Physiotherapy Blog

I'm often asked by new parents how much tummy time do I need to do with my infant? A recent study from Zhang et al, 2022 (European Journal of Pediatrics) gives us some answers to those questions. Parents kept a journal of the time spent in tummy time at 2 months, 4 months and 6 months. Tummy times were measured in bouts of 5 minutes and total times / day were calculated. This time was compared to overall development on the Ages and Stages questionnaire, a developmental paren

A recent article in Developmental Neurorehabilitation, by HS Park et al, 2024 talks about the relationship between torticollis and the early motor milestones of lying and rolling. Torticollis is defined as a persistent tilt of the head to one side and a turning of the head to the other side. The head tilt to one side, significantly impacts the infants ability to lift their head sideways to the other side. This is exactly what your infant needs to do when rolling over their ar