Individual Services
Paediatric physiotherapy
Swati Bhagat
Swati gained a BSc (HONS) in Physiotherapy from the University of Manchester in 2002. She has worked at New York University Hospital (Hospital for Joint Diseases) and large London hospitals including Guys and St Thomas' Hospital (Evelina Children's) and most recently Great Ormond Street Hospital. She specialises in treating paediatric patients, from babies to adolescents, with a variety of conditions. She has received specialised training with focus on gait analysis and orthotics, back education and training, the paediatric primer, and autogenic drainage.
Paediatric Physiotherapy
Neurological Conditions
The brain and nervous system are extremely complex and allow us to functional safely in our environment. Sometimes this complex process can be disturbed and can lead to motor difficulties. Physiotherapy can be utilised to help re teach the brain normal movement patterns.
- Cerebral palsy is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non progressive disorders that primarily affects a child's motor development. The damage to the brain/nervous system can occur before, during or soon after birth.
- Spina Bifida is a developmental congenital disorder caused by the incomplete development of the spinal cord. Some of the bones that overlay the spinal cord are not fully formed and remain unfused and open. This can affect the function of that nerve and the body part it supplies.