Physiotherapy within a hospital is carried out with the aim of improving independence of a child and this in turn will improve their ability to move and play and broaden their horizons to types of activity. Therefore giving children freedom of choice in what they want to do, at a time where they may have very little control over what is expected of them.
Distraction and using play for exercise is a large part of what paediatric physio’s do and toys and equipment are obviously part of that, we have no specific funding for this, so any donations we are given always enhance the child’s experience from providing mats so children can get out of bed and play on the floor to new technology and movement activated gaming equipment.
