About our service / Meet the team – Warrington Children’s Physiotherapy – Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Paediatric Physiotherapists use their specialist skill set and expertise around child development and childhood disabilities to manage and care for children and young people from birth to 16/19 years of age (APCP, 2021).

The Community Children’s Physiotherapy Team supports children, young people and their families with development and physical needs presenting from neurological, developmental, orthopaedic and specific respiratory conditions.

Our service focuses on maximising a child or young person’s physical abilities in their everyday activities, within their home environment, in educational settings and within the community.

Our service aims to:

Help a child/young person achieve maximal gross motor potential by providing specialist physiotherapy assessment, treatment and advice.
Provide assessment and support to parents of children who present with normal variants in the development of walking.
Provide assessment, treatment and advice for children presenting with general developmental delay with/without pathology where it impacts on their gross motor development.
Provide pre and post-surgery management and rehabilitation for children and young people.
Provide assessment and advice on respiratory conditions.
Provide specialist assessment of equipment for mobility and posture.
Work as part of the multidisciplinary team for a holistic approach.
The Physiotherapy service will contribute to Education, Health and Care plans and reviews for children and young people.