Typically developing babies 👶🏻 are able to pull to stand and walk independently between the ages of 12 months to 18 months old. Some babies are able to walk independently by 11 months old. However all typically developing babies should be push through their feet...
Ankle-Foot Orthoses (AFOs) are commonly recommended for children with Cerebral Palsy to correct their foot drop 🦵to reduce trips and falls, as well as to maintain a stretch in their calf muscles to allow for their feet to be flat on the ground for standing...
If you answered Yes to any of the statements above, then you are not alone. Studies show that up to 70% of the population experience jaw pain and jaw clicking. There can be many possible causes of jaw pain and jaw clicking ranging from dental...
A feeding tube refers to a gastrostomy tube or a nasogastric tube, that is used to provide nutrition and hydration to children who are unable to eat or drink enough by mouth. Feeding tubes are typically recommended for children who have difficulty swallowing, have a...
If you answered yes to the above statements, then you are not alone! Here at My Favourite Physio, our Expert Paediatric Physiotherapists 🤓see many babies and children to help them learn to roll, sit, crawl and walk. When we see a baby who is not...
When you are trying to juggle a newborn baby👶🏻 - feeding, dressing, settling, as well as cook, clean, wash and work part-time, know that what you are doing are the jobs of at least 3 people 👩🍳👩💻🤱each day! So it's not possible to be able...
Children with cerebral palsy are at a higher risk of developing scoliosis, with scoliosis occurring at younger ages in individuals classified at a higher GMFCS level. In addition, the incidence of scoliosis continues to increase up to the age of 20–25 years. As such, routine...
Here at My Favourite Physio, our Expert Paediatric Physiotherapists 🤓see many babies, toddlers and children 🧒who come in with concerns about the way that they are moving when they roll, crawl, stand up, walk, and run. Often we find that parents 👨are correct when they...
As more and more babies 👶🏻are not placed on the floor on their tummies to play and explore, more and more children are missing the gross motor milestone of crawling. 🥺This has reached a point where there is now debate about crawling as a necessary...