Melanie Arazi BSc Hons MCSP HCPC APCP | Highly Specialist Paediatric Physiotherapist

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