PHYSIOTHERAPY

Introduction
Our Physiotherapy department first started in November 2009 headed by a trained physiotherapist. We began with basic equipments and slowly but surely, our physiotherapy department grew and today we have an advanced physiotherapy setup.

Selection of students who need physiotherapy
Depending on the assessment of every student, the physiotherapist decides if the kid needs therapy and prepares a time slot for them. The initial assessment is based on delayed developmental milestones, fine motor difficulties, and gross motor difficulties. Every student is characterized as either a mild, moderate or severe disability. Depending on the need for physiotherapy, a timetable is designed wherein severe disability students are given a time slot everyday, moderate disability on alternate days and mild disability once a week.
The most common conditions which are treated at our therapy department are as follows:

• Cerebral Palsy
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Hydrocephalus
• Down syndrome and other chromonomal anomalies
• Delayed Developmental milestones
• Microcephaly

The Physiotherapy sessions are conducted one student at a time. We also insist the parents accompany the student during the sessions in order to observe the exercises properly and actively be able to participate and do the exercises at home. The therapy sessions also include training the students in their daily activities. The equipment we use to perform physiotherapy are as follows:

• Swiss Ball
• Bolsters of varied sizes
• Quadriceps table
• Parallel bars
• Delayed Developmental milestones
• Mirror for postural feedback
• Staircase to train children in stair climbing
• Manual treadmill
• Static cycle
• Fine Motor function
• Therabands
• Ankle weight cuffs