Children’s Physiotherapy
Children are treated by paediatric physiotherapists for a wide variety of conditions.
We see children as a result of:
- injuries
- surgery
- normal variations in development
- childhood disability
We work with newborn babies to teenagers at the end of their full-time education, whose physical and gross motor skills development impact on their lives.
In Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, we see children in different settings including:
- Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales
- Children’s Centre’s
- Special Schools
- nurseries
- schools
- at home.
The Children’s Physiotherapy Therapy Service in Cardiff and the Vale works with children, their families, schools and other health professionals. We are here to support families, and those within the child’s support network, when they need us.
Initial assessment
As a first step, we may conduct observation and a physical examination. This can include looking at the child’s strength and co-ordination, motor development, posture, balance, respiratory needs, function and abilities.
Individual advice would then be tailored for you and your child to follow.
Inpatient physiotherapy services
Find out more about the different children’s inpatient physiotherapy services by clicking on the buttons below:
Acute Paediatric Neurosciences
Physiotherapy for Brain Injuries and Illnesses
Oncology and Haematology
Blood-related Disorders
Inpatient physiotherapy is also provided as part of:
Acute Respiratory / Paediatric Critical Care
Neonatal services
Outpatient physiotherapy services
Find out more about the different outpatient children’s physiotherapy services by clicking on the buttons below:
Metabolic Bone disease
including Brittle Bone disease and Rickets
Musculoskeletal Outpatient service
Child development and childhood conditions
Ponseti treatment
Clubfoot
Rheumatology
Arthritis and inflammatory conditions
Conditions we see include:
Find out more about the different conditions we treat, by clicking on the buttons below:
Joint and muscle injury or pain
Including Osgood schlatters, Sinding Larsen Johannsen
Neuromuscular disorders
Including Muscular Dystrophy, Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Neurological disorders
Brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, meningitis and epilepsy
Oncology
Leukeaemia, Sickle Cell
Respiratory disorders
including Cystic Fibrosis
Walking on Tip Toes
Idiopathic Toe Walking
