A balanced diet for children is essential for their growth, development, and overall health. It should include a variety of nutrients in appropriate proportions to meet their nutritional needs. Healthy eating in childhood means children will have less chance of developing chronic diseases like heart...
Measuring a baby's head size is an important part of routine pediatric care and monitoring. The measurement of a baby's head circumference is done to track their growth and development, and it provides valuable information about their overall health. Here are the Top 3 reasons why...
The lifetime prevalence of Low Back Pain in children and adolescents in studies range from 9% to 69% and increases significantly between 12 and 18 years. Until the age of 17 years, significant gender differences occur; it is more common in girls than boys. Here are...
When it comes to having headaches and migraines why be reactive when you can be proactive! 💪Instead of trying to treat your headaches and migraines when they come on, you can actually prevent or delay the next episode of headache and migraine attack by getting...
It's estimated that 1 out of every 2,500 children 👶🏻born in Australia will be diagnosed with severe vision loss. Early intervention is important for children who are blind or have low vision to ensure that other areas of their development like gross motor skills, fine...
👶🏻A newborn baby's skull is soft and pliable to allow for the brain's rapid growth during the early stages of life. This malleability can sometimes lead to the development of a flattened head shape, a condition known as positional plagiocephaly or flat head syndrome. There...
Did you know that the first rule of survival is to learn to HOLD YOUR HEAD UP? 🤔Neck muscle strength is so crucial in head control and building neck muscle strength begins right from Day 1. Tummy time is the key exercise to building neck...
Yet when it comes to your child's health,🤔 the very same person who will line up overnight for a new mobile phone is willing to wait and see if their child "really needs" to see a Paediatric Physiotherapist. After all, "Aren't boys more lazy than...
At My Favourite Physio, we see many children 👶🏻with Cerebral Palsy for physiotherapy. Every child is a unique individual with different interests and abilities. For children 👧 with mild Cerebral Palsy, one of the question we consider is, how can we equip and support them...
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hips (DDH) occurs in 1 in 100 births and when babies are screened with ultrasound scans at 6 weeks old, the incidence of DDH increases to 8 in 100 babies. DDH refers to the abnormal formation of the hip joints that...