitation devices like the Lokomat and prosthetics to emotional and family support.

📧 Email our case management team today to find out how we can help you or your loved one:

RehabCaseManagement@netcare.co.za
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14/09/2025

Think of it as your breathprint. The unique pattern hidden in the way you breath that is an imprint of neural connections in your beautiful brain and the physical shape of your airway. Breathprints are the way our brains shape the air we breathe.
A breathprint is not something you can see. It is an abstract pattern defined using complex mathematics to reveal the pattern of breath flow over 24 hours. These breathprints are so unique that we can identify you with 96.8% accuracy from your breathing alone. Wow, isn't the beautiful complexity of biology wonderful?

Find out more here: https://www.ormond.co.za/oxygenation/your-unique-breathprint/

07/09/2025

Unlock Your Brain’s Power to Heal

Life doesn’t have to feel this hard. Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, depression, memory loss, stroke recovery, or the after-effects of brain injury, Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS) offers a safe, gentle, and non-invasive way to help your brain reset, reconnect and heal.

At Ormond Neuroscience, we use cutting-edge science to guide your recovery. VNS works by stimulating the body’s natural healing pathways, improving brain function, mood, and resilience. It’s about more than managing symptoms—it’s about reclaiming your life.

✨ Imagine waking up with more clarity, calm, and energy.
✨ Imagine leaving behind the struggle and stepping into healing.
✨ Imagine a future where your brain feels like yours again.

You don’t need to do this alone. Call us today and take the next step towards healing.

Find out more about VNS here: https://www.ormond.co.za/vagal-nerve-stimulation/

📞 081 326-4509
🌐 www.ormond.co.za
✉️ practice@ormond.co.za

Netcare Rehabilitation Hospital Alzheimer's South Africa Headway Gauteng


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01/09/2025

The hippocampus creates memories in your brain. One hippocampus, two hippocampi, left-right. They're the first structures to go in Alzheimer's disease. They shrink in the brains of depressed people. Amazingly, vagal nerve stimulation has been shown to reverse the shrinkage in depression. Contact Ormond Neuroscience if your hippocampi have been fried by depression, stress, herpes, epilepsy, hypoxia, stroke, or TBI. Bioelectric neuromodulation is a powerful modality for boosting neuroplasticity in the brain.

24/08/2025

We can help you heal and leave depression behind. Chronic depression causes loss of brain tissue, especially in the hippocampi, the memory centres of your brain. That's why you're so forgetful. We use vagal nerve stimulation, a form of bioelectric neuromodulation, to treat depression and heal your brain. It's effective, FDA approved, and safe and gentle. Antidepressants are not going to solve the problem. Reach out and call us now: 081 326-4509. Look here for more details:
https://www.ormond.co.za/mood-disorders/shrinkage-of-the-hippocampi/

The South African Depression and Anxiety Group Alzheimer's South Africa Mental Health South Africa.

09/08/2025

Red wine contains polyphenols, especially resveratrol, an antioxidant known for its cardiovascular benefits. Now, a cardiologist has done the relevant calculation and has announced that to get the health benefits of red wine, you need to drink about 100 litres a day. Isn’t that good news? Cheers!

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/myth-busting-no-red-wine-isnt-good-your-heart-2025a1000i3g

13/07/2025

Depression and Anxiety: There Is Another Way

Is your reflection you or another person? Do you wear a social mask, a smiling face you project to the world but inside you're down?

At Ormond Neuroscience, we knowthat emotional wellbeing is deeply physiological. That means treating depression and anxiety isn’t just about talking — and it certainly doesn’t always require medication.

Instead, we use a whole-brain, whole-body approach rooted in neuroscience. Our Neuroharmonics programme targets the physiology of mood using:

🔹 Vagal Nerve Stimulation (VNS) – to calm the nervous system and reset emotional reactivity
🔹 Gut-brain support – because your microbiome is your mood
🔹 Movement and breath – exercise and breathing to release neurotrophic and anti-inflammatory signals
🔹 Sleep repair – because a tired brain can’t be a happy brain
🔹 Talk therapy and connection – integrated where needed, never ignored
🔹 Social engagement – because isolation worsens everything and connecting strengthens your brain

We work with people who want natural, science-based alternatives to pharmaceuticals — or who want to reduce their medication load safely and responsibly.

If you’re struggling with low mood, anxiety, burnout or brain fog, we offer a different kind of solution. One that sees your brain not as broken, but as needing support, stimulation, and repair.

📍 We're in Johannesburg but can consult virtually
💡 Learn more: www.ormond.co.za/neuroharmonics
📞 WhatsApp us or call to schedule a consult

03/05/2025

02/05/2025

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29/04/2025

Recovering from a stroke, brain tumour, or TBI? Crushed by depression? Frantic with anxiety? Allow us to help you tune your brain and boost neuroplasticity.

Recovery after brain injury depends on neurogenesis and neuroplasticity. Unfortunately, neurogenesis only happens to a limited degree in adult humans, so you can't rely on it. Fundamentally, recovery depends on neuroplasticity: rewiring and reconnecting the injured brain. Boosting neuroplasticity promotes brain healing and enhances recovery.

When you can't see alternatives and are trapped by your mind, that’s depression. We can help you shift perspective and find solutions. Anxiety, on the other hand, is when you're in a constant state of fight or flight, and your sympathetic nervous system is hyperactivated. We can help you detune the hyperactivation and restore your equanimity.

Recent advances in neuroscience guide our treatment. We use various tools to achieve these goals, including vagal nerve stimulation. These treatments are powerful, yet safe and gentle. Read more about what we do: https://www.ormond.co.za/vagal-nerve-stimulation/

💚 Gauteng Digby Ormond-Brown Post Stroke Support Group South Africa Depression and Anxiety Support Group ZA

29/04/2025

Recovering from a stroke, brain tumour, or TBI? Crushed by depression? Frantic with anxiety? Allow us to help you tune your brain and boost neuroplasticity.

Recovery after brain injury depends on neurogenesis and neuroplasticity. Unfortunately, neurogenesis only happens to a limited degree in adult humans, so you can't rely on it. Fundamentally, recovery depends on neuroplasticity: rewiring and reconnecting the injured brain. Boosting neuroplasticity promotes brain healing and enhances recovery.

When you can't see alternatives and are trapped by your mind, that’s depression. We can help you shift perspective and find solutions. Anxiety, on the other hand, is when you're in a constant state of fight or flight, and your sympathetic nervous system is hyperactivated. We can help you detune the hyperactivation and restore your equanimity.

Recent advances in neuroscience guide our treatment. We use various tools to achieve these goals, including vagal nerve stimulation. These treatments are powerful, yet safe and gentle. Read more about what we do: https://www.ormond.co.za/vagal-nerve-stimulation/

🧠🎗🌻 Gauteng Digby Ormond-Brown Mental Health South Africa. South African Depression and Anxiety Group Post Stroke Support Group South Africa