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28/04/2026

Some of the non-billable things that fill my day....

Working with kids and people with disabilities isn't the same as most physiotherapy work.

We need to work out what's going on in the body, muscles, sensory or nervous system that is making completing the goal challenging....

Come up with the right exercises to target that.... But we often can't just explain why the exercises will work and prescribe them. Or supervise practice while typing up our notes....

We need to work out how to explain, practice and monitor outcomes when working with someone who may not be able to communicate any questions, discomfort or issues easily. Or who may not be able to understand, or gets overwhelmed by the instructions.

We need to motivate and engage kids and so make it lay based, distract from the challenge or discomfort and maintain control of the game to actually get the exercise done.

We need to come up with a reason to do squats, or sit up straight or crawl that overcomes that difficulty.

We need to keep it varied and unique and fun.

I spend a lot of time in trial and error to work out a new way to activate muscles or encourage control of movement.

This is research and development in action. Treatment complexity reduces our time (and brain space) to fill our whole days with back to back appointments.
This is not time I can bill to NDIS, or a family, but taking this time allows us to improve quality of life and enjoyment for the young people we see who sometimes miss out on so much of the fun of life.

21/04/2026

Lycra compression - great for regulation, building body awareness and working core or arm strength with different activities.

We have found that a lot of our kids want a lot of compression, and some are quite small. So the standard Body Socks and Tunnels are a bit too roomy.
We now stock a custom sized XS sock and tunnel.

Pictured is the regular medium (blue), small (red) and our custom xs (yellow) body socks. And the standard 3m X 80cm (purple) tunnel next out our custom 2 metre X 50cm version to make use at home a bit easier.

01/04/2026

We unfortunately have to let our friends, families and colleagues know that Chilli's life of adventure and excess has finally caught up with him and to ensure that he finished while still comfortable and happy he did cross the rainbow bridge last week.

As the original therapy dog, there is a huge Chilli sized hole in our hearts. But we are comforted knowing he was living life up until the end.

If children ask where Chilli is, we will default to explaining that he has retired and isn't in the office anymore.

Thanks for all the cuddles, pats and sneaky treats Chilli has received over the years! He loved coming to work and getting to be part of making therapy fun for so many people.

12/02/2026

Do you know this bear?
He looks much loved and was found in our forest room.

If you are searching for teddy we have him! Give us a call and we can tee up a time to be available for you to come and grab Ted

06/12/2025

Another Children's Christmas Party Townsville done for the year.
4 hours of calming, squishing, playing and being a safe space for kids who might get a bit overwhelmed by the noise and colours in the main party hall.

Always a fun time, but man am I tired now!

09/11/2025

Hi followers.
Our phones seem to be not ringing today and getting into voice mail is a challenge.
If you are trying to get in touch please send a text message or call your therapist directly (direct numbers are in our reminder message and email signatures).

Cheers
Lucy!

04/11/2025

Lucy is in Brisbane this week at the Rehab for kids conference. This is a multidisciplinary conference with a focus on both acute and longer term support for kids. What's great is that we don't just have physios, but a chance to hear from and talk to professionals of various disciplines. Multidisciplinary understanding and collaboration is so important to support our kids and families in the best way possible.

So far today there have been very interesting discussions about mental health support; Cerebral Visual Impairments; families journeys through the acute, medical system into community supports; participation in sports.

29/10/2025

A slightly late New Toy Tuesday...

The GoBalance board. Designed to be used standing up, we can adjust for various skill levels or goals and use it sitting, with arms getting the work out or standing to help kids learn about balance, work out core muscles and build stability while having fun.

28/10/2025

If your child is aged 0-4 and you haven't already requested an invitation to this year's special children's Christmas party get in touch!

We will be there with our quiet corner / sensory space to be a bit of a break from the busy, loud party area to help kids be able to stay longer at the party by having breaks whenever they need.

24/10/2025

Working with a lovely young man today on being able to identify and report his feelings (especially pain, pressure or something being wrong) inside.

The hard balance between trying to reduce fear and anxiety around pain that makes us notice it way way more. But not making him think he needs to under report or ignore something if it isn't doesn't feel right is tough. Especially if you may also not really have the interception to be able to identify these feelings yourself.

So today, we absolutely avoided any movement, work or focus around a hip that has had multiple surgeries, a lot of reassurance medically that everything was healing well and looking normal... And then a sudden break and another surgery! And focused on exploring interception in other areas. The way foods, or pressure, or movement can change the feelings or automatic reactions (like saliva over production) in your mouth.

Or how different textures or vibration can make your hands feel dirty, or tingly, or wet.... Even if they aren't actually wet or you've stopped holding the buzzer.

Plus a bit of crazy car crashing action to select each mystery activity to give control to an understandable nervous-about-physio dude who has absolutely been through the ringer!

21/10/2025

Today's toy is HyperDash. The handle will call out a colour (or from level 3, a number or a mix of numbers or colours) and you need to find and press down on the correct target.

Another great toy where the physical dexterity required is relatively low, but a wide range of ages can enjoy the game.

I've used this...
-- Hand over hand for kids who are working on seated reaching, but might need help with accuracy or to keep a grip on the handle.

-- Laying on a scooter board, on hands and knees or over a roll to work on upper limb strength and core endurance.

-- With targets scattered around the room, and obstacles to navigate to work on motor planning, visual scanning and dual tasking.

-- Up and down stairs to work on balance and strength.

-- Sitting on a wedge or donut to work on sitting posture, trunk strength and control, crossing the midline or reaching out of base of support.

-- With targets spread out like a shuttle run to work on endurance, running stops, starts and turns.

01/10/2025

Wednesday night team dinner and Professional Development. Learning together and enjoying some delicious Vietnamese. . . And fending dogs off from our delicious Vietnamese.

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Shop 7, 141 Ingham Road, West End
Townsville, QLD
4810

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+61498272556

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http://www.moveandgrowphysio.com.au/

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