Adolescent Injuries
Kids’ Physiotherapist
Give Your Children the Physical Support They Need With Our Kids’ Physiotherapist
Besides promoting your child’s motor skills and being good for your child’s physical wellbeing, extracurricular activities support their mental health by allowing them to balance their time between their academic and sports commitments.
However, because their bodies are still developing, they’re more susceptible to injuries, and this is why our kids’ physiotherapist is here to provide the support they need.
Experience Results Orientated Care With Our Kids Physio
In our efforts to improve your child’s quality of life, besides offering various treatments for dealing with sports injuries, we also provide a level of care that condition their muscles and promotes strength for improved performance. These are some of the conditions that we offer therapy for regarding.
- Growth related injuries. These conditions include the treatment of Severs, a swelling and irritation of the growth plate in the heel that occurs in children who are going through a growth spurt or are active in sports. Another ailment that primarily affects children is Osgood Schlatter’s, which causes pain below the knee where the patellar tendon attaches to the top of the shin bone.
Lastly, a malady that occurs in children who are active in sports known as Sinding-Larson’s causes pain and swelling of the cartilage near the growth plate at the bottom of the kneecap. - Osteochondral lesions. Tears and fractures in the cartilage on the bones in joints are characteristic of this condition, where you injure the tissue that connects the thighbone to the shinbone during sports. Activities that require sudden stops and changes in direction, jumping, and landing, such as basketball and football, where you would need football physio.
- Stress and avulsion fractures. These injuries result from a repetitive injury that results in hairline fractures, often affecting the middle of the leg.
Providing Professional Children Physio
Our therapy is patient-centred, where we help your child recover from sports-related injuries. The following are some of the ways that you can expect to receive value from our practice where we offer long term solutions:
- Innovative. Our mission is to resolve your child’s pain and educate them on how to have more control of their mobility to prevent further injury. We share this body awareness based on evidence and progressive physiotherapeutic practices.
- Experienced. Our team consists of a qualified practitioner with a bachelor of physiotherapy and ACSA accreditation, so you can be sure you will receive an accurate diagnosis.
- Wide range of services. Besides offering support for athletes aged 12 to 21, we also provide general physiotherapy and treat workplace injuries.
Why Point Health & Performance
We have numerous years of experience in physiotherapy, providing care to semi-elite and elite-level athletes. In our commitment to providing ongoing care, we upload regular blogs on our website to empower you to maintain your physical wellbeing.
So, contact us for physiotherapy for kids at our clinic in Mortlake that exceeds your expectations.
Injuries we treat
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Growth related injuries such as:
Severs, Osgood Schlatter’s, Sinding-Larson’s - Osteochondral lesions (OCDs)
- Stress fractures
- Avulsion fractures
- Apophyseal injuries
- Fractures
- ACL tears
- Post operative fixations
Youth Development
We know that adolescent years are so important for kids to be participating in many different sports to support motor learning. This creates an environment where lots of new skills and movements are learnt, tried, tested, and enjoyed.
However, throughout these years, sport and exercise can get difficult. As young growing bodies are susceptible to injuries, a dense weekly sporting schedule and an even tighter funnel at the top when it comes to making professional sport. Injuries, pains and niggles are bound to happen.
Point Health & Performance takes special interest in adolescent injuries and youth development. Our experience in managing male and female athletes aged 12-21 is second to none, with over 8 years’ experience specialising in this age group at the semi elite, and elite levels.
