Safe manual handling techniques are essential to minimise the risk of injury and encourage personal independence where possible. We offer manual handing training and consultancy services throughout Scotland in a variety of fully equipped training venues, organisations and directly in your home.
Bespoke training is tailored to meet the needs of your child and family. Our courses are designed to meet the Scottish Manual Handling Passport Scheme standards, and are delivered to the highest standards required by legislation, achieving best practice within Education, Health and Social Care sectors. Foundation and refresher courses available…
Want to know more about what we offer? Needing a Risk assessment? Not sure which sling to use? Get in touch now.
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Paediatric Physiotherapy Seminars
Call us to discuss your organisation’s staff training requirements. Bespoke training packages delivered to the Third Sector include:
- Cerebral Palsy Awareness
- Facilitating normal movement in neurological conditions
- Manual Handling courses
- 24 hour Postural Management
- Strength training in Neurodisability
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24 Hour Postural Management & Adaptive Equipment Provision
Take the guess work out of providing for your child’s evolving positional needs.
We can assist you to make the right decisions on purchasing equipment for your child.
Whether your child has outgrown their standing frame, needs a sleep system assessment, a walking aid, adaptive trike or positional equipment do not hesitate to book a consultation today.
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Hippotheraphy and Equine Assisted Therapy
Available throughout Scotland ..
Quite simply put, hippotherapy is physiotherapy on a horse.
It can help move and challenge the body’s balance and stability reactions, improve your child’s postural control and strengthen core muscles without them even realising it, in a fun-filled session!
Let the horses’ transitions from walk, trot and halt engage muscles throughout the body in a rhythm that mimics our own walking pattern. Hippotherapy uses the characteristic movements of a horse to provide carefully graded motor and sensory input.
We assess the conformation of a horse and the way the horse moves going forward, then match it to the postural and strengthening needs of the young person.
The physiotherapy benefits brought about by this, paired with experiencing a connection with the horse is a fantastic movement opportunity for our young people. They do require adequate sitting balance and a love for animals!
“My son is a wheelchair user and as a result of his condition in the last 2-3 years he has been experiencing significant difficulties with muscle tone and tightness in his legs. This impacts on his core stability, movement and results in debilitating back pain. Post therapy he is stronger in his core, his back pain has lessened and he can now use his upper body to do things he was unable to previously do” Morven Howell, Ayrshire.
For more information on the benefits of Hippotherapy contact your local provider, all registered through the ACPEA:
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