👶🏻Children with low muscle tone, a condition known as hypotonia, often experience challenges in muscle control and coordination, including the muscles involved in swallowing. Hypotonia can affect various muscles in the body, including those in the face and mouth, leading to difficulties in managing saliva. Here...
Currently there are conflicting research as to whether high blood pressure causes headaches. However, high blood pressure can be difficult to recognise without using a blood pressure monitor. Many people do not experience symptoms unless their blood pressure is dangerously high. When symptoms do occur...
👶🏻Babies can exhibit a range of sitting postures as they explore and develop their motor skills. Normal variations in sitting posture can include: Propped sitting: When babies are learning to sit, you will see them sitting with their upper body bent forward, using their hands for support...
There are numerous rare genetic conditions, also known as rare genetic disorders or orphan diseases, that affect a small percentage of the population. These conditions often result from mutations in genes, and they can manifest in various ways, impacting different organ systems and aspects of...
Baby Walkers have traditionally been sold as a device that can help babies learn to walk, however, the truth is the use of Baby Walkers has been a subject of debate due to safety concerns. The main safety issues include: 🥺1. The risk of falls down stairs...
In the 1960s, a Stanford professor named Walter Mischel 🤓began conducting a series of important psychological studies now famously known as the Marshmallow Experiment. In the experiment, children aged 4 and 5 were led into a private room, and sat in front of a table...
However, here at My Favourite Physio, our Expert Paediatric Physiotherapists 🤓actually tend not to recommend AFOs for our clients with Cerebral Palsy. There are 3 reasons why we feel that AFOs are not the best options for children with Cerebral Palsy. 1. AFOs limit the range...
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A quick search on Google for " baby with curved spine" will pop up suggestions of Congenital Scoliosis or Infantile Scoliosis describing a rare condition in which baby is born with a spine that is not normally formed before birth. 😱This piece of information causes...
😬Parents are often told that their children with low muscle tone or Cerebral Palsy are not able to walk because their ankle are weak and unstable. So they need high ankle stiff boots to help their child learn to walk. However, choosing the best shoes...