Service
Paediatric physio in Goulburn.
Physiotherapy for babies, children, and teenagers — from a flat spot on a newborn's head through to a teenager's stress fracture. The same physio sees your child across every appointment, and the family is in the room.
Why paediatric physio
What paediatric physio actually does.
Paediatric physio is physiotherapy with extra training for babies, children, and teenagers — how a growing body moves, when something's outside the range of normal variation, and what helps. We see infants with head-shape and motor concerns, toddlers and preschoolers with walking and coordination questions, school-age kids with sports injuries and growing pains, and kids with neurological or post-surgical needs across childhood.
A lot of what worries parents resolves on its own, with watchful waiting and a few light exercises at home. We won't medicalise normal variation — most toe walking, most late walkers, and most clumsy six-year-olds aren't a problem. If that's the call after an assessment, we'll say so plainly and tell you what to watch for.
Where there is something to work on, the plan is built around your family's week — what fits at home, what fits at school, and what your child will actually do. We don't replace your paediatrician, your GP, or your school therapy team. We're the hands-on, day-to-day movement work that sits alongside them.
What we treat
What we see in clinic.
- Head shape and head turning in babiestorticollis, plagiocephaly, a preference to look one way
- Gross motor milestones in babiesrolling, sitting, crawling, pulling to stand, low muscle tone
- Late walking, toe walking, in-toeing and out-toeing in toddlers and preschoolers
- Coordination and balance concerns in young kidsclumsiness, developmental coordination disorder
- School-age sports and growing-pain injuriesSever's heel pain, Osgood-Schlatter's knee, sprains, stress reactions
- Hypermobility, joint pain, and posture concernsincluding hypermobility spectrum and EDS
- Idiopathic scoliosisassessment, monitoring, and exercise-based management alongside the specialist
- Cerebral palsy, acquired brain injury, spina bifida, and other neuromuscular conditionsongoing physio across childhood
- Rehab after orthopaedic surgerypost-fracture, post-tendon-lengthening, post-spinal
- NDIS capacity-building physiogross motor, mobility, and equipment trials alongside OT
How it works
How your appointment runs.
The first appointment is family-led. You're in the room, the child sets the pace, and a lot of what we need comes from watching them move — on the mat, on the floor, climbing onto a chair, walking down the corridor. Babies are often assessed on a parent's lap or on a play mat. Older kids get a turn-based look at how things move, how strong they are, and the tests that fit the case. We won't push past what your child is comfortable with on day one — we'll get what we need across the appointment and the first review.
Book in
Online or call us. Tell us your child's age and what you've noticed.
First appointment
Family in the room, child sets the pace. We watch, assess at their comfort, and write a plan you can take home.
Treatment
Reviews paced to the case, with the same physio across every appointment.
Funded under
Schemes that cover paediatric physio.
Common questions
Questions we get asked a lot.
My baby has a flat spot on their head and always turns one way. Is that something to look at?
Yes, and early is better. A head turn preference (torticollis) and the flat spot that often comes with it (plagiocephaly) respond well to positioning advice, tummy time progressions, and gentle neck work — usually without a helmet. We assess the neck, the head shape, and what's driving the preference, and write a home program you can do across the day. Where a helmet or paediatric review is worth considering, we'll say so.
At what age should I worry that my child isn't walking yet?
Most children walk independently between twelve and fifteen months, and some take until eighteen months without anything being wrong. We start to look more closely if a child isn't pulling to stand by twelve months or isn't walking by eighteen months, or if how they move looks asymmetrical or stiff. A single assessment will usually settle the question — sometimes the answer is genuinely "give it time".
My child toe-walks. Is that a problem?
Often not. Many young children toe-walk on and off, and most grow out of it without treatment. We look more closely when toe walking is constant, when calves are getting tight, when it's only on one side, or when it's tied to other developmental concerns. The assessment covers calf length, the way the legs load, and what else might be going on — and tells you whether stretching, footwear changes, or further review is warranted.
We're on the NDIS — how do paediatric physio sessions work here?
We see plan-managed and self-managed participants. Sessions cover gross motor, mobility, equipment trials in coordination with OT, and capacity-building work paced against your child's goals. We write progress notes and the reports your plan reviewer needs, and coordinate with the rest of the therapy team — OT, speech, the school — so the plan reads as one piece of work, not separate files.
My teenager has Sever's heel pain (or Osgood-Schlatter's). What does treatment look like?
Both are growth-plate overload injuries common in sporty kids — Sever's at the heel, Osgood-Schlatter's at the knee. Treatment is load management more than rest: dialling sport down (not out), calf and quad strength work, heel cups or taping where helpful, and a staged return to full training. Most settle across a season; the bony bump at the knee can stick around painlessly after the pain goes.
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