Pediatric

What is a milestone? Milestones are developmental achievements that children grow into and through. These milestones are important because they indicate that a child is developing normally and acquiring the necessary skills to progress to more complex tasks and abilities. Some examples of a physical milestone are bringing their feet to their mouth, crawling, standing, […]

In our first blog covering pain in children, we discussed niggling pain; the type of pain that comes on over time and doesn’t necessarily have a clear cause or mechanism of injury. Today we’ll cover another very common type of niggling pain in children; shin pain.

In our last blog covering pain in children, we discussed niggling pain; the type that comes on over time and doesn’t have a necessarily clear cause or mechanism of injury. Today I want to talk to you about a very common type of niggling pain in children; knee pain.

We have many parents bring their children to physiotherapy for diagnosis, management, and treatment of their children’s sport-related pains. When should we be worried? We can categorise sporting pain in children into two; Sudden injury pain ‘Niggles’ All sports have their risks for both types of pain. A gymnast can fall off a beam and