FNQ Kidz Physiotherapy

21/10/2025

The Invitation: Aim for Human, Not Perfect 💜 There’s something I’ve noticed over the years about therapists…

We hold the bar really, really high for ourselves.
🔹 We pressure ourselves to know it all.
🔹 We expect ourselves to always do it right.
🔹 We carry the weight of showing up in a particular way—flawless, steady, in control.

But here’s the reality—we’re human.

And life happens.

Some days, we’re more tender. More raw. More exhausted. Our inner critic speaks a little louder. Our self-doubt sneaks in a little more.

And on those days, that impossible bar we set for ourselves becomes even heavier.

Can We Give Ourselves Permission to Be Human?

What if, instead of holding ourselves to an unachievable standard, we lowered the bar—not in a way that dismisses our accountability, but in a way that honors our humanness?

🌿 What if it’s okay to show up with a little less energy?
🌿 What if it’s okay to not have all the answers?
🌿 What if it’s okay to be fully ourselves, as we are, in any given moment?

Modeling Self-Compassion for Our Clients

Here’s the other beautiful truth—our clients struggle with this, too.

They also set impossible standards for themselves. They also believe they have to be more, do more, or know more in order to be “enough.”

And when they sit across from a therapist who is allowing themselves to be fully human—not performing perfection, but embracing their own imperfections—it gives them permission to do the same.

✨ Our willingness to be real teaches them that real is enough. ✨

The Invitation: Let’s Aim for Human, Not Perfect

So next time you hear yourself thinking, I should be more like this… I should know more… I should do this better…—pause.

💡 Can you weave in a little more grace?
💡 Can you soften the expectation just a little?
💡 Can you give yourself permission to show up as you are, rather than who you think you should be?

Because in the end, perfection isn’t what connects us.

Our humanness is.

Much love on the journey 💜

Lisa

21/10/2025

Bingo Evo Stroller - Size 1 (suit 1-5 years old)
$500 (RRP: upwards of $6000)

Removable seat can be attached to high-low base. Foward or rear facing.

Removable covers (can be replaced with different colour)

With pommel, lateral supports and vehicle tie downs - plenty of room for growth.
Can bill to NDIS and assist with adjustment, fitting if required.
Located in Woree.

15/10/2025

For Sale: Hoggi Flux Walker with Seat - Size 3
$600 (RRP: $4000) Purchased for Clinic Use, near new condition.

Universal Grips (Grip Height 62 - 94cm)
Suit child/teen 100cm - 160cm
Can be billed to NDIS directly with recommendation from therapist. Can also assost with trial and recommendation of suitable.

Located in Woree

06/08/2025

Orthotics come in all shapes and sizes, can be used on various parts of the body, and can provide fantastic …

23/07/2025

Size 1 Hoggi Bingo Evo Mobility/Seating System
Selling only to recoup personal cost of repair and storage: $600 (RRP: $6,980+ depending on configuration.)

https://www.stepaheadpaediatrics.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Bingo-Script-Form-20190701-Unpriced.pdf

Can assist with fitting and adjustment on purchase.

- Forward and rear facing removable seat
- Lateral torso, thigh and head supports included
- Removable Covers (can be purchased in other colours.

Would benefit child waiting for prescription approval for complex stroller seating system through NDIS.

Location Cairns. Can be delivered to Mareeba/Innisfail.

13/06/2025

I don’t ask for much, but if you can get behind this for the sake of children in FNQ…

Stand Up for Disability Support: Stop the NDIS Cuts

13/06/2025

Stand up for disability care! SARRAH urges the Australian Government to reject harmful proposed pricing changes. Read more at the link below

https://sarrah.au/NDIS

11/06/2025

What impact will the new NDIS recommendations mean for providers and participants?

First off, are we as a profession, less valued than other allied health providers? Further, paediatrics is a specialised scope of practice requiring extensive additional training to do the job WELL.

CHILDREN ARE NOT JUST “SMALL ADULTS”. If experienced paediatric clinicians leave the NDIS, children with complex and potentially life threatening conditions will be left in the hands of new grads with little to no paediatric experience.

Children who are culturally and/or socioeconomically disadvantaged WILL DIE without access to experienced clinicians. Thats not a “maybe”.. that is a FACT.

Put simply - with 10 years experience as a complex paediatric physio, with not one, but two degrees.. my current annual profit is substantially less than my first year out of uni as a new grad.

