Children who require heart transplants have complicated medical issues. Learn how physiotherapy can help your child before and after a heart transplant.
Detailed information on the importance of physiotherapy and exercise to the rehabilitation process after neurosurgery.
Following heart surgery, your child will need to exercise to keep their lungs clear. Read how deep breathing, splinted coughing and moving will help.
Learn how physiotherapy can help your teen before and after a Nuss bar procedure.
Physiotherapy can help with pain, weakness, limited range of motion, and reduced physical ability. Learn how a physiotherapist can help your child or teenager with JIA management.
Depending on your cancer treatment, you may need to see a physiotherapist to help you recover. Find out what physiotherapy is and how a physiotherapist can help you.
Read about exercise and physiotherapy, and how they benefit pain management.
Torticollis occurs when one of the neck muscles is tighter on one side than the other. Surgery may be needed to treat torticollis if physiotherapy and stretching exercises that are done in the first year of a child’s life are not enough.
Every patient's recovery following scoliosis surgery is different. Read about what to expect following your child’s surgery including how they will be monitored immediately after the operation, during recovery and after discharge from the hospital.
Complications following scoliosis surgery can occur. Learn about the side effects of surgery, and what to look for in your recovering teen.
Find out what needs to happen in order for you to be discharged from the hospital after having scoliosis surgery, including your physical abilities.
The treatment for hand syndactyly is surgery. The surgical approach for each hand is dependent on the type of syndactyly and which fingers are involved. Learn about the surgery and how to care for your child after the procedure.
Learn how physiotherapy keep joints healthy for teens living with hemophilia.
Treatment of a duplicated thumb may involve surgery depending on the structure and function of your child’s hand. Learn about the surgery and how to care for your child after the procedure.
Here is an introduction to scoliosis surgery. Links are provided to pages that give information about what will happen before, during, and after surgery.
Discover the different types of surgery that can help lengthen or straighten a limb.
Use the information provided in this brochure to properly care for yourself at home after spinal surgery.
Discover how best to manage the emotional, social and financial impact of limb lengthening and reconstruction.
For children and teenagers with cancer of the bone or soft tissue of the arm or leg, they may need limb sparing surgery, rotationplasty or amputation. Learn about each of these types of surgeries and answers to some common questions about what to expect.
After a heart transplant, your child will need to stay in hospital for at least two to four weeks. Learn about what is involved in your child's recovery.
Find out when a hip spica cast can be removed and what care your child will need after the removal.
Cardiopulmonary physiotherapy treatment (CPT) is used to clear mucus from the airways. Learn about the benefits of CPT and the different techniques you can learn to help clear your baby’s airways.
Cardiopulmonary physiotherapy treatment (CPT) is used to clear mucus from the airways. Learn about the benefits of CPT and the different techniques you can learn to help clear your child’s airways.
Flexible flatfeet is a common condition that represents a normal foot type and does not typically need treatment. Learn more about this condition and how to manage it.
