Sporting Injuries & Kids Fitness
Ocean Kids Physio has highly experienced and skilled Paediatric Physiotherapists who can assess and treat musculoskeletal and sporting injuries in children. Our initial assessments include a comprehensive postural, biomechanical and neuromotor assessment to address all the factors, which can contribute to movement difficulties, pain or skills acquisition difficulties. We also liaise with your child’s sports teacher, coach or team to promote their best sporting outcomes.
What’s different about Kids Physio?
Children are very different to adults during key periods of growth and learning. The biomechanics that cause adults to become injured are different in children, as they are still growing.
Kids are prone to growth spurts between 9-13 years, which can cause a host of issues, which will affect their movement and sports skills. Their muscles play catch up to their fast growing bones, meaning their co-ordination, balance, muscle strength and tone and joint / muscle feedback mechanisms can be impaired, which increases the risk of injury.
Furthermore, children have key differences in the laxity (flexibility) within their joints, which makes them more flexible than adults, which can put them at risk or injury, lower limb problems, postural problems and skill acquisition concerns.
Paediatric Physiotherapists are experts in movement analysis, diagnosis and treatment of the real cause of your child’s movement problem or injury concern.
We can help you understand and improve your child’s physical capacity by working on the following areas with you at home or in our clinic:
What’s different about Kids Physio?
Children are very different to adults during key periods of growth and learning. The biomechanics that cause adults to become injured are different in children, as they are still growing.
Kids are prone to growth spurts between 9-13 years, which can cause a host of issues, which will affect their movement and sports skills. Their muscles play catch up to their fast growing bones, meaning their co-ordination, balance, muscle strength and tone and joint / muscle feedback mechanisms can be impaired, which increases the risk of injury.
Furthermore, children have key differences in the laxity (flexibility) within their joints, which makes them more flexible than adults, which can put them at risk or injury, lower limb problems, postural problems and skill acquisition concerns.
Paediatric Physiotherapists are experts in movement analysis, diagnosis and treatment of the real cause of your child’s movement problem or injury concern.
We can help you understand and improve your child’s physical capacity by working on the following areas with you at home or in our clinic:
- Treatment for any child’s musculoskeletal injury e.g. pain, sprains, strains
- Post –OP rehabilitation e.g. after a bone fracture or surgery
- Toe walking or any gait abnormalities
- Postural concerns e.g. scoliosis or leg length discrepancy
- Muscle length and muscle strength
- Body awareness and co-ordination
- Speed and agility
- Sports specific training for any sport including dance (pre-pointe assessments) and gymnastics
- General fitness, weight management and participation
