MightyKids Rehab

19/12/2025

Join Our Hydrotherapy Team! 🌊

MightyKids Rehab is looking for a Poolside Volunteer to support our hydrotherapy programme at the Wilson Centre. This rewarding role runs on Monday, Wednesday, or Friday afternoons.

What you’ll do:
• Be on hand poolside to provide assistance.
• Welcome and read with families, creating a warm and friendly environment.

If you’re passionate about helping children and families, we’d love to hear from you!

📧 Please email us at admin@mightykidsrehab.co.nz to express your interest.

27/08/2025

Some lovely feedback about our service. We look forward to keeping up the great work!

From tantrums to tummy aches, these pediatric clinics in Auckland are sure to win kids over. See our insights into why families LOVE them!

16/03/2025

Season two of The Cerebral Palsy Podcast is now available! Click the links below to listen to our very own Dr Jimmy Chong, as well as insights from other amazing people in the CP community.

https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/dr-jimmy-chong/id1753187375?i=1000699068900

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1azGmZIqfHeDVCjyQYL7PA?si=W9x17pp3QUqWjx5NSLlWGQ

Podcast · rova | Original · The Cerebral Palsy Podcast is a voice for the cerebral palsy community. Hear the inspiring stories, challenges and triumphs of NZ's people living with Cerebral Palsy. Hosted by broadcaster Kris Edwards who has CP.

12/01/2025

Some good news to kick us off in 2025! Starting 20th February, running for 6 weeks through to 27th March - thanks to funding from the Cerebral Palsy Society of New Zealand, we are now offering an additional session for STEPS on a Thursday morning, based with our friends at Spectroom PLAY ZONE.

STEPS sessions are designed to deliver therapy in a fun and engaging way, promoting development across all areas. These sessions provide an opportunity to connect with other families and children facing similar challenges, while benefiting from the expertise of highly experienced therapists in a small group setting.

STEPS offers a chance to boost the direct therapy input your child receives by complementing the health services they already access. We can support your child’s existing therapy goals and are happy to collaborate with any other professionals involved in their care.

Limited spaces available for the funded sessions. Cost is $20 per session to cover the venue use.

For more information and to register: https://tinyurl.com/2s3nj44u

02/11/2024

Here are the faces behind the magic of the MightyKids hydrotherapy programme. There's Shelly, our amazing team admin support whom many of you would have spoken to and of course Corinne & Lynette who are in the pool with the kids. A thank you goes out to our fantastic group of volunteers, medical and physiotherapy students, as well as the support of the Cerebral Palsy Society of New Zealand and Wilson Home Trust. Looking forward to welcoming a couple of new additions to the group for 2025!

16/10/2024

Beginning in November 2024: We're excited to launch a new programme of integrated therapy for preschool children (1-5 years) living with physical disabilities, named STEPS - Specialised Therapy Enriched Play Sessions.

These weekly sessions run from 10am-12pm on a Monday or Friday and will be held at Spectroom - NZ's Disabilities PLAY ZONE, led by a physiotherapist and speech language therapist providing high quality learning experiences for children, personalised to their physical and communication needs.

For a limited time, a discounted rate applies. In addition, families who are current financial members can use the CP society getPhysical e-card system to further subside the costs. More details and a link to register is available at

05/09/2024

Limited sessions are still available for our new term based programme beginning in October 2024.

- Or why not try our school holiday hydrotherapy week? Ideal for those would like an extra boost with multiple sessions across the week.

- **NEW: sensory friendly timeslots now available for children who are building their confidence in the water and need dedicated pool space.

For those new to hydrotherapy, we are able to offer a free introductory session with our physiotherapist to talk through benefits and how sessions can be best tailored to your child or young person's goals.

To find out more, please contact support@mightykidsrehab.co.nz. Registration is through the link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZbjII0_e7HJNLIzutTP5JKBfQ5MsSWCtWPIjm5oWYF22m7g/viewform

20/07/2024

Hydrotherapy at the Wilson Centre – Monday/Wednesday/Friday afternoons

The team at MightyKids Rehab (MKR) are excited to be able to partner with the Wilson Home Trust (WHT) in delivering a community hydrotherapy programme developed for
children and young people living with physical disabilities.
MightyKids Rehab is a community-based service dedicated to providing specialist level care for individuals with physical needs to maximise their potential.
This is offering an 8-week term-based programme that utilises goal setting and outcome-based tools, with 1:1 physiotherapist led sessions held at the Wilson Centre during weekday
afternoons.

Families can register directly at https://www.mightykidsrehab.co.nz/services.

A letter of support is required from the child’s therapist or doctor outlining aims and potential benefits sought through hydrotherapy.
Grant funding may be sought through the Wilson Home Trust and families may also wish to use their Cerebral Palsy Society of New Zealand getPhysical e-card towards this.

04/03/2024

Do you have experience or know someone who been an inpatient at the Wilson Centre following injury or illness affecting the brain, spinal cord or nerves? A team of researchers from the National Child Rehabilitation Service, Auckland University of Technology and Iwi United would like to hear what you think are the most important priorities for future research at the Wilson Centre. Please share with your contacts and community. A link to the survey can be found through https://redcap.aut.ac.nz/surveys/?s=NWECJ3XDNPFKCNYH.
Thank you for supporting this important project.

09/12/2023

We are keen to support this new research initiative that seeks to share the voices and stories of families who have gone through a procedure, known as Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy for children with CP. https://youtu.be/bR2OFnNK7eI?feature=shared
If you or someone you know has experience with this, please encourage them to reach out to the research team and be involved.

06/11/2023

Great to see that there was a dedicated Paediatric session at the New Zealand Orthopaedic Association meeting in Nelson the weekend that has just past. Our own Dr Jimmy Chong was an invited guest speaker and shared about "Challenges in the assessment and management of hypertonia in cerebral palsy" - explaining ultrasound and botulinum toxin injecting techniques, as well as the use of different medical treatment options.