Hip dysplasia ( shallow hip joints) in adults is the cause of 5-44% of all hip arthritis. 😣Doctors are just becoming aware that infant screening detects only 10% of dysplasia that causes arthritis in adults. Hip instability in babies can usually be detected, but one...
👧Children with Down syndrome often experience delays in speech and language skills due to a combination of genetic, anatomical, and cognitive factors. Down Syndrome is a genetic condition caused by the presence of an extra copy of chromosome 21, and this can affect various aspects...
🧐Did you know that baby should be walking independently by 18 months old otherwise they would be considered to be delayed in their gross motor skills development 😳There are many reasons why a child may not be attempting to pull to stand or put weight...
🇦🇺In Australia, a disease is considered rare if it affects less than 5 in 10,000 people. There are more than 7,000 rare diseases that are life threatening or chronically debilitating. Around 8% of Australians (2 million people) live with a rare disease. About 80% of...
An eye squint, also known as strabismus, is a condition in which the eyes are not properly aligned and point in different directions. This misalignment can occur due to various reasons, including problems with the muscles controlling eye movement, issues with the nerves that control...
😱A 2021 Study showed that Wheelchair users were 5.8 times as likely to suffer from shoulder pain as non wheelchair users. Other pain syndromes that wheelchair users experience included neck, elbow, wrist, hand and low back pain. Older age and increased duration of wheelchair use...
🧐Did you know that children should be walk along a straight line placing heel to toe comfortably 👣, hop on one leg effectively to play hopscotch and jump over a rope 15cm off the ground by 4 years old👧 By 6 years old when a child...
Have you or your teenager ever broken a finger while playing netball, basketball or cricket 🏃♂️ All it took was one awkward movement 😳 to pull a finger back in the wrong direction to cause a break in the bone. 🤚 When 13 year old Master...
Shopping for baby furniture is both exciting and confusing. A baby pram is one of those exciting yet confusing key items that every parent needs. With so many options available on the market now, it's no wonder that new parents spend months debating between the...
️A speech (sound) disorder is when children have difficulty pronouncing the sounds in words. This can make their speech difficult to understand, although they understand words and sentences and can form phrases and sentences the right way. A language delay is when a child has difficulties...