28 Feb Has your child 👶🏻been having Physiotherapy yet you have not noticed any significant improvements over time 🧐 Are you wondering how long does it take before your child 👧demonstrates improvements in their gross motor skills 🤔
Here at MY Favourite Physio, our Expert Paediatric Physiotherapists 🤓see many babies and children with various conditions to help them learn to roll, sit, crawl, pull to stand and walk. We expect to see progression and improvement on a daily basis 📆and significant improvements every week when parents and carers follow their Home Exercise Program exactly while attending regular weekly Physiotherapy Intervention. 💪
3 Common Reasons why 🤔 your child may not be demonstrating significant improvements in their gross motor skills with therapy:
1. The therapy exercises are not focusing on strengthening your child’s core muscles to improve their core strength.😮 Good core strength is required for a baby to learn to roll, sit, crawl, pull to stand and walk.
2. The therapy exercises are not challenging enough for your child👶🏻 so your child is not able to progress forward, or often exercises are activities and positions that the therapist places your child 👶🏻into rather than your child learning to move themselves from one position to another themselves. 🧐
3. The intensity of the therapy is not frequent enough for your child to be able to learn a new skill. 👶🏻Babies and children 👧benefit from constant and consistent practice. Once a fortnight or once a month therapy isn’t enough to make a difference. 😮Here at My Favourite Physio, our therapy programs range from 3 times a week to once a week in clinic and we recommend families carry out daily practice sessions at home for one hour twice a day. 😮
If you would like to see your child improve their gross motor skills, ring My Favourite Physio 📱on (02) 9790 4233 or DM us @myfavouritephysio to speak to one of our Expert Paediatric Physiotherapists🤓 today! Effective Early intervention does make a difference!
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