Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy helps to develop movement and physical function.

Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy builds your child’s physical skills (motor development) by supporting them with their movements, strength, balance and coordination.

Our assessments focus on looking at how your child feels most comfortable in positions where they are both still and moving. Depending on their developmental stage this can include:

• Lying down
• Kneeling
• Sitting and standing
• Rolling
• Crawling
• Walking
• Running
• Jumping

At Pace, physiotherapy is play based and child led and our therapists are responsive, adjusting activities depending on how your child is responding in the moment.

Our therapists will choose activities that promote the appropriate level of physical challenge and these can vary depending on what else your child is managing at the same time – including sensory demands, attention, communication, hand skills.

Activities are combined in a structured way, guided by the goals that you and your child have identified as meaningful.
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Physiotherapy includes

Assessment

Your child’s physical skills, also known as motor milestones are assessed by our physiotherapists. We may look at your child’s range of movement, muscle tone, pain, posture and patterns of movement such as gait analysis.

Intervention

Your child will have a bespoke therapy programme, designed by our physiotherapists. We focus on developing your child’s posture and movement whatever their starting point or rate of progress. Your child’s level of confidence, comfort and pain are considered at all times. These programmes are flexible and are built around your child’s goals. We also offer post-surgical rehabilitation programmes.

Advice

Our physiotherapists provide support and training for anyone who cares for your child, including parents, carers and other practitioners. Physiotherapy management aims to promote posture and movement skills, and reduce the chance or severity of contractures, deformity and pain.