Conditions Treated

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Physio 4 Kids provide the complete range of paediatric physiotherapy services:


DEVELOPMENTAL CONCERNS

We have both attained an extensive amount of professional experience providing developmental services for infants to teens. Developmental physiotherapy forms part of Physio 4 Kids core business and includes assisting with:

  • Baby handling
  • Pre-term infants
  • Developmental delay:
    • Gross motor delays
    • Global developmental delays
    • Coordination and motor planning difficulties
    • Low muscle tone – floppy / hypotonic
    • Increased tone – hypertonic​​
  • Toe-walking
  • Children with syndromes


NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS

Our staff are skilled in assisting children with neurological conditions. Lauren was employed with the Qld Paediatric Rehabilitation Service and Cerebral Palsy League of Qld:

  • Cerebral Palsy (CP)
  • Acquired brain injury
  • Spina Bifida
  • Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy


MUSCULOSKELETAL AND ORTHOPAEDIC PROBLEMS

Physio 4 Kids staff can assess and treat children experiencing:

  • Flattening of the head (Plagiocephaly)
  • Neck preference (Torticollis)
  • Turned in feet (Talipes equinovarus)
  • Turned out feet (Talipes calcaneovalgus)
  • Flat feet (Pes planus)
  • Knock knees (Genu valgus)
  • Bow legged (Genu varus)
  • Sprains and strains
  • Poor posture
  • Post fracture
  • Post surgery
  • Pain


RESPIRATORY MANAGEMENT

Luke and Lauren have both worked in Tertiary Children’s Hospital/s and have an extensive history of assisting children with respiratory issues. This includes:

  • Asthma
  • Bronchiolitis
  • Pneumonia
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Chronic neonatal lung disease
  • Malacia’s (including broncho, laryngo and tracheo)