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Is your Little One 🧒with Cerebral Palsy walking on their toes Been told that your Little One 👧needs Botox injections to help them get their heels 🦵down onto the ground Wondering if there is an alternative option to Botox Injections 💉for your Little One that could help get their heels 🦶down onto the ground

Children with Cerebral Palsy 👧often end up walking on their toes because of increased tone in their calf muscles called spasticity. Traditionally, Children's Hospitals would recommend Botox Injections 💉to help reduce the spasticity in the calf muscles so that a child with Cerebral Palsy is...

16 June, 2023

🥴 Does your child experience recurrent ankle sprains?😖Is your child complaining of ankle pain that comes and goes, months after they twisted their ankle?

Ankle injuries are extremely common and can happen to anyone. Unfortunately, ankle injuries are often ignored and under treated. 😳 Children who often trip and twist their ankles during the day and not report it to an adult until waking up in the middle of...

16 June, 2023

💻Is your child doing most of their school work online? 😬Struggling to get your child off their computers to play outside because they prefer gaming online with their friends?

According to new 2023 data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), Nine in ten children (90 per cent) spend at least one hour a week on screen-based activities, with a rise in children spending more than 20 hours a week. While the percentage...

16 June, 2023

A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step 👣 – Confucius.

Baby's first steps 👣are one of the most precious moments and biggest milestone in life! 🍾 Being able to stand up from the ground to walk off in search of what caught your eye is the start of a lifetime of exploration and independence for...

16 June, 2023

Still waiting for your child to grow out of tip toe waking 🤔 Have you been told that your child will grow out of toe walking once they are walking confidently, but they haven’t 😳

Did you know that foot bones become ossified (fully solid and developed) by 5 years old and bones grow in the direction of pull of muscles 🧐 That means if your child is walking on their tip toes from 12-18 months, they are causing their...

16 June, 2023

Has your 👶🏻 baby had a Hip Ultrasound at 6 Weeks old because of “Clicky Hips” Do you understand your baby’s hip ultrasound 🤔 results and what it means for your baby’s future hip health

Did you know that after birth, the hip joint remains immature and the intimate relationship between the thigh bone and the pelvic bone is crucial for the correct development of the hip joint as a baby grows. Sometimes when a baby is breech or very...

16 June, 2023

🤕Does your child complain of headaches? 😳Been told to give your child some Panadol and let them have a day off school to recover from their headaches?

Headache is a frequent symptom in children and adolescents, many cases not being seen by doctors. Studies have generally indicated that the prevalence of headaches increases from preschool age to mid-adolescence. Unfortunately, headache is often underdiagnosed in children for a number of reasons – including...

16 June, 2023

🥺Did your baby have a traumatic birth resulting in damage to their upper arm nerves? 🥴Been told that your newborn baby has Erb’s Palsy?

Erb's palsy, also known as Erb-Duchenne palsy, is a type of brachial plexus injury that affects the nerves in the shoulder and upper arm. The brachial plexus is a network of nerves that originates in the spinal cord in the neck and provides movement and...

16 June, 2023

3 Top Tips to giving your child 👶🏻 a lifetime of healthy bones

#1. Make sure your child has their daily-recommended intake of calcium. 🥛 Different ages, genders and stages of life require different amounts of calcium. Children 👧are aged between 4-8 years should aim to have 2-3 serves of calcium-rich foods each day to reach a total intake...

16 June, 2023

🥴 Does your child experience recurrent ankle sprains?😖Is your child complaining of ankle pain that comes and goes, months after they twisted their ankle?

💻Is your child doing most of their school work online? 😬Struggling to get your child off their computers to play outside because they prefer gaming online with their friends?

A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step 👣 – Confucius.

Still waiting for your child to grow out of tip toe waking 🤔 Have you been told that your child will grow out of toe walking once they are walking confidently, but they haven’t 😳

Has your 👶🏻 baby had a Hip Ultrasound at 6 Weeks old because of “Clicky Hips” Do you understand your baby’s hip ultrasound 🤔 results and what it means for your baby’s future hip health

🤕Does your child complain of headaches? 😳Been told to give your child some Panadol and let them have a day off school to recover from their headaches?

🥺Did your baby have a traumatic birth resulting in damage to their upper arm nerves? 🥴Been told that your newborn baby has Erb’s Palsy?

3 Top Tips to giving your child 👶🏻 a lifetime of healthy bones

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