

What is Paediatric/Kids Physiotherapy?
Kids Physio’s have expertise in assessing and treating children with a range of conditions affecting their physical development, movement, and ability to participate in everyday life.
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Through fun, developmentally appropriate, family-centred, and play-based techniques, paediatric physiotherapy can help optimise the movement functions of these children.
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Physiotherapy intervention aims to improve children’s motor development, strength, range of motion, endurance, walking difficulties, balance, coordination and fitness.
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This can be done through exercises, walking retraining, neurodevelopment therapy, positioning, cardio-respiratory intervention and education.
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Physiotherapists can also be involved in the prescription of specialised equipment including walking frames and orthotics.
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Melissa can assist in advice and management for a range of conditions from newborn to adolescents. Physiotherapy is given in a fun and practical way to help children reach their physical potential.
How may Kids Physio help?
> Concerns regarding a delay in child achieving their motor milestones
> Concerns regarding alignment when learning to walk
> Orthopaedic/Musculo-skeletal concerns e.g. knee pain, heel pain
> Babies with flat heads or torticollis/plagiocephaly
> Delay in baby development
> Babies born prematurely
> Movement and motor problems associated with certain disabilities including Cerebral Palsy, Spina Bifida, Downs Syndrome and other neurological conditions and genetic syndromes
> Kids with an NDIS package, either self or plan managed
