What does a Paediatric Physiotherapist and Osteopath do?
Paediatrics is a clinical area that aims to improve a child’s movement abilities through play, motor learning, movement training, strengthening, exercise, stretching, adapted equipment and therapy programs.
Physiotherapy and Osteopathy for adults and children is very different, due to varying functional, physiological and physiological needs. At Complete Care, we’re highly skilled professional trained in addressing these factors to treat children effectively. We work with you to devise quality programmes to meet your child’s goals and needs.
Complete Care Physiotherapy & Osteopathy is committed to helping people with disability to reach their goals. We work together with all people involved, ensuring the best outcome for our clients. We help our clients to achieve greater independence, improved well-being, and allow them to be involved in the greater community.
How can Physiotherapy and Osteopathy help your child?
A Paediatric Physiotherapist and Osteopath offers early intervention for children who may have neurological and developmental delays as well as sensory impairments related to hearing and vision. Physiotherapy and Osteopathy also helps children with biomechanical, positional and sports injuries. Some children may present with multiple issues that can be helped by seeing our Paediatric Physiotherapist and Osteopath.
Some examples of common concerns that parents may have include:
- Premature babies (<36 weeks gestational age) or low birth weight babies (<1500g)
- Newborn babies having difficulty turning their heads
- Newborn babies not tolerating tummy time
- Babies having flat spots on the back or side of their heads, especially after 7 weeks old
- Babies who have difficulty with rolling, sitting, crawling and walking
- Toddlers with pigeon toes, bow legs, in-rolling ankles, knock knees.
- Children who have difficulties with coordination, balance, walking and running
- Frequent falls, poor balance and coordination
- Children and teenagers who have any sports related injuries
- Children with poor posture or children who complain of frequent muscular pain
Some examples of common concerns that parents may have include:
- low muscle tone/strength/endurance
- poor or under-developed coordination
- poor or under-developed balance
- poor or under-developed core/trunk stability
- less than ideal body/joint mechanics or alignment
- communication challenges
- sensory challenges
- injury – this can include injuries to the musculoskeletal system (i.e. sports injuries) or the neurological system (i.e. traumatic brain injury)
- the environment.
Some examples of common concerns that parents may have include:
If you have any questions regarding your child Physiotherapy and Osteopathy needs, or would like to speak to a Physiotherapist or Osteopath about how we can help your child, please call us on (03) 5769 1731 and speak to one of our team members who will be happy to assist you.
