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08 Mar Have you noticed that your child’s 👧legs look knocked kneed when they are walking 👣. Many parents express concerns that their child 🧑 has knock knees and tend to look like a “duck” running with their feet flying out behind them and arms flapping, especially when they are about 3 years old. Sometimes parents think that their child’s 👧knocked knees is causing them to trip when they run.🏃‍♀️

However, did you know that it is part of normal development that the thigh bone and shin bones rotate on themselves so that from the age of 2.5 years old a child’s knees will move from being straight to slightly knocked knees and can appear slightly...

08 Mar Experiencing episodes of severe headaches 🤯Feeling clumsy with your hands 👐when you are experiencing episodes of headaches 😳 Or perhaps you experience changes in vision 👀, smell👃 or hearing 👂during or prior to an headache episode

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With episodes of severe headaches and associated symptoms occurring, people often go and see neurologists and neurosurgeons as they worry that they may have had a stroke or have a brain tumour because they experience nausea, vomiting, dizziness and severe headaches. Scans such as CT scans, MRIs...

08 Mar Parents often hear and read 🧐 that when a toddler 👶🏻 is learning to walk, it is best to let this process happen naturally, and without shoes.👣 That’s because shoes 👟 can affect how a child 👶🏻 uses the muscles and bones in their feet. Bare foot walking 👣 will allow toddlers to receive feedback from the ground and improves their proprioception (awareness of their body) for balance.

This in theory may sound great, however what if your toddler's feet tends to roll in at the ankles or their feet's turns out so their feet points sideways when they walk. What about when your toddler seems to curl their toes to try to cling to the...

08 Mar 😬Have you been told that your child is delayed in his speech and language skills and therefore he as Autism 😲Did you know that having speech delays DO NOT EQUAL🙅‍♀️ to having Autism

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A 2014 study found that 13% of Australian children at primary and secondary schools have a communication disorder. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, an estimated 164,000 Australians had autism in 2015. This represented an overall prevalence rate of 0.7%, or about 1 in 150...

08 Mar Is your teenager complaining of 😳 pain in their groin, hip, knee and/or thigh that comes and goes for several weeks or months😳😳 Do they complain that the 😳 pain is worse with activity⛹️‍♂️🤾‍♂️ Does your teenager walk or run with a limp after a period of activity 🚶‍♂️🏃‍♂️

If you answered yes to any of the above, your child may have a slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE). SCFE is a hip condition that occurs in teens and pre-teens who are still growing. In SCFE, the ball at the head of the thighbone slips off...

08 Mar Ever feel like your 🤕 headaches are coming from your neck 😳 If you have 🤕headaches that throb on one side of your head sometimes and then on the other side of your head on other times, or if your 🤕 headaches seem to sit on the top of your head like a ton of bricks or if your 🤕 headaches feel like a vice squeezing around your head – then it’s likely that your 🤕 headaches are coming from the first 3 joints in your neck.

If that's the case, then the great news is that Physiotherapy may help reduce and eliminate your headaches forever. At My Favourite Physio, we have a 3 Step Headache and Migraine Elimination Assement which will determine if your Headaches and Migraines are caused by your stiff neck joints. To find out if...