Conditions Treated
- Developmental Delay (e.g. late sitting / walking, not reaching motor milestones)
- Joint Hypermobility Syndrome
- Balance and co-ordination difficulties
- Joint / muscle pain
- Problems with gait / unusual walking postures (e.g. tip-toe walking, flat feet, asymmetry)
- Cerebral palsy (including pre and post SDR)
- Acquired brain injury
- Genetic conditions and syndromes
- Neuromuscular Disorders
- Obstetric Brachial Plexus Lesions
- Plagiocephaly (“Flat head”)
- Torticollis
- Talipes
- Congenital conditions
- Birth injuries
- Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD / Dyspraxia)
- Orthopaedic conditions (e.g. post-fracture rehabilitation)
- Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease, Anterior knee pain, hip pain
- General muscle weakness
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) / Myalgic Encephalopathy (ME) / Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome (PVFS)
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) / Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD)
- Postural problems
- Muscle imbalance
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
Interventions offered
- Developmental assessments
- Facilitation of movement through handling and play activities
- Targeted exercise programmes
- Personalised activity programmes designed to fit into everyday routines and the school curriculum
- Activities and exercises to target balance and co-ordination
- Strength training
- Stamina training
- Stretches
- Bobath technique
- Motor re-learning approach
- Positioning – in and out of therapy equipment
- Aquatic therapy
- Swim programmes / advice
- Training parents and carers
- Nursery and school (and college) visits to give advice about optimising the child’s functional abilities and to input into P.E. sessions and class programmes
- Equipment assessments and recommendations (including liaising with equipment reps)
- Advice on orthotics, lycra garments and other supplementary interventions
- Posture re-education
- Therapeutic taping