Dr. V. C. Jacob (PT) has been a Physiotherapist at LTMG Hospital, Sion, Mumbai for 35 Years and is presently the head of Neuro-rehabilitation at Neurogen Brain and Spine Institute, Mumbai. For a period of 38 Years from 1968 to 2006, he was part of the Executive Committee of the Paraplegic Foundation, a Charitable Organization for the comprehensive care of the paraplegics. He is a Trustee of Nina Foundation which is an NGO set up for the rehabilitation of spinal cord injury persons. His main field of interest is CBR and Sports Physiotherapy. He had been a Physiotherapist of Indian Cricket Team which toured in Pakistan. He has also organized several sports events for the Paraplegics on a national level. In addition, He has also served as president of Indian Association of Physiotherapists in the past. Apart from all these activities, Dr. Jacob has been involved in disaster management during calamities such as the catastrophic earthquake at Latur and also in Gujarat. He is wholeheartedly committed to the cause of rehabilitation of patients suffering from neurological disorders. Having treated hundreds of patients in a career spanning nearly five decades, Dr. Jacob shares golden nuggets of wisdom on muscular dystrophy

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