For the last seven years, I have worked as a lead magician at Breathe Arts Health Research, using magic to help young people with hemiplegia, a weakness or paralysis affecting one side of the body caused by an injury to the brain. Working in a team with other magicians, clinicians and researchers, we deliver a clinically effective, thoroughly researched programme that develops hand and arm function, cognitive abilities, self-confidence and independence. You can meet some of the young magicians who have participated in the programme in the video above.