At Victoria Park we have regular input from the physiotherapy team. They can support children with:
- delayed general movement
- movement disorder
- a disability or illness which may be helped by physiotherapy
Our physiotherapy team advise staff on a variety of topics. This may include but is not limited to moving and handling, outdoor wheelchairs and standing frames. They provide physiotherapy sessions directly to pupils who require it. Physiotherapy also support staff in providing hydrotherapy for pupils.
Our visiting physiotherapy team are:
Eileen Cooper
Kirsty Kean
Gillian Harrison
For more information contact:
Paediatric Physiotherapy
Douglas Street Community Health Clinic
19 Douglas Street
Hamilton
ML3 0BP
Tel: 01698 368732 or 01698 368733 or 01698 368734
NHS Lanarkshire have released helpful physiotherapy videos on a variety of topics for parents.
All you need to do is go on You Tube and search for:
NHSL Paediatric Physiotherapy
We also have links with our specialist respiratory physiotherapist who can support with breathing management plans and respiratory conditions such as cystic fibrosis. Our link respiratory physiotherapist is Richard MacPhee.