Readers respond to an article on how early intensive rehabilitation after a stroke or head injury is crucial for recovery Rather like Ian Sample himself trying to read Orlando Swayne’s book, I was nervous reading his article, braced for half-digested truths or oversimplifications on neurotherapy ( The doctor who mends broken brains: why there is room for hope after a stroke or head injury, 3 June ). But he paints an accurate picture of the way brains retain neuroplasticity and the reality of the