Paediatrics Physiotherapy

The physiotherapy center at HKSH offers assessment and short-term/long-term intervention to infant, children and adolescents from birth to 18 years of age. As a part of the multidisciplinary team we take a holistic approach and aim to maximize every child’s physical potential through individually tailored programmes, enhancing their personal needs in muscle strength, joint mobility, motor function, balance and coordination skills in a fun and creative ways.

  
 
Our paediatrics service includes conditions but not limited to:
 
Developmental delays and neurological conditions
Examples:

• Premature babies
• Down’s syndrome
• Learning disabilities
• Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)
• Cerebral Palsy

 
Our physiotherapy service provides standardized motor assessments and tailored interventions for infants to adolescents (fig.1 and fig.2)

 
Fig. 1 Movement Assessment Battery for Children (Movement ABC)


Fig. 2 - The Peabody Developmental Motor Scales

 The treatments may include the following:

• A home activity programme and advice on your child’s daily caring. You will be asked to perform it at home with your child (fig. 3 and fig. 4).

  
Fig. 3 - Turning facilitation for infant


Fig. 4 - Crawling activity to prove core strength and coordination
 

• Stretching and joint mobilisation exercises to manage any deformities/tightness and to maximize their full functions in long term (fig. 5).

 

Fig. 5: Lower limb stretching exercise for young children

• Therapeutic exercises with specific equipment (fig. 6 -10).

Fig. 6 - Hydrotherapy
 

Fig. 7 – Electrical Stimulation
 
  
Fig. 8 and fig. 9 – Pilates exercise
 

Fig. 10 – Developmental training with fitball

Orthopedics conditions
Examples:

• Scoliosis
• Talipes
• Torticollis
• Pectus Carinatum
• Other conditions: Post-fractures,Post-surgery (e.g. Spinal fusions) ,Sports injuries, Poor postures, Idiopathic toe walking

The treatments may include the following:

• Fig. 11 - Stretching exercise

 

• Fig. 12 - Joint mobilsation and manual therapy

  

• Fig. 13 - Strengthening exercise

 

• Fig. 14 - Postural correction exercise  

 

• Fig. 15 – Therapeutic/sports tapping

 
Respiratory problems

• Chest infections

 
Our multi-disciplinary team service include:

• Paediatrician / Neuro-paediatrician
• Child development and assessment clinic
• Occupational Therapy
• Speech Therapy
• Prosthetics & Orthotics