By Adrienne Dickson- Senior Physiotherapist What is Muscle tone? Muscle tone is the resting state of tension in a muscle and relates to how quickly and easily the muscle contracts. Muscle tone allows us to hold ourselves upright and control our movements. It is a spectrum and be can be considered lower or higher depending…
“Don’t try to rush progress. Remember — a step forward, no matter how small, is a step in the right direction. Keep believing.” — Kara Goucher. At Therabees, we strive to celebrate all of our wins, all of your wins and all of your child’s wins. This helps to foster a positive environment and keep…
Each and every day is a new adventure. Here at TheraBees, we are lucky enough to have the opportunity to work both in both the community and clinic environments. It’s a great opportunity to discover what style of work suits you most as a therapist. At TheraBees, we have autonomy over our timetable. This means…
What is involved and would your child benefit from it? You may have heard about Intensive Therapy or Therasuit before, but don’t know much about it. In short, it is a lot of Physiotherapy in a short space of time. In recent years there has been more and more evidence coming out showing how intensive…
Which Type Of Therapy Would Best Suit Your Child? Parents are often unsure which type of therapy is most suitable for their child, land based or water based therapy? In some cases both water based and land based therapy can be beneficial for the child and achieve the same goals, but in other cases one…
How to successfully toilet train your child Where To Start? Assisting their children with toileting is one goal that many parents have for their children. The transition from nappies and pull-ups to using the toilet successfully is a process that usually occurs for children around the ages of two to four (however remembering that children…
February 23, 2018
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Toe Walking! Many people will tell you that your child’s toe walking is habitual and they’ll grow out of it, but this is often not the case. Only a few actually are toe walking out of habit, more often than not it’s due to an underlying cause. Both Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy can work towards…
What are Primitive Reflexes? Primitive reflexes develop in a growing baby whilst in the womb. We are all born with primitive reflexes. Reflexes in any sense are an involuntary movement caused by the brain being evoked from a stimulus, think of the knee jerk caused from a doctor hitting your knee with a reflex hammer….