Helping build your child's future
Babies and Children that Paediatric OT and Physiotherapy can help
We can support babies and children who have a variety of difficulties and conditions.
Babies;
- Difficulties reaching milestones e.g. slower to roll, sit or crawl
- Difficulty moving between positions (transitioning) e.g. floor to sitting
- Difficulty tolerating a variety of sensory experiences e.g adverse dislike to movement or touch
- Reluctance to weight bearing or persistently standing on tip toes
- Head turning preference and altered head shape
- Stiffness or tightness of limbs or body on handling
- Something is just not right – parents intuition
Children;
- Difficulty gaining fine motor skills e.g. handwriting
- Difficulty gaining gross motor skills e.g. jumping
- Lack of independent self care activities e.g dressing
- Difficulty with visual perception skills
- Difficulty with balance and co-ordination e.g. riding a bike
- Excessive tripping and falling
- Altered gait pattern
- Sensory processing difficulties e.g. Tactile defensiveness
- Ligamentous laxity
Conditions
- Neurological e.g. cerebral palsy, Head Injuries
- Developmental Coordination disorder (DCD)
- Torticollis and Plagiocephaly (Head Turning preference)
- Rehabilitation post surgery e.g. Botulinum Toxin (Botox) injections upper and lower limbs, multi Level surgery, Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy (SDR)
- Developmental Delay
- Syndromes
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)