The Paediatric Physiotherapy Team sits within the wider Children’s Integrated Community Health Services and is and is based at Callaghan House in Heywood. We provide a specialist service to children and young people up to the age of 16 years, or 19 years if they have special educational needs or disability and are in full time education.
They need to be registered with a doctor in Heywood, Middleton or Rochdale.
We provide rehabilitation, self-management support and treatment for a wide variety of conditions and disabilities which impact on physical functions such as mobility, muscle strength, range of movement and balance.
Conditions may include:
- Neurodisability e.g. Cerebral palsy or head injury
- Musculoskeletal or orthopaedic conditions e.g. rehabilitation after a broken bone
- Developmental delay
- Neuromuscular conditions e.g. muscular dystrophies
We also support parents and carers
We aim to reduce the impact of physical impairments on a child’s growth, development and social interaction. In addition, we facilitate independence and quality of life through high quality physiotherapy assessment, treatment, and advice. Physiotherapy care is specific to the needs of each child or young person and their family and encourages them to be as independent as possible.
Who can we help?
- Children who have had an accident or injury
- Children with joint or muscle pain
- Children with physical problems which cause difficulty with movement
- Children with delayed development
Physiotherapy may include the following:
- Assessment and treatment of a child or young person's postural, physical and mobility skills
- Home and school therapy programmes
- Postural management programmes
- Advice, education and support for parents, carers and schools
- Supporting a child to reach their developmental milestones such as crawling and walking
- Providing mobility and postural equipment
- Formal reports on children's and young people's physical mobility, as required
- Working in partnership with other professionals and agencies, including parents and carers, to ensure a fully joined up approach to a child’s care
- Signposting and referral to other services such as the eye service orthopaedics, child development team and charitable organisations such as Barnardo's
Our neuromuscular specialists also provide:
- Community based care for children with a neuromuscular condition
- Respiratory care and development of chest management programmes, to help avoid a hospital admission
- Physical, emotional and social support to help the child to manage their condition, to co-ordinate their care and support the move from children to adult’s services.
How often do I need to see a physiotherapist?
Depending on the findings from your initial assessment, some children will require advice only; others may have a course of treatment over a few weeks, others may need to be seen over a longer period.
We pride ourselves in providing expert education, treatment and advice to our patients and families, so they can achieve self management of their condition in the community whenever possible
Where do we work?
- Our clinic spaces
- Nurseries and playgroups
- Special Schools
- Mainstream school
- Your home
Please ensure your child is suitably dressed for appointments or brings a change of clothes that allows us to see and assess the body area required.
If you need to change or cancel your appointments please contact us with as much notice as possible.
Contact us
Callaghan House
Cross Street, Off Green Lane
Heywood
OL10 2DY
Telephone: 0161 206 0606
Children’s Integrated Community Health Service, Paediatric Physiotherapy, Callaghan House, Cross Street, Heywood
Request for help (referral) accepted via letter or through the getting help portal:
https://hmrchildrenshealthportal.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/
Referrals accepted from:
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GP
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Health professional
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Social care professional
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Self referral
Consent
Your consent is required prior to assessment or treatment of your child. You have the right to withdraw your child from therapy intervention at any stage.
The Chartered Society of Physiotherapists
Information for parents | Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists (csp.org.uk)
Pathways.org | Tools to maximize your child's development
Plagiocephaly and Head Turning Preference Parent Leaflet - Head Turning Preference and Plagiocephaly (2020) | Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists (csp.org.uk)
Symptomatic Hypermobility Parent Leaflet - Symptomatic Hypermobility (2012) | Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists (csp.org.uk)
Intoeing gait Parent Leaflet - Intoeing Gait (Updated 2019) | Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists (csp.org.uk)
Osgood-Schlatter’s Disease Parent Leaflet - Osgood Schlatter's Disease (2015) | Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists (csp.org.uk)
Choosing Footwear Parent Leaflet - Choosing Footwear for Children (Updated 2016) | Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists (csp.org.uk)
Choosing School Bag Parent Leaflet - Choosing the right school bag (Updated 2016) | Association of Paediatric Chartered Physiotherapists (csp.org.uk)