This is to be known as childcare physiotherapy. Pediatric therapy is used as a treatment of Illness, diseases, or injury in infants or children. This is completely different from the one we give to the adults just because of the variation in the anatomy.
Our highly trained pediatric physical therapists assess and treat infants, toddlers, children and adolescents with the following conditions:
- Orthopaedic conditions
- Developmental Delays
- Neuromuscular conditions
- Torticollis
- Genetic disorders
- Brain tumors and other cancers
- High-risk and premature infants
- Cerebral palsy
- Other complex or chronic conditions
One would need a Pediatric physiotherapist to diagnose children for any possible disease or illness related to growth and development and treat them if already present.
To ensure the maximum benefit from physical therapy, our therapists work with children and their families to optimize balance, co-ordination, gross motor skills, endurance, functional mobility, range of motion and strength.
There are various conditions in which Pediatric physiotherapy is used for beneficial purposes. Some of them are given below:
- Balancing Problem:- children having issues balancing their bodies while standing still or couldn’t walk straight can be cured with proper therapeutic treatment.
- Differently-abled child:- a pediatric physiotherapist can treat a child for their overall treatment on a physical and mental basis.
- Inborne illness:- some diseases are inherited from their parents and transferred to the child; these can be downs syndrome, Turner’s syndrome, or congenital heart disorder.
- Body posture:- Sometimes, a child’s body posture is deformed, so the sitting and standing position is changed. These types of problems can also be cured with the help of a pediatric physiotherapist
After assessing each child, our therapists recommend a customized plan of care / family education to meet the child’s specific needs. Treatment may include activities and exercises to be performed at home under therapists like:
Our pediatric physical therapists work closely with other pediatricians and other pediatric specialists like orthopedists, occupational therapists, pulmonologists, rheumatologists, cardiologists, neurologists, Speech-language pathologists
- Stretching
- Joint Mobilization
- Aerobic Exercises
- Strengthening
- Genetic disorders
- Gait Training
- Splinting
- Neonatal Handling