Being a first time parent brings with it the joys of motherhood, along with the challenges of sleepless nights, self doubt or worry you will experience as you get to know your little one. 🥺Discovering their cues for sleep, play and feeds, learning what their...
If you have answered yes ✅ to any of the above questions then it is likely that your neck stiffness is the cause of your Headaches and Migraines! When the first 3 neck joints are not moving properly, it places more pressure on one side...
Normal walking pattern is walking with our heel first to contact the ground, then foot flat before we push off with the ball of our foot.👣 Children who tip toe walk do not touch the ground with their heel but stay in their toes all...
Getting to know your newborn baby and learning to breastfeed can be extremely challenging and stressful for new mums. 🤱Often it takes 6-8 weeks to settle into a routine that suits baby and mum. Recently, a new mum we met shared about how stressful she feels...
If you answered yes to the above statements, then you are not alone! Here at My Favourite Physio, our Expert Paediatric Physiotherapists see many children with Special Needs each day, many little ones first come to our clinic at 6 months old when they have been...
🧐The Hip Joint is made up of the head of the thigh bone (femur) and the socket of the pelvic bone (acetabulum), together they make up a ball and socket joint at the hip which allows our hips to move is 360 degrees. 🧐Hip surveillance...
Headaches and migraines do not only affect adults, studies in recent years indicate an increasing number of children and adolescents who experience regular headaches and migraine episodes. 😬In children and adolescents, regular headaches lead to reduced life quality and limitations in their school and social...
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common fatal genetic disorder diagnosed in childhood, affecting approximately 1 in every 3,500 live male births (about 20,000 new cases each year worldwide). Because the Duchenne gene is found on the X-chromosome, it primarily affects boys;🧒 however, it...
In Australia, newborn babies 👶🏻are routinely checked at birth for Developmental Dysplasia of the the Hips (DDH) or commonly referred to as "click hips". DDH is a condition whereby a newborn baby's hips are not well formed and if left undetected and untreated, may result...
We've all been told by our parents, from a young age, to sit up straight and avoid long hours in front of the computer 🖥 and sitting in front of the TV. 📺 This is because our parents notice that we are slouching in poor...