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🤔Ever wondered why your Paediatrician or Family Doctor measures your👶🏻 baby’s head size with every baby health check? 😬Perhaps you’ve missed your baby’s regular health check because you didn’t think that it’s that important to have baby weighed and measured?

Measuring a baby's head size is an important part of routine pediatric care and monitoring. The measurement of a baby's head circumference is done to track their growth and development, and it provides valuable information about their overall health. Here are the Top 3 reasons why...

01 September, 2023

Is your child complaining of low back pain that seems to come and go? Not sure of your child is complaining of back pain to avoid school?

The lifetime prevalence of Low Back Pain in children and adolescents in studies range from 9% to 69% and increases significantly between 12 and 18 years. Until the age of 17 years, significant gender differences occur; it is more common in girls than boys. Here are...

25 August, 2023

🤔Imagine being able to PROACTIVELY Stop or Delay your next episode of Headache or Migraine attack What could that mean for you… 🤗 No More missed fun days with family and friends? Better productivity at school, university and work?

When it comes to having headaches and migraines why be reactive when you can be proactive! 💪Instead of trying to treat your headaches and migraines when they come on, you can actually prevent or delay the next episode of headache and migraine attack by getting...

25 August, 2023

👶🏻Do you have a child with visual impairment who is irritable and unsettled every time you try to encouragement to play with a toy

It's estimated that 1 out of every 2,500 children 👶🏻born in Australia will be diagnosed with severe vision loss. Early intervention is important for children who are blind or have low vision to ensure that other areas of their development like gross motor skills, fine...

25 August, 2023

😬Did you know that a new born baby’s head shape👶🏻 can change and become flatten very quickly in a matter of 6 weeks? 😲What if you could proactively prevent your newborn baby from developing a flatten head shape?

👶🏻A newborn baby's skull is soft and pliable to allow for the brain's rapid growth during the early stages of life. This malleability can sometimes lead to the development of a flattened head shape, a condition known as positional plagiocephaly or flat head syndrome. There...

25 August, 2023

👶🏻Is your baby not enjoying tummy time? 👶🏻Is your baby not yet rolling? 👶🏻Is your baby not able to sit up by themselves yet?

Did you know that the first rule of survival is to learn to HOLD YOUR HEAD UP? 🤔Neck muscle strength is so crucial in head control and building neck muscle strength begins right from Day 1. Tummy time is the key exercise to building neck...

25 August, 2023

📱Mobile phones, computers, clothes, cars: it’s all about upgrading as soon as your old model expires or a newer model is released on the market😊. Ever notice that when a new mobile phone is released, people are lining up overnight outside the shop to be the first to own one. 😳 Ever find yourself quickly on the phone to your mechanic the minute you hear a slight screech in your brake pads while driving. All these behaviours are common and certainly not wrong, they are simply a reflection of what is important to each person.

Yet when it comes to your child's health,🤔 the very same person who will line up overnight for a new mobile phone is willing to wait and see if their child "really needs" to see a Paediatric Physiotherapist. After all, "Aren't boys more lazy than...

25 August, 2023

Helping Children with Mild Cerebral Palsy Walk Better!🚀🚀🚀🚀

At My Favourite Physio, we see many children 👶🏻with Cerebral Palsy for physiotherapy. Every child is a unique individual with different interests and abilities. For children 👧 with mild Cerebral Palsy, one of the question we consider is, how can we equip and support them...

25 August, 2023

Been told that your newborn baby’s hips have “mild laxity” and so baby needs 6 weekly hip ultrasound scans to monitor their hip joints?

Developmental Dysplasia of the Hips (DDH) occurs in 1 in 100 births and when babies are screened with ultrasound scans at 6 weeks old, the incidence of DDH increases to 8 in 100 babies. DDH refers to the abnormal formation of the hip joints that...

25 August, 2023

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🤔Ever wondered why your Paediatrician or Family Doctor measures your👶🏻 baby’s head size with every baby health check? 😬Perhaps you’ve missed your baby’s regular health check because you didn’t think that it’s that important to have baby weighed and measured?

Is your child complaining of low back pain that seems to come and go? Not sure of your child is complaining of back pain to avoid school?

🤔Imagine being able to PROACTIVELY Stop or Delay your next episode of Headache or Migraine attack What could that mean for you… 🤗 No More missed fun days with family and friends? Better productivity at school, university and work?

👶🏻Do you have a child with visual impairment who is irritable and unsettled every time you try to encouragement to play with a toy

😬Did you know that a new born baby’s head shape👶🏻 can change and become flatten very quickly in a matter of 6 weeks? 😲What if you could proactively prevent your newborn baby from developing a flatten head shape?

👶🏻Is your baby not enjoying tummy time? 👶🏻Is your baby not yet rolling? 👶🏻Is your baby not able to sit up by themselves yet?

Helping Children with Mild Cerebral Palsy Walk Better!🚀🚀🚀🚀

Been told that your newborn baby’s hips have “mild laxity” and so baby needs 6 weekly hip ultrasound scans to monitor their hip joints?

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