With Summer just beginning we are likely going to spend a lot more time with our children around water to help cool off! Swimming and spending time in water is brilliant for development of our children's strength, particularly core, balance (particularly standing against waves at...
Screen time can have both negative and positive impacts. In our modern-day world, it is impossible to keep our children away from screens. However, it is important to understand the impact that screen time can have on children’s development. Positive impacts include the following Education Learning...
Walking is one of the major milestones we look for in our babies. Typically walking is achieved between 10 to 18 months. It is really important to not compare your baby to other babies as everyone develops at their own pace. However, it is important...
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) are a set of inflammatory diseases that effects children under the age of 16. Its cause is unknown, making it idiopathic in nature. However, it is believed that most cases are related to the immune system attacking healthy cells thereby creating...
Slipped Upper Femoral Epipthysis otherwise known as SUFE, is a condition which requires immediate medical attention. It is a condition involving the hip joint whereby the growth plate in the femur (the big leg bone) slips out of position. We are unsure as to why...
Crawling is a big milestone we look for in our babies. It is commonly achieved between 9-12 months of age. In recent times there has been some controversy about how important crawling is. Here at Western Paediatric Physiotherapy, we believe it is an extremely important...
We can all probably remember experiencing growing pains in our childhood. Growing pains are unfortunately a normal part of life. However, a lot of parents worry about if the pain their child is experiencing is growing pain or is it something else. Symptoms Pain experienced in...
It is probably a condition you heard about growing up, weather you had it or your friends had it. Osgood Schlatters is common in growing children, it is essentially an overuse injury of the knee. Repetitive activity, particularly jumping activity can causing swelling and irritation...
Is your toddler walking, running and playing around on his tippy toes? It is very common for new walkers and toddlers to walk and run around with tippy toes once in a while. So, the question is when and why do we need to seek help...
Balance is a skill that we work to improve throughout our lifetime. In toddlers improving balance is imperative to allow them to achieve skills including walking, running, jumping, active play. Balance exercises by nature are very difficult to set. If the exercises are too easy for...