Paediatric Service

Childrens' inpatient treatment focuses on:

• Chest physiotherapy - assisting children to clear secretions from their lungs and improve their exercise tolerance
• Orthopaedics - educating children in the use if crutches or other aids following broken bones or surgery
• Neurological/Neurodevelopmental: assessment and treatment with developmental delay and other disorders provide education to children/parents on exercises and optimising function/development.
• Hydrotherapy - moving and exercising in water to treat musculoskeletal, neurological, rheumatological and orthopaedic conditions

Childrens’ outpatient treatment focuses on:

• Musculoskeletal – assessment and treatment of a wide range of disorders causing joint or muscular pain. Including fractures, strains and sprains.
• Neurological/neurodevelopment – assessment and treatment of children with development delay and other disorders such as dyspraxia ans development co-ordination disorder. Some children may then be referred on for physiotherapy treatment in a community service.
• Hydrotherapy – moving and exercising in water to treat musculosketal, neurological, rheumatological and orthopaedic conditions

Access to the service:

Children are referred by Paediatric consultants as inpatients or outpatients

Additional services:

We often refer patients to the community physiotherapy service for follow-up in care.

Recommended Resources:

• https://www.iscp.ie/