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Physiotherapy and heart transplant

Children who require heart transplants have complicated medical issues. Learn how physiotherapy can help your child before and after a heart transplant.

Physiotherapy after heart surgery

Following heart surgery, your child will need to exercise to keep their lungs clear. Read how deep breathing, splinted coughing and moving will help.

Exercise and physiotherapy for pain management

Read about exercise and physiotherapy, and how they benefit pain management.

Nuss bar procedure: Physiotherapy and pain management

Learn how physiotherapy can help your teen before and after a Nuss bar procedure.

After the heart transplant operation

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.

Complications to watch for after scoliosis surgery

Complications following scoliosis surgery can occur. Learn about the side effects of surgery, and what to look for in your recovering teen.

Surgical correction of congenital heart defects

Learn about open-heart, closed-heart, and minimally invasive heart surgery.

Physiotherapy after neurosurgery

Detailed information on the importance of physiotherapy and exercise to the rehabilitation process after neurosurgery.

After heart surgery: Caring for your child

Children need extra care and attention after heart surgery. Read about care after heart surgery including diet, pain management and school.

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS)

Learn about hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). This condition involves the left side of the heart being underdeveloped, and is extremely serious.

How respiratory therapists help children with congenital heart conditions

A respiratory therapist (RT) is a health professional specially trained to help patients with breathing disorders. An RT will help care for your child after heart surgery.

Heart transplants

A heart transplant is surgery that replaces a heart that is not working properly with a healthy donor heart. Learn about heart transplants for children.

Pre-operative visit for heart surgery

Before your child has heart surgery, you will need to come in for a pre-operative visit. The team will assess your child's health and answer any questions you have about the operation.

Types of heart conditions

Learn about the types of heart conditions that arise in children. Congenital heart defects and heart rhythm problems are among the conditions discussed.

Ongoing care after heart surgery

Learn about ongoing care for children with congenital heart disease. Frequency of evaluation, adult care, and non-cardiac surgery are discussed.

Physiotherapy and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)

The cancer care team: Physiotherapist

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.

Physiotherapy for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)

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.

At home after heart surgery

Learn what to expect in the weeks and months after a child's heart surgery and how you can help your child to go back to a normal life.

Torticollis surgery

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.

Rehabilitation therapists for children with heart disease

Physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and speech-language pathologists are health care professionals who can help children with heart conditions recover after surgery.

After idiopathic scoliosis surgery

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.

Congenital heart conditions: After heart surgery

Read about post-surgery recovery. How long a child spends recovering depends on the severity of the condition he's being treated for, among other factors.

Atrial septal defect (ASD) and ventricular septal defect (VSD) repair

Read about the procedure to close an atrial or ventricular septal defect with open-heart surgery.

Life support during heart surgery

During heart surgery, your child will likely be supported by mechanical ventilation, cardiopulmonary bypass, extracorporeal life support, hemoconcentration, circulatory arrest, or selective cerebral perfusion.