To make it feasible to continue to deliver services, particularly in areas like Cairns, you can expect to see the following:

1. Outreach clinics will no longer be sustainable due to 50% cut in provider travel time.

- Children who do not live in a major city or town will lose the very few paediatric physios currently servicing the area. Unfortunately I’ve witnessed the catastrophic impact on a childs health and function as a result of services being delivered by physios who primarily work with adults. Paediatric physiotherapy is a unique and specialised field of practice, requiring substantial additional training and experience due to the unique needs of children. This is especially important when it comes to diagnosics, implementing early critical preventative measures and predicting future needs for children who will be undergoing surgery, are at risk of losing function and those with progressive, life limiting conditions.

- These outreach services are substantially more expensive to deliver due to higher insurance premiums (based on annual use >20,000km), additional venue hire, vehicle wear and tear, etc.

- It also limits capacity to accept clients in Cairns to offset the loss, as whole days are committed to servicing these smaller communities.

2. Less flexibility to deliver the most suitable, effective physiotherapy services with respect to modality, location, child safety etc.

- Limited scope to chose a venue based on the needs of the child, as it will no longer be feasible to block of provider travel to suitable venues further from the office. This will be due to the need to use that time to accept new clients.

- Less choice and flexibility for parents to choose a time that suits their needs, as dedicated blocks of time will be dedicated to seeing multiple children at one venue on an allocated day and time.

- Children and families who experience socioeconomic disadvantage will face FURTHER difficulties accessing services, as it will no longer be feasible or sustainable to accept a larger proportion of clients with complex extenuating circumstances affecting their capacity to travel to/from appointments. I strongly believe ALL children deserve access to appropriate support from an experienced clinician, regardless of socioeconomic status, family structure, cultural diversity or rural/remote location.

3. Providers will be required to increase the number of participants accessing the service, reducing the amount of time available to tend to the needs of children with complex needs in a timely manner.

- YOU think waiting 4 months for a wheelchair to be approved, 3 months for it to be delivered is bad? Wait until I can no longer dedicate my weekend to completing 25 page AT forms.

- Greater reluctance to accept complex cases (my favourite) due to the amount of additional (and often probono) time that goes into doing the BEST JOB POSSIBLE to get them the critical supports they need. Doing “bare minimum” is not who I am, and it is never who I will be. There is a lot of sacrifice to keep true to those values, but there is nothing left to scarifice at this point, except the roof over my head.

Shane Knuth MP Bob Katter Anthony Albanese Michael Healy MP Terry James Amanda Camm MP Mark Butler MP Jenny McAllister Emma McBride MP Rebecca White

11/06/2025

https://australian.physio/media/third-physiotherapists-consider-exiting-ndis-due-untenable-pricing

Australian Physiotherapy Association is the peak body representing the interests of 30,000+ physiotherapists & their patients. See PD, resources & advocacy.

07/03/2025

I am so pleased to announce the FNQ Kidz Physiotherapy ECI office is now OPEN with thanks to the wonderful team at Cairns Occupational Therapy! Located inside Cairns OT, I also have the privilege of sharing the premises with the incredible play therapist Kirsty who has recently opened Sunflower Lane Therapy. ❤️

14/02/2025

Welcome to Cairns Linds Rehabilitation Equipment! I am looking forward to working with you to find the best wheelchairs for a number of “my” children here, in Innisfail and in Mareeba.

Thank you for a wonderful opening event; the professional development presentation was exceptional, as was the food - Odie gave it 5 stars. He loves and appreciates his 7 or so free bouncy balls; “solid pay for a solid days hardgraft being a profession good boy” he says.

08/02/2025

FOOD FOR THOUGHT:

Say the NDIS paid $10k+ for complex needs equipment.. it’s used for a year .. often used rarely and is in excellent condition. In my work, the child has outgrown it

How about instead of selling it secondhand and pocketing the cash - because let’s face it, you didn’t pay for it in the first place; maybe you could give it (aka donate it) to someone who really needs it urgently and doesn’t have the time to wait for NDIS to approve a brand new one.

All this outrage at NDIS slashing budgets because it’s not currently sustainable: before the NDIS, funding was given to purchase the equipment and then it went back into a warehouse for reissue. Often in brand new condition. Which meant a child could have essential equipment within days of making one phone call.. and FOR FREE!

So.. when a piece of 10k+ equipment is being sold in brand new condition secondhand on market place, but the NDIS paid for it originally - it didn’t come from the sellers pocket (and the resell funds are not going back into the NDIS).. Maybe this is why the NDIS is slashing budgets to try to make it sustainable..

So kids are missing out because someone wants to sell something they got for free and pocket the cash.

Can you see where I am going with this? Do you know how many very unwell and desperate children I could assist if people just donated the equipment instead of demanding thousands of dollars for something they didn’t pay for? Or worse, 12k standing frames ending up in hard rubbish?

Jus’ sayin.

Bill Shorten Anthony Albanese