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Infants with Torticollis and Delayed Rolling - Physiotherapy can help
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

Dr. Janet Hale
May 233 min read
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Enriched Play for Infants - Helping them Learn
I have just read an article by Deng et al., 2025 (Pediatric Physical Therapy) which discusses the key elements involved in helping infants to learn. The authors mention that enriched play at home involves stimulating numerous systems during playtime, such as vision, hearing, touch, pressure, movement, as well as social and cognitive skills. Enriched play at home should be new to the infant, stimulating and motivating, so that the infant is engaged and active in the activity t

Dr. Janet Hale
May 192 min read
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Updates in Pediatric Physiotherapy - Torticollis Infant Exercises - 2024
Hi everyone! I'm just back from the Annual American Pediatric Physical Therapy conference in Rhode Island. They've updated what physiotherapists should be doing with infants with torticollis and plagiocephaly (head flattening) - torticollis infant exercises - including making sure we educate new and expectant parents on the importance of supervised tummy time 2-3x /day, making sure your infant has full movements throughout the body and prevent only using one side of the body

Dr. Janet Hale
Nov 25, 20242 min read
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Tips from PACE Physio, Physiotherapy for Infants - Why is rolling in infancy important?
Tips from PACE Physio, Physiotherapy for Infants - Why is rolling in infancy important?

Dr. Janet Hale
Feb 22, 20212 min read
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