Techniques & Principles

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 DMI is a technique our physiotherapists use to treat children with gross motor impairments. We are certified in DMI and apply principles learnt from clinical mentorship. Learn more at dmitherapy.com 

Our physiotherapist use a variety of targeted and specific exercises to increase your child's strength and improve their balance. These principals are based on orthopaedics, strength training and exercise physiology.  

 Our physiotherapists use functional skills training to help progress your child’s mobility, gross motor development, and independence. Using our state-of-the-art suspension frame systems, we are able to provide the right level of support while gradually encouraging your child to activate more of their core muscles and limb strength. As their confidence and ability improve, we transition to tailored mobility aids such as walkers, quad sticks or crutches, supporting them step-by-step towards greater independence and walking skills.

  We use the ICF framework that was developed by the World Health Organisation to ensure care is holistic. The WHO ICF framework considers your child's condition, body function, activities, participation, environmental and personal factors.   

 Neuroplasticity is the ability for the brain to change through growth and reorganization.  Our physiotherapists use targeted exercises and repetition to promote neuroplasticity in your child.  This is developed by teaching your child to use the most efficient movement techniques to ensure independent function. 

Our physiotherapists use motor learning and control principles to teach children new gross motor skills effectively and efficiently. These principles play a crucial role in skill acquisition, neuroplasticity and rehabilitation. The best approach to learning new techniques is allowing the child to perform the activity actively by themselves rather than allowing the child to be a passive recipient. 

 Bobath is a concept our physiotherapists use to treat children with movement and postural impairments.  We are certified Bobath trained- London and the team have developed these principles, applications and skills from clinical mentorship.  Bobath principals allow the child to work in the most efficient patterns of movement which promotes efficient movement allowing the muscles to work actively and optimally. 

  As physiotherapists, we are trained to analyse movement and gait. We are able to use these skills to identify which muscle groups need addressing in order to improve functional skills such as walking, standing and transfers. At Paediatric Physiotherapy Centre we use state of the art technology in the form of video analysis of function such as movement analysis of gait.