Cayman: New physiotherapy services for children and adults
From Chatterbox
Freya Dingemans B.Sc. MCSP Physiotherapist
Services available for adults:
- Prevention and education advice for families and the community on how to lead a healthy lifestyle
- Postural assessments and exercises to help improve posture
- Assessments and provision of exercise programmes for sporting injuries
- Advice and treatment to help correct muscle imbalances
- Soft tissue release
- Trauma and orthopaedic support following surgery and assistance on using equipment such as walking aids
- Gait re-education
- Individualised, tailored physiotherapy programmes to help the individual meet their goals
- Spinal and peripheral joint assessments
- Advice on adjuncts to physiotherapy such as cryotherapy
- Refer patients to other members of the medical community as necessary
- Fitness classes: individual and group sessions
Services available for children:
- Early years: Help and advice regarding positioning, tummy time, flat feet, in toeing gait and activity levels
- 5-18 years old: Advice on the recommended activity levels, growing pains, peripheral joint pain, sporting injuries, hypermobility, back pain, postural assessments, individualised exercise programmes, anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rehabilitation and return to sport, prevention advice and exercises, education, individual and group exercise classes
- Free education sessions (see below) for the community, which can be arranged to be given at firms, schools and places of work. Call our reception to book or enquire about any of our sessions.
Topic | Date | Time | Location |
How much exercise should I really be doing? | 3rd October 2019 | 5pm | Chatterbox and schools (Schools date will differ as arranged with individual schools) |
What can Chatterbox do for you? | 24th October 2019 | 5pm | Chatterbox |
Baby walkers – are they necessary? | 14th November 2019 | 5pm | Chatterbox |
My child is too flexible-what do I need to do? | 5th December 2019 | 5pm | Chatterbox |
Active children-common overuse injuries | 16th January 2020 | 5pm | Chatterbox |
Tummy time – Why, when and how? | 30th January 2020 | 5pm | Chatterbox |
Developmental milestones for children | 20th February 2020 | 5pm | Chatterbox |
My child has flat feet! What do I do? | 12th March 2020 | 5pm | Chatterbox |
Common paediatric knee conditions | 2nd April 2020 | 5pm | Chatterbox |
What are the actual benefits of exercise? | 23rd April 2020 | 5pm | Chatterbox |
What is a physiotherapist and what can they help me with? | 7th May 2020 | 5pm | Chatterbox |
Physiotherapy as a career | Schools (date arranged with individual schools) | ||
How should we be walking? | 21st May 2020 | 5pm | Chatterbox |
We are here to help!
www.chatterboxcayman.com