Tailored sessions focused on each child’s individual goals
Play-based, engaging activities that make therapy fun
Hands-on therapy and personalised exercise programs
Focus on everyday participation at home, school, and in the community
Support for strength, flexibility, balance, and coordination
Collaboration with schools, daycares, and sports teams for ongoing support
Our sessions are tailored to each child’s goals and may include hands-on therapy and individualised exercise programs designed to build strength, flexibility, balance, coordination, and agility. Therapy is delivered through play-based activities and games, making sessions fun, engaging, and meaningful while supporting your child’s participation in everyday life at home, school, and in the community. We also liaise with your child’s school, daycare, or sports team to promote carryover of therapy goals and enhance your child’s participation and confidence in these environments.
Lisa, your experienced children’s physiotherapist, has a special interest in early intervention—the stage where children have the greatest opportunity for growth, learning, and positive change.
If your child’s condition isn’t listed below, please reach out. We’re always happy to discuss your child’s needs, and if Little Skippers isn’t the best fit, we’ll point you toward services that are.
Some children need extra support to reach milestones such as rolling, sitting, crawling, and walking. This is often seen in children who were born prematurely or spent time in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or Special Care Nursery.
Children with low muscle tone (hypotonia) may feel “floppy” and find it harder to move against gravity. They can also tire more easily than their peers, which may affect how they participate at school, during play, and in the community.
Kids with cerebral palsy face challenges with posture, balance, and movement and benefit from targeted exercises, while mobility or orthotic equipment may be recommended to support independence and participation.
Many genetic conditions, including Down syndrome, Prader–Willi syndrome, DiGeorge syndrome, and Williams syndrome, can affect muscle tone and movement resulting in delays in reaching motor milestones.
Balance or coordination challenges, including Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), can make everyday tasks—like running, skipping, or riding a bike—harder to master.
Children with muscular dystrophy, Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, spinal muscular atrophy, brachial plexus palsy, or spina bifida often benefit from physiotherapy through therapy and assistive technology.
For children with chronic pain or fatigue, we provide graded exercise programs and pain management strategies to help them build endurance safely and avoid the “boom–bust” pattern of overactivity and rest.
Orthopaedic and rheumatological conditions, including hypermobility and juvenile idiopathic arthritis, may result in children experiencing pain, instability, and subsequently fatigue.
Autism
Children
April is Autism Awareness Month, a time to increase understanding of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). In Australia, over 205,000 people are affected by autism. Children with ASD often face challenges with movement and motor skills, and physiotherapists play a crucial role in providing support.
Children
Did you know that the Queensland Government is supporting families to access up to $200 in FairPlay Vouchers to help cover the cost of sports and recreation activities for kids? 🎉 This is a great opportunity to support your child’s physical development and encourage an active lifestyle!
Children
Toddlers
While most children are naturally more flexible than adults, some are particularly bendy. When a child’s joints move beyond the typical range, this is called hypermobility. People with hypermobility are often casually described as “double-jointed.”