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Parents often notice their baby always turns the same way during sleep or feeding, sometimes called wry neck, twisted neck, or a "stuck-to-one-side" preference. The clinical names are torticollis (a tightness or shortening of the neck muscles) and plagiocephaly or brachycephaly (the flattening that can develop on one side or the back of the head as a result).

It's most commonly picked up in the first few months and tends to be more obvious during tummy time, in the car seat, or while feeding. Early assessment makes a real difference because babies' skulls and muscles are highly mouldable in the first year.

This covers babies and toddlers who aren't quite hitting their expected physical milestones, sometimes called gross motor delay, motor milestone delay, or global developmental delay (GDD).

You might notice your baby seems floppy or low-toned (often described as a "floppy baby" or hypotonia, with noticeable head lag), is a late walker, prefers bottom shuffling instead of crawling, or favours W-sitting. There's a wide range of normal, but if something feels off, it's worth a look. Early support can change a child's trajectory.

Sometimes called positional clubfoot, a curly foot, or a foot that "turns in", positional talipes is a common foot position concern in newborns. It usually relates to how the baby was positioned in the womb and is generally responsive to gentle handling and stretching.

It's different from true clubfoot (talipes equinovarus), which is a more structural condition usually identified at birth and managed via the Ponseti method. An assessment can quickly clarify which you're looking at.

Erb's palsy, also called neonatal brachial plexus palsy or birth-related arm weakness, affects the nerves running from the neck into the arm, usually as a result of stretch during birth. Parents typically notice one arm is held more limply, doesn't move as freely as the other, or is held against the body.

Many babies recover well with consistent, targeted exercise; some need specialist input alongside surgical follow-up.

Sometimes called a baby development check, infant development assessment, or newborn physical screening. The Baby MOT is for parents who feel something might not be quite right but aren't sure if it warrants a referral, or who simply want professional reassurance that their baby is developing well.

We'll look at movement, muscle tone, head shape, hip position and any reflexes still settling, and show you simple play-based activities to support what comes next.

Parents often describe this as growing pains, heel pain in active kids, or knee pain that flares after sport. Common clinical names include Sever's disease (calcaneal apophysitis), Osgood-Schlatter's (tibial tuberosity apophysitis), Sinding-Larsen-Johansson, and patellofemoral pain, also known as runner's knee or anterior knee pain.

We most often see these in children aged 8–14 going through growth spurts, particularly those playing a lot of running or jumping sports. If your child is limping after sport, complaining of pain in the same spot repeatedly, or avoiding activities they used to enjoy, it's worth getting it checked.

Often described as being double-jointed, bendy, or loose-jointed. Hypermobility ranges from a harmless variation to hypermobility spectrum disorder (HSD) and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS).

Children may complain of joints "popping out" or feeling unstable, tire more quickly than peers, or have repeated minor sprains. Some teens also experience symptoms of POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) or dysautonomia. A graded strength and stability programme is usually the cornerstone of management.

Parents commonly describe their child as walking on tiptoes, looking pigeon-toed, or looking duck-footed. The clinical terms cover idiopathic toe walking (equinus gait), in-toeing, which can come from femoral anteversion, internal tibial torsion, or metatarsus adductus, and out-toeing (femoral retroversion or external tibial torsion).

Most are normal variations that resolve with growth; some benefit from targeted exercises. An assessment helps tell which is which.

Persistent or paediatric chronic pain, sometimes labelled amplified musculoskeletal pain or complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), describes pain that has outlasted the original injury or that doesn't have an obvious physical cause.

The approach focuses on a gradual return to function, pacing, and giving children tools to manage flare-ups rather than chasing a quick fix. Families usually feel better just having a clear plan in place.

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), known in older texts as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, covers a group of inflammatory joint conditions starting in childhood. Children may have morning stiffness, swelling, or pain in one or more joints.

Physiotherapy works alongside the medical team to keep joints moving, build strength, and help children stay active in everyday life and sport.

Covers everything from shin splints (medial tibial stress syndrome) and iliotibial band (ITB) syndrome in young runners, to wrist pain in gymnasts, back pain in cricketers and gymnasts, and the overuse injuries that build up across a busy sports season.

Return-to-sport rehab is staged: protecting healing tissue, rebuilding strength and movement control, then progressively reintroducing the sport-specific demands. Done well, kids come back stronger and less likely to reinjure.

Parents often raise concerns about a curved spine (scoliosis), a hunched or rounded upper back (kyphosis), bow legs (genu varum), or knock knees (genu valgum). Others ask about pectus excavatum (sunken chest) or pectus carinatum (pigeon chest), forward head posture or "tech neck", flat feet (pes planus) or high arches (pes cavus).

Many of these are variations within the normal range of growth; others benefit from monitoring, exercise, or onward referral. An assessment helps you understand which it is and what's worth doing.

Whether your child is recovering from a fracture (forearm, elbow, femur, tibia), an ACL reconstruction, hip surgery for DDH or Perthes', spinal fusion for scoliosis, clubfoot follow-up after Ponseti casting, or any other orthopaedic procedure, community-phase rehab bridges the gap between the hospital team and a confident return to normal life.

We work to your surgeon's protocol, build the plan around your child's goals, and progress at a pace that suits them.