A Dehydration Headache is a secondary headache, caused by not having enough fluids in the body.🤕Dehydration Headaches can be relatively mild or severe like a Migraine. Our body needs a good amount and balance of fluids function properly 💪. With exercising and daily activities 🏃♂️🏃♀️ our...
An AFO, Ankle Foot Orthosis, is a type of orthotic device that is used to support and stabilize the ankle and foot. It is often prescribed for 👧children with Cerebral Palsy and neurological conditions that result in a foot drop. An AFO will keep a...
The International Headache Society uses the following criteria to classify a headache as a migraine when: (a) the head pain 🤕can be classified by at least two of the following: ✅ one sided ✅ moderate to severe ✅ throbbing, or ✅ aggravated by movement (b) there is at least one of...
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a neurological disorder 🧠that primarily affects muscle control and coordination, and it can impact various parts of the body, including the arms. The specific way CP affects the arms can vary widely from person to person and depends on the location...
Here at My Favourite Physio, we see many babies 👶🏻and children with special needs and sometimes parents feel that their Paediatrician is not doing anything to help their child. So families stop seeing their Paediatrician. However, here are 3 main reasons why a Child with Special...
Tummy Time is essential for 👶🏻newborns babies because it helps babies to develop their neck muscle strength against gravity so that they can help to hold their head up and start to look around. Tummy Time is the basic foundational skill to all gross motor...
📚A 2003 study stated that "the average age for walking in typically developing children is 13 months and the range is 9-17 months, while the average age for walking in children with Down syndrome is 24 months and the range is 13-48 months." Yet here...
You don't have to be an expert 🤓to start a conversation, you can start by using the 4 steps below: Step 1. Ask R U Ok? 🗣 Be relaxed, friendly and concerned in your approach. Help them open up by asking questions like "How are you going?" If they...
📚Australian research suggests developmental delay occurs in 5 to 10 per cent of children aged from birth to 8 years. Developmental delay refers to a significant lag or slower rate of development in one or more areas of a child's development compared to what is...