The Ronnie Gardiner Method (RGM)

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The Ronnie Gardiner Method® (RGM) is a transformative and rhythmic approach to cognitive and motor rehabilitation, blending music, rhythm, and movement. Founded by drummer Ronnie Gardiner in the 1990s, it is a multisensory therapy that uses a system of colour, word, and sound symbols combined with specific body movements synchronized with music.

How does it work?

The Ronnie Gardiner Method uses rhythm, music, movement, and language to engage multiple senses in a fun way.  Exercises involve whole-body movements resembling body percussion, with symbols representing movements accompanied by specific sound names.  Difficulty levels can be adjusted to suit participants’ abilities, gradually increasing over time.

The method aims to improve coordination between the brain’s hemispheres and develop new neural pathways through intensive stimulation, leveraging the brain’s neuroplasticity to resume or enhance disrupted processes.

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Who can benefit from RGM?

RGM is suitable for all ages, it helps stimulate cognitive processing, attention, concentration, balance/coordination, speech/language processing, motor skills, social communication and working memory.

This method has been successfully used in Stroke rehabilitation, Parkinsons’s disease, depression, ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia, Multiple Sclerosis, dementia, and with children with learning difficulties.

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This method has been successfully used in:

  • Stroke Rehabilitation

  • Parkinson’s Disease

  • Depression

  • ADHD

  • Autism

  • Dyslexia

  • Multiple Sclerosis

  • Dementia

  • Children with Learning Difficulties