Children’s Physiotherapy
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Strength Training
Strengthening exercises are individually tailored to help you achieve their goals. Our therapists use the most up-to-date research to guide how we use strength training to influence muscle tone, dystonia and posture and to enhance motor function and promote better mobility.
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SDR Post-op Rehab
We have a wealth of experience treating children who undergo SDR surgery. We can offer advice and pre-operative physiotherapy, as well as fun and engaging post-operative rehabilitation. Our dedicated physiotherapists will help you learn how to move in a way that’s going to make you more independent, confident and active.
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Task Training
When you focus on practising specific activities, you can enhance your motor skills, independence, and daily living abilities.
Practise, practise, practise is the key to getting better!
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Dynamic Movement Integration (DMI)
Our trained DMI therapist can use therapeutic techniques to improve your child’s automatic postural responses and promoting progress towards developmental milestones.
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Spider Cage
Spider therapy involves using bungees, of varying strengths, to allow you to practise functional tasks such as standing, walking, sit to stand transitions and more. The equipment we have in clinic is supportive enough to allow you to enjoy the freedom of these movements. Our therapists use the spider cage as a tool to help you develop their strength, balance and co-ordination.
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Musculoskeletal Therapy (MSK)
Our physiotherapists can assess and treat issues with any joint, muscle, ligament or tendon. We have a depth of knowledge and wealth of experience in providing tailored interventions for children’s musculoskeletal complaints, which includes sporting injuries and post-operative rehab.
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Development Delay
Our physiotherapists can assess and treat children with development delay. We can help your child achieve physical milestones, enabling progression their physical and functional skills such as rolling, sitting, crawling, standing and walking.
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Intensive Therapy
Kids Therapy Works can offer intensive blocks of Physiotherapy and/or Occupational Therapy over a time frame to meet your needs and requirements. Having an intensive block of therapy really can help you supercharge your progress and may be a much more convenient way to access therapy if you are travelling from a distance.
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Electrical Stimulation
We use functional electrical stimulation (FES) as a tool to help a you to engage specific muscles. FES has a wide range of uses, such as helping with gross motor development and gait rehabilitation. In addition to this, it may also be used as an aid when developing fine motor skills of the hand.
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CIMT
(Constraint Induced Movement Therapy).
The primary aim of CIMT is to improve bimanual upper limb performance by increasing awareness, strength, dexterity and function of the hand and arm that has been affected by Hemiplegia.
This is achieved through placing your less affected hand/arm into a cast, allowing more practice to take place on your affected hand. -
Hydrotherapy
Water is such a fun place for your child to play and grow stronger. The resistance of the water can be used as part of our therapy to help target specific muscle groups. In addition to this, hydrotherapy provides your child with a safe environment to exercise their cardiovascular system.
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Theratogs
Theratogs are an orthotic garment and strapping system used to increase proprioception, postural alignment, stability and improve functional outcomes